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Nearly four in ten people in Scotland (38 per cent) don’t know what they will do with their pension pots when they retire and there is widespread uncertainty over plans for later life, according to Brewin Dolphin’s latest Family Wealth Report. The research, which looks at the opportuniti

Advisers are increasingly optimistic about the future of the industry with growing numbers predicting expansion and happy to recommend financial advice as a career, new research from Prudential shows. Its 2018 Adviser Barometer found more than two out of five (41 per cent) advisers an

Pioneering proposals to give millions of people their pension facts and figures at their fingertips have been unveiled by the UK government today.

Two designer watches have been sold at auction as part of the final UK held assets linked to a muti-million pound VAT fraud which spanned the globe. Ronnie Decker, who is originally from Sierra Leone but educated in Scotland, was linked to a scheme where VAT on bogus transactions was claimed back th

Edinburgh-based research and development tax relief specialist Jumpstart has signed a partnership agreement with Digital Lancashire, an organisation which represents around 800 digital and technology-based companies across the North West of England county. With offices and specialist staff throughou

Scottish law firm Harper Macleod has announced it is extending its support for Scottish EDGE, the funding competition for the country's most ambitious entrepreneurs which will hold its latest final this week, for another year.

Glasgow-based charted accountants Wylie & Bisset have announced the promotion of Catherine Livingstone to director with responsibility for supporting its client base of owner-managed businesses. Ms Livingstone, who first joined the firm as a trainee CA in 2004, has helped build an extensive clie

Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden of KPMG have been appointed as joint administrators of Spark Energy Supply, the energy supply subsidiary of Spark Energy. Ovo Energy has separately acquired Spark Energy and intends to retain its brand as well as its operations and teams in Selkirk, Edinburgh and H

Cairngorm Mountain Limited, the company that operates the Cairngorm Mountain Funicular Railway and associated visitor attractions, has been placed in administration, with Campbell Dallas partners Blair Milne and Derek Forsyth appointed as joint administrators. The pair said they willl continue

Ivan McKee, Scotland’s minister for trade, investment and innovation, visited the Edinburgh headquarters of Scottish fintech firm Origo this week. Mr McKee was given a demonstration of the firm’s solution for the UK Pensions Dashboard, which will find and display an individual’s pe

Royal Bank of Scotland has opened a data innovation research unit at the University of Edinburgh, where it will join other industries, academics, and public sector partners in the heart of Edinburgh’s data science community. RBS has leased space at the Bayes Centre,&nb

The Scottish Government will face an "unaffordable" £1 billion black hole over the next four years if it decides to match the UK government's tax cut for higher earners in its own budget, a think tank has warned. The Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland (IPPR Scotland) has set out its

Scottish businesses owners remain "hostile to the idea of Brexit", accountants and financial advisers French Duncan have said after a new survey showed two thirds of Scottish businesses don't believe they will benefit from Brexit. Just over eight per cent of businesses said they thought their busine

More than 70 actions are to be delivered through a strategy approved by Glasgow councillors which includes a proposed new partnership to deliver investment in digital infrastructure and 5G mobile technology throughout the city.

Scottish Enterprise will lead work to transform the future of the Michelin Dundee site under a new plan agreed by the Scottish Government, working group partners and Michelin management. A declaration to be signed by the end of the year will see the Scottish Government and Michelin work in partnersh