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Nearly seven in 10 (69 per cent) people in Scotland are unaware that over the next few years there will be increases to the minimum contributions they will have to make into their workplace pension scheme, according to the latest Scottish Widows Workplace Pensions Report.

Edinburgh-based Standard Life has been ordered by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to review its handling of pension customers dating back to July 2008 amid suspicions of the mis-selling of annunities.

Glasgow-based football club Celtic has succumbed to pressure from a fan campaign to pay the new living wage of £8.25.

Aberdeen City Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to be assigned a credit rating as it prepares to invest in major housebuilding and construction projects.

David Lonsdale By David Lonsdale, director of the Scottish Retail Consortium

September saw the accounting deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes for the UK’s 350 largest listed companies reduced slightly from £160 billion at the end of August to £152 billion by the end of last month.

Anthony Harbinson The first Manifesto for Fighting Economic Crime highlighting four key public policy areas for improvement to the effectiveness and capabilities of anti-money laundering (AML) in the UK has been published today by CCAB, the collective of five accountancy bodies - ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA,

Graham Millar Although it may grab the headlines, work related bribery and corruption isn’t the preserve of the world of sport, writes Gilson Gray LLP partner Graham Millar.

Scottish parents are increasingly recognising that apprenticeships can give their children the chance of embarking on a successful career although worries about low wages remain, according to new research from Prudential.

Still 73 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland has run up a legal bill of over £100 million in its attempt to defend itself against claims that it misled investors ahead of the its record £45 billion government bailout in 2008.

Almost half (48 per cent) of UK banking customers are still not comfortable managing their finances solely online or by mobile.

Scottish Building Society, the only independent building society in Scotland and the oldest building society in the world, has been awarded a ‘Mark of Distinction’ by the Keep Me Posted campaign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b76isQLZ8LM PwC has this week launched an interactive cyber breach game for senior executives.

Rosalie Chadwick Scotland is lagging behind the rest of the UK in the number of companies represented on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), an Edinburgh conference has heard.

The saga that is Royal Bank of Scotland’s attempts to sell of a tranche of branches in order to meet the EU state aid conditions of its £45 billion 2008 government bailout has taken another twist after Santander again pulled out of the running to buy its Williams & Glyn spin-off.