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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that Sheree Howard has been appointed as executive director of Risk and Compliance Oversight (R&CO). Sheree is currently interim director of R&CO having joined the FCA as a senior adviser in December 2017. Before joining the FCA, Sheree spe

Sopra Steria, one of the world’s largest tech consultancies has launched its new scheme to bring fintech organisations into the forefront of innovation in financial services. Launched in partnership with FinTech Scotland and the University of Edinburgh, the new programme, named Chemistry, prov

ICSA announced on Friday that it has changed its name to The Chartered Governance Institute. The move mirrors the change in name of the international professional body of which it is a division.

Armstrong Watson Accountants, Business & Financial Advisers has taken on a record number of new starters, with the appointment of 11 chartered accountancy trainees and 20 trainees studying AAT/ATT across five of the firm's offices in Glasgow, Carlisle, Northallerton, Skipton and Leeds. The 31 bu

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has launched a new monitoring scheme to improve the effectiveness of actuarial regulation and promote ongoing improvement across the profession. The scheme arrives after a consultation held by IFoA, which was welcomed by the Financial Reporting

A Singapore-based private equity firm has purchased a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) site in Edinburgh, enabling the delivery of a £30 million 198-bed development.

Young people saving for a home are most at risk of suffering the largest financial loss if they were unable to work due to illness or injury, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed.

A Hucknall man named Thomas Cook has his dream wedding shattered by the collapse of Thomas Cook travel agents.

Douglas Home & Co (DH&Co) has welcomed three new trainees to the firm following the success of last year’s programme. The firm welcomed Jessica Howlett, Jake Kerr and Rhys Lawrence to the team in September.

Last weekend, the number of daily subscribers to our sister publication Scottish Housing News broke through 7,000 on the back of record website traffic for August with 69,209 unique visitors accessing the website. The number of Twitter followers for Scottish Housing News, which was established in 20

Stuart Gillies, an associate at CMS, wrote for The Scotsman, on how the burgeoning Fintech industry is set to plunge the corporate world into a tech-driven revolution. Fintech, the use of technology in the delivery of financial services, is thriving. Companies and products such as Monzo and App

Scotland faces the prospect of a recession in the coming year if a No Deal Brexit occurs with £2 billion of investment aligned to be eradicated if uncertainty continues, warns Scotland's chief economist.

RBS has provided Falkirk-based commercial property investment and consultancy firm Bellair with £1.2 million of funding to purchase two new properties. The two properties are located in Juniper Green and Corstorphine and are 6,169 sq. ft. and 3,842 sq. ft. respectively. The properties are both

A survey conducted by Which? has found that more than one-third of Scotland's bank branches have closed down within the last five years.

Forfar-born Lesley Eccles has launched new relationship advice app, Relish, in the United States.