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Rail commuters to Scotland’s two biggest cities are typically financially better off catching the train into the city than living close to their place of work, according to new research by Bank of Scotland.

Alison Thewliss SNP Treasury spokesperson at Westminster Alison Thewliss MP has written to the Chancellor about the continuing lack of women at senior levels in the finance sector.

​Douglas Shand The companies involved in PwC and CodeBase’s SCALE initiative have been released as the ten-week series of events goes live.

Lenders and investors are continuing to help fund registered social landlords (RSLs) as they work towards the Scottish Government’s target of an extra 35,000 social rented houses by 2021, according to the Scottish Housing Regulator.

Mark Stewart Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has appointed a new managing partner for its Edinburgh office as part of the firm’s continued growth plans.

The number of Scots entering insolvency solutions has held steady compared to a year ago, according to latest figures released by Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB). Statistics show there were 2,472 total personal insolvencies, which include awards of bankruptcy and protected trust deeds, in the second

Angela Mitchell Scots have felt the least effects of government spending cuts, with 77 per cent saying they had felt “not very much” or “no impact at all”, a new survey carried out for Deloitte has found.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan has welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority’s decision to dismiss the “most serious allegations” levelled against the bank’s controversial Global Restructuring Group (GRG) in a move that campaigners have immediately branded a "w

Aberdeenshire-based craft brewery BrewDog says it has raised over £1 million less than two days into the latest round of it record-breaking crowdfunding scheme, Equity for Punks. Beer fans clamoured to invest in the brewery which is valued at £1 billion, with over one thousand new investors buying

Lord Adair Turner (Image courtesy of The Royal Society) Two leading economists will say today that Scotland’s economy can be transformed for the better through large-scale investment in the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Whilst corporate reporting by large listed companies is generally good, detailed explanations and clarity could still be better, according to accountancy watchdog the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Annual Review of Corporate Reporting.

The Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary was delivered using private finance Two of Scotland’s most renowned economists have called for an urgent and independent root and branch review of the quango responsible for the country’s privately financed infrastructure projects.

Alex Ogilvie A Scottish tech firm backed by the Scottish Investment Bank and supported by accountants Johnston Carmichael, is seeking to raise further finance to fund expansion in the US for its online retail marketplace listings products.

Andrew Bailey The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has succumbed to mounting political pressure and agreed to Treasury Committee’s demands for the appointment of a legal adviser to study the watchdog's report into misconduct at 73 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland’s now notorious GRG

Andrew Fraser Resolving the legacy of non-performing loans (NPL) is critical to the recovery of bank credit, investment and economic growth in Europe, according to Edinburgh-based investment firm Standard Life Investments.