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Tom Stocker contrasts English DPAs and the Scottish civil settlement regime in the context of a parliamentary inquiry into bribery legislation, at which he himself gave evidence. The UK's 2010 Bribery Act has created "an international gold standard for anti-bribery and corruption legislation",

Deloitte has announced changes to its Return to Work programme, which helps people find their way back into professional services after a career break. Nearly 50 people have joined Deloitte’s Return to Work programme since its launch in 2015.

North east firm Phil Anderson Financial Services has taken the honours as winner of the Best Firm Scotland category at the NatWest Intermediary Solutions Local Hero Mortgage Awards. The winners of the inaugural awards were revealed at the Town Hall in Birmingham last week.

A suspected teenage bank robber allegedly told police that he carried out an armed robbery because had "decided to try something new today". However, things didn't go to plan - as he was caught by police within minutes.

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has announced the promotion of three new divisional directors across its Scottish offices as it continues to strengthen its operations. Alistair Douglas will make the step up from assistant director in Edinburgh, while Alan MacPhee and David Moore have been pr

EY's estimate of how much financial services companies have committed to move out of the UK and into Europe in the event of a worst-case Brexit scenario has been pushed up to about £1tn, according to the firm's lates survey.

The personal service company of Scottish broadcaster Lorraine Kelly has won a First-Tier tribunal appeal against a £1.2m demand from HMRC for unpaid income tax and National Insurance Contributions. Albatel Limited, the personal service company of Mr Stephen Smith and Mrs Lorraine Smi

The next step in Aberdeen Standard Investments and Virgin Money's joint venture has been taken with the appointment of the Edinburgh-based wealth manager as investment adviser for £3.6bn of assets across a range the CYBG-owned bank's portfolios. The development sees ASI appointed investme

Economic growth in Scotland is expected to dip to 1.2 per cent in 2019, before accelerating to 1.6 per cent in 2020, according to PwC’s latest UK Economic Outlook report. The projections come as official figures show Scotland saw GDP growth of 0.3 per cent in real terms during the fo

The Scottish public are just as likely to invest their savings in art, antiques, jewellery or wine as they are in the stock market, according to new research from Barclays. The research, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the ISA, reveals that only a quarter of Scots (25 per cent) hav

Eight aspirational female-led Scottish companies have been shortlisted as finalists for this year’s AccelerateHER Awards.

Glasgow-based chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has welcomed the recent rise of the challenger banks offering SMEs and start-ups a variety of fresh, faster and easier funding options. The boom in the number of challenger banks over recent years has been in part a consequence of the restr

The winner of the F&C Investment Trust Prize has been announced as Heather Ramsey, who is studying for an HND in Legal Services at City of Glasgow College. Heather Ramsey, Paul Little, principal and CEO City of Glasgow College, AND Milea Leone, student president of

Following yesterday’s tribunal decision in favour of Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) in its Scottish Widows fund dispute Lloyds, the Edinburgh-based life, insurance and investment giant may now be set to pursue around £300 million in compensation from the banking group over the saga.

Current acting executive director of the soon-to-be-scrapped Financial Reporting Council Mike Suffield is to join the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) as its new director of professional insights. Mr Suffield will take up the role in August 2019, having held his c