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Martin Gilbert Martin Gilbert, co-founder and chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management has warned that should British voters decide to leave the EU it could spark a second Scottish independence referendum.

Gross mortgage borrowing of £13.6 billion in January was 38 per cent higher than a year ago and the highest since mid-2008, according to latest data from the British Bankers Association. The number of mortgage approvals in January was 33 per cent higher than a year ago, with remortgaging up 42 perc

Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney A historic deal has been struck between Holyrood and Westminster to deliver new powers over tax and welfare to the Scottish Parliament, in line with pledges made during the independence referendum.

Zenga Lawrie Campbell Dallas has appointed Zenga Lawrie, an expert in international trading, particularly in the oil and gas sector, as a new director based in the firm’s Aberdeen office.

L to R Kwabena Boasiako (Ghana), Quynh Huong Nguyen (Vietnam), Chris Brown (UK), Ting Hu (China), and Xinyi Yao (China) celebrate their win at Thomson Reuters HQ in London’s Canary Wharf A team of five MSc students from the University of Stirling have been awarded first place in the UK final of th

First-time buyers in Scotland are on average £1,440 (19 per cent) a year better off with their own home compared to those who rent, according to new research from the Bank of Scotland. The average monthly buying cost (including mortgage payments1) associated with a first-time buyer buying a three b

Edinburgh-based global investment manager Standard Life Investments has announced the appointment of Jonathan Kennedy as director of change and technology following a comprehensive selection process. Mr Kennedy joins from Virgin Money in the capital where he was chief operating officer.

Financial firms hiring senior staff will need references going back a minimum of five years to prevent bankers covering up past misconduct, the Bank of England has said. The move marks a climbing down from a previously proposed longer timeframe.

John Swinney Revenue Scotland has received its 100,000th tax return, ten months on from the creation of the first Scottish taxes in more than 300 years.

Fred Goodwin Disgraced former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Fred Goodwin has been named among a group of witnesses called on to give evidence in a £4 billion class action legal case brought against the still 73 per cent bailed-out bank by shareholders.

New data published by the Scottish Government’s chief statistician has prompted one of the county's leading financial experts to claim Scotland’s economy has begun to show “worrying signs of distress”. The new official figures showed that economic growth per person in Scotland has fallen beh

International accountancy firm Mazars has reported a 24 per cent jump in fee income from its Scottish operations. The result north of the border came as the firm, which has operates throughout 93 countries, reported a 14 per cent rise in turnover for the year to the end of August across its UK opera

The Bank of England has been urged by a group of American academics to scrap the £50 note in order to fight financial crime and terrorism.

Michael Matheson The Scottish government is to challenge a legal loophole critics have said makes Scotland a target for money launderers and tax evaders, The Herald reports.

A Scottish blue-chip company - which cannot be named for legal reasons - has been conned out of £18million in a telephone scam, according to police. Police Scotland are now warning the country's finance workers to be vigilant after a senior executive at the firm in question was duped into transferr