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Levels of ‘critical’ business distress have plummeted in Scotland since last year, according to data released today by business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor. The data shows a small rise of 4 per cent in the most common medium term indicators of ‘significant’ business distre

Aberdeen Asset Management's Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust has celebrateed its twentieth anniversary this month by producing a short history charting key world events and exploring some of the listed smaller companies in Asia, where it has invested over the last two decades. Launched on 8

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned UK internet users to protect themselves against a significant strain of malicious software which has enabled criminals to steal millions of pounds from UK bank accounts. Dridex malware, also known as Bugat and Cridex, has been developed by technically skill

Starting salaries for professional roles in Scotland including finance and accounting, financial services, information technology and administration will grow by an average 3 per cent over the next 12 months, according to the Robert Half 2016 Salary Guide. The hike would mean a higher increase than

A woman from Aberdeenshire has lost nearly £100,000 to fraudsters in a “boiler room” scam Police are investigating the incident which took place in the town of Oldmeldrum earlier this month.

Tim Whewall BBC Radio 4's File on Four programme has investigated a "mind-bogglingly" complex financial scam which has seen Europe's poorest country robbed of $1 billion – with the trail leading to an ex-council flat in Edinburgh and fraudsters who have availed themselves of the Scottish Limited P

Peter Muir The Scottish Government must act on the responses to its consultation on the business rates valuation appeals system or lose investment to England and Wales, according to the Scottish Business Ratepayers Group (SBRG).

UK companies are invoicing their customers and receiving payment faster than at any time since the aftermath of the financial crisis, according to a review of UK working capital performance published by PwC. But further improvements could still be made – according to the report, Scottish firms hav

L-R: Muhammad Yunus, Omar Shaikh (IFC), James Angus (Thomson Reuters), Chris Tait (IFC) and Tirad Mahmoud (ADIB) The Scottish-based Islamic Finance Council UK (IFC) saw off competition from over 200 organisations from across the globe to win the $100,000 Industry Development Award at the Ethical Fin

Katie Murray Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Katie Murray to the new role of director of finance, reporting to chief financial officer Ewen Stevenson.

The companies working with Scottish Enterprise through its account management service generated total turnover growth of £1.3billion in the course of the last financial year, according to latest figures. The data revealed that strong growth was recorded particularly in the sectors of Technologies &

Around 700 jobs could be at risk at Falkirk Council after the local authority looks to save £45 million over the next three years. The cuts may lead to 200 jobs being lost in this financial year, 300 the following year and another 200 in 2018/19 from a workforce of over 7239.

The rush to buy shares in Lloyds Bank in what Chancellor eorge Osborne yesterday labelled Britain’s “biggest privatisation in 20 years" is well underway after 62,500 people registered an interest on a government website just hours after Mr Osborne announced the sell-off. Shares worth at least £

The UK Treasury has today announced that it plans to sell shares worth at least £2 billion in bailed-out Lloyds Bank to private investors. The Treasury said that the government would sell the 12 per cent stake that remains of the 43 per cent of the bank that it took on at the height of the financia