Terry Murden

The financial services watchdog will hold its annual public meeting in Edinburgh for the first time as it seeks to raise its profile in Scotland.

An inquiry has been launched into the impact of banks closing more than 6,700 branches in the past decade and whether they should be compelled to introduce more face‑to‑face services. Richard Lloyd, a former executive director at the consumer group Which?, will gather evidence for the Access to

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, which suffered a boardoom bloodbath last week, has announced a new chair and said Baillie Gifford will remain as manager. Gabriel Gliksberg, one of three new directors elected after the coup led by Saba Capital Management, becomes chair and a recruitment consult

More than 30 business figures have made a public commitment to support Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to be First Minister. The entrepreneurs and company owners say Mr Sarwar would be “transformational” for businesses who accuse the SNP of failing to understand the economy.