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A Chartered Accountant from Edinburgh has had his career in the financial industry with Lloyds Banking Group left in tatters after being placed on the sex offenders register for groping a woman in a crowded bar.

Narayanan Vaidyanathan Distributed ledgers and blockchain technology has the potential to improve trust in financial transactions but seem more likely to support, rather than replace, the work of professional accountants, according to a new report from the Association of Chartered Certified Accounta

Quartermile 3 Global financial services company State Street Bank is taking 65,628 sq ft of office space in Edinburgh.

Luke Davis With the triggering of Article 50 and the start of the 2017/18 financial year on 6 April, London-based investment firm IW Capital has conducted new research to profile the risk appetite of the UK investor community.

Philip de Klerk Philip de Klerk, chief financial officer at airline Flybe, has resigned to take up the position of CFO at AIM-traded performance materials manufacturer Low & Bonar.

Sue Dawe EY is to move its Edinburgh office to the heart of the capital’s financial district where the office will be 26 per cent bigger than its current premises in the city.

Caroline Gardiner The Scottish Government has been called on by its financial watchdog to gain a “clearer picture” of what the changes will cost and how staffing challenges will be addressed in the next stage of financial devolution.

Gary Tracey Paisley-based building firm City Gate Construction (CGC) has announced the appointment of Gary Tracey as finance director.

South Africa-based businessman Dave King breached financial rules by "acting in concert" when he took control at Rangers in March 2015, according to the City’s takeover watchdog.

Thousands of shareholders suing the Royal Bank of Scotland over its “misleading” £12 billion rescue fundraising during the financial crash must prove they have the insurance to satisfy the costs of a trial, a High Court judge has said. RBoS Shareholder Action Group, which consists of 27,000 ret

A major BBC investigation has uncovered allegations of systematic fraud in RBS's Global Restructuring Group (GRG) division in the years following the financial crisis. Former employee Mark Wright told the BBC that falsifying files was "common practice" and that he was aware of telephone transcripts

The typical UK household spends a staggering £1.9m over the course of a lifetime, according to a new report financial planning and investment management group Tilney. Tilney's report, The Cost of Tomorrow, analyses Office of National Statistics (ONS) data and finds that the average adult will hit t

Tracey McDermott The former acting chief executive of the UK's financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to join Standard Chartered to build relationships with regulators and policy makers.

Jim Galbraith Scottish Friendly, Scotland’s largest financial mutual, has today announced it achieved record-breaking sales in 2016. The financial services group reported a substantial 33% rise from the £25.5 million it posted in 2015 to £33.9m in 2016. This increase was powered mainly by improv

Acumen FP team receive their award from guest speaker Gyles Brandreth. Aberdeen-based Acumen Financial Planning has been awarded the 'New Model Adviser of the Year Award - Scotland & Northern Ireland Region' for 2017.