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Young women are shifting towards financial independence as they abandon “traditional” attitudes towards sharing assets, research suggests. A survey of nearly 4,000 British women found those aged 16-34 were more likely (31 per cent) to opt against sharing financial assets with their signi

Edinburgh is the top destination for cleantech investment globally after seeing the largest percentage of financial support – highlighting a growing technology specialism within Scotland. Cleantech encompasses products or services that improve operational performance, productivity, or efficien

Capital Credit Union has announced a formal partnership with one of Scotland’s leading social care charities to provide access to ethical financial services to its staff. The Edinburgh-based credit union has launched an official link with Carr Gomm, an organisation with over 1,000 staff.

Industry body Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) has announced the appointment of Alistair Stobie, chief financial officer at Hurricane Energy, to its board. Hurricane Energy has developed pioneering approaches to exploration, particularly in the frontier region West of Shetland and the company has recently ac

UK advice firm Wren Sterling has announced the acquisition of Dunfermline-based independent financial planning business T D Armstrong Financial Planning Limited. Max Horne, Trudi Horne and Fraser Rowan from T D Armstrong Ltd will all join Wren Sterling.

Shepherd and Wedderburn has achieved record financial results in its 250th year, with revenue and profits rising four per cent and 3.6 per cent respectively in the year to 30 April 2019. Revenues for the year totalled £55.7 million, up from £53.5 million in 2017/18, and profits befo

Troubled East Kilbride-based five-a-side football firm Goals Soccer Centres has appointed Mike McGill as interim chief financial officer as the business also confirmed it had appointed Deloitte to work with current advisers and lenders to assess “future corporate options”.

The latest statistics from Registers of Scotland’s Property Market Report 2018-19 show that the value of residential property sales in the financial year 2018-19 was £18.2 billion, an increase of 1.6 per cent when compared with 2017-18.

Online retail giant eBay and Asto, the Santander-backed fintech that aims to help small businesses run and grow through a range of financial and non-financial services, have partnered up to offer cash flow loans to eBay.co.uk’s growing network of small businesses. The partnership aims to help

KPMG is facing yet another hefty fine, this time for accounting failures dating back to the financial crisis. The Times newspaper has reported that audit watchdog the Financial Reporting Council and KPMG underwent a tribunal hearing this week over the audit firm’s decision to sign off BNY

Scottish Legal News, the sister publication of Scottish Financial News, has celebrated its 11th anniversary by breaking through the 12,500 subscriber barrier to reach 12,521 readers. Unique users on www.scottishlegal.com now average almost 44,000 each month and Twitter followers have

Finance leaders from across the globe are meeting in Edinburgh today to develop environmentally sustainable financial solutions. Scotland has been chosen as the host country in recognition of its growing reputation as a leader in the ethical finance debate.

Scottish spirits firm William Grant & Sons has hired Helen Cowing as group chief financial officer. Billionaire whisky tycoons Glenn Gordon and family which owns William Grant & Sons, was last week named Scotland’s richest family for the sixth year in a row.

Metro Bank has been forced to reassure customers their money is safe, acting quickly to quash what it described as false rumours on social media about its financial health. It said plans to raise £350m from investors to shore up its finances were “well advanced”. The bank, whi

Aberdeen-based transport giant FirstGroup has named its new chief financial officer as Ryan Mangold, a former finance director at housebuilder Taylor Wimpey. Mr Mangold will join the First Group on May 31, filling the position vacated last year by Matthew Gregory, took over the chief executive&rsquo