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Deloitte has played down the significance of the peer-to-peer lending phenomenon in a report that predicts the industry is unlikely to account for any more than 1 per cent of all lending in the UK by 2025. But while the global accountancy firm believes online platforms connecting investors directly

Edinburgh Business School is launching a £250,000 scholarship scheme to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Under the scheme, 25 individuals, resident in Scotland, will be awarded a fully-funded place to study the Edinburgh Business School Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme, delivered by

The number of alternative lenders that Royal Bank of Scotland recommends to the small and medium-sized business clients that it has turned down for a loan is to be expanded, the Edinburgh-based lender has said. Five alternative lenders will join the Capital Connections panel that puts unsuccessful a

Antonio Horta-Osario Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group yesterday avoided an anticipated revolt over executive pay as shareholders approved the Edinburgh-based group’s remuneration report by 97.7 per cent.

A group of professional bodies spanning law and accountancy has pledged to continue their work to tackle bribery, corruption, tax-evasion, money laundering and the financing of international terrorism as leaders from across the world gather in London for an anti-corruption summit. The organisations,

Keith Skeoch Keith Skeoch, chief executive of Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life, has chosen to slash his bonus potential by a fifth.

An award-winning deaf Scottish businessman who used his disability to defraud the taxpayer to the tune of £80,000 has been jailed for 20 months. Sheriff William Gilchrist at Stirling Sheriff Court described Andrew Thompson, who was born profoundly deaf, as a “highly-culpable” fraudster after th

Dave Roberts Dave Roberts is business support director at Chiene + Tait

Expansion into the London market and the growth of online ordering through backing from HSBC has enabled Highland fish and seafood supplier, Coast and Glen, to net significant growth with turnover rising from £690,000 in 2015 to £1.1m in 2016.

The ICAS Foundation is offering bursaries to academically-talented students from disadvantaged communities who want to study accountancy or a finance-related degree at the University of Glasgow. The Foundation will offer bursaries to students commencing undergraduate degrees in qualifying subjects a

Lord Smith of Kelvin Alliance Trust, the £2.8 billion Dundee-based investment trust, has admitted to those gathered at its annual general meeting that it overpaid former chief executive Katherine Garrett-Cox and former finance director Alan Trotter to the tune of £100,000 –an error it also admit

Susannah Green Psigma Investment Management has continued its rapid expansion in Scotland with its fourth appointment this year.

Edinburgh-based challenger banks Virgin Money and Sainsbury's Bank have both released strong trading results as they continue their relentless drive for market share. Sainsbury’s, which is based at Edinburgh Park, said underlying profit rose by nearly 5 per cent, to £65m last year.

Sir Howard Davies The board of Royal Bank of Scotland survived a potential shareholder revolt at its AGM yesterday but bosses were subjected to a series of protests over executive pay packages, legal struggles and staff pensions.

Aberdein Considine Managing Partner Jacqueline Law (centre) with (l-r) Michael Sinclair, Partner, Aberdein Considine, Paul Jennings, Partner, Aberdein Considine, Brydon Crearie, Partner, A&S Ireland and Gavin Crowe, Partner A&S Ireland. Scottish Law Firm Aberdein Considine has announced that