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Scottish mid-tier accountancy and business advisory firm French Duncan has promoted entrepreneurial services directors Neil Robb and Marc Vosilius to partner, following significant success in this area of the business over the past few years. The two have been with the firm for six and eight years r

Punter Southall Wealth (PSW) in Scotland has joined Adam & Company Wealth Management after Canaccord Genuity Group completed its previously announced acquisition of the company. Adam & Company Wealth Management was acquired by Canaccord Genuity last year and is led by Graham Storrie. The mov

Almost three quarters (74%) of pension schemes have net-zero plans in place, or will do within the next two years, a Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) survey has found. The survey comes as the pensions industry meets this week in Edinburgh for the first time since the pandemic-imposed

Edinburgh-based private bank Hampden & Co has appointed Hannah Berridge as head of professional partnerships. Based in London, Ms Berridge reports to chief commercial officer, Andrew Bell.

New analysis from Grant Thornton UK's bi-annual recruitment sector report shows that deal activity in the recruitment sector for 2022 is off to a strong start with 23 deals completed in the first quarter of this year. This is compared to 18 deals completed in Q4 2021 and represents the sector’

A substantial boost for Scotland’s economy is expected after new figures showed thousands of jobs had been secured through inward investment in the past financial year. Scottish Development International (SDI) statistics revealed that more than 7,500 planned real living wage jobs had been gene

Phoenix Group has launched a new Innovation Forum that will look to use the latest FinTech innovation to build greater engagement and support the well-being of its customers, driving forward greater financial inclusion. In collaboration with TCS’ Co-Innovation Network (TCS COINTM) innovation e

Glasgow-based insurance firm Kelvin Smith is getting ready to celebrate 40 years in the highly competitive industry with a record turnover of £15 million. Kelvin Smith, which was founded in November 1982, has established itself as one of Scotland’s leading firms of insurance brokers, wea

Edinburgh-based legal services firm Vialex is broadening its offering to clients as the firm appointed experienced lawyer Scott Moncur as head of financial services and sustainable development, a newly-created position. Mr Moncur joins from Medici Legal Advisors, a boutique law firm specialisin

An aggressive recruitment market could hamper start-ups in Scotland’s booming financial technology sector, according to senior fintech experts. Buoyed by a £300 million UK Government investment last August, Edinburgh’s fintech community is populated by a swathe of financial service

Bringing about positive change through ethical finance is the aim of a new partnership between the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) and the University of Edinburgh. The partnership, announced at yesterday's launch of the Scottish Taskforce for Green and Sustainable Financial Services, aims t

A new taskforce has been set up to transition Scotland into a global leader for Green and Sustainable Financial Services. Finance secretary Kate Forbes and UN Special Envoy for climate action and finance Mark Carney will be amongst those speaking at a public launch of the taskforce on Monday 28 Febr

Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group has posted statutory profits after tax of £5.9 billion in 2021. The group has highlighted a 'solid' net income of £15.8bn, up 9% for the year, with an underlying net interest income of £11.2bn. Underlying other income has also increased b

NatWest Group, the owners of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), is set to reinstate bonuses for its CEO and finance director for the first time since the financial crisis. The banking group's board has concluded that "now is the appropriate time for NatWest Group to transition to a more market-standard r

Firms using company or insolvency law to manage their liabilities have been warned they could face assertive action by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) if their proposals unfairly benefit them at the expense of their customers. The FCA has seen an increase in the number of firms developing prop