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On Tuesday, the Scottish Parliament will be invited to nominate Stephen Boyle to Her Majesty the Queen for appointment as the new Auditor General for Scotland. Mr Boyle will succeed Caroline Gardner whose 8-year term in office ends on 30 June 2020.

A sharp drop in the number of women opening ISAs in the UK is a major wake-up call for the industry, according to Jill Mackay, savings and investment specialist at Scottish Friendly.  Analysis by the Centre for Economics and Business Research on behalf of Scottish Friendly found the number of f

David Nicol, the Scottish CEO of wealth manager Brewin Dolphin, has won the Lifetime Achievement award at the prestigious City of London Wealth Management Awards (COLWMA) which took place on Wednesday. COLWMA was established to recognise those wealth management companies displaying high levels of se

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published proposals outlining new climate-related disclosure requirements for premium listed issuers. The new rule will require all commercial companies with a premium listing to either make climate-related disclosures consistent with the approach set

The UK's largest regional airline Flybe has gone into administration with Alan Hudson, Joanne Robinson, Lucy Winterborne and Simon Edel of EY appointed as joint administrators.

Finance ministers from the G7 group of nations have said that they will use "all appropriate policy tools" to handle the economic impact of coronavirus.

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has announced two senior promotions at its Glasgow-based office with Alan Harvey and Elaine Smith being named as divisional directors. The two have both been promoted from assistant directors in a move which the company hopes will support the business's growth in Scotla

George Restall has been appointed as finance director of Interserve Group Limited, the international support services, construction and equipment group. He will take over from Mark Goldsworthy with effect from 3rd April 2020.

Chairman of Trainline and former Celtic FC director Brian McBride has been appointed to the board of Standard Life Aberdeen as a non-executive director. Taking up his new role from 1st May 2020, Mr McBride brings a wealth of digital experience and global leadership in both executive and non-executiv

Fashion retailer Ted Baker has announced that it will be cutting 160 jobs in a cost-cutting exercise. The company has said it will make cut 102 jobs and leave 58 current vacancies within the company unoccupied.

The number of Scottish Venture Capital (VC) deals agreed last year reached its highest level since 2013, raising a total of £60.9 million, according to a new study by Refinitiv.

Aberdeen restaurateur Syed Shabbi Ahmed, who funnelled £800,000 of customer payments into a secret bank account, has been banned from running a business for 11 years.

AIM-listed housebuilder Springfield Properties said today it remains confident of achieving growth in line with management expectations after reporting increased sales, profit and margin. Interim financial results for the six months ended 30 November 2019 revealed revenues at the Scottish developer

FinTech Alliance has announced a partnership with Fintech Scotland in a mission to bring together the strengths of the UK’s FinTech ecosystem on one all-encompassing platform, and to support the continued growth of the sector. FinTech Alliance is a digital platform uniting both the UK and the

Leeds-based private equity firm Endless has acquired Scottish timber company BSW Timber for an undisclosed sum after more than 170 years of family ownership.