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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.

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.

Insolvency Support Services’ training division, ISS Training, has launched an innovative new Compliance Awareness Online Learning course. The launch has added an online learning platform to the firm’s course delivery methods.

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

Over a third of adults in Scotland order takeaways every week, adding up to a total cost of £1.5 billion per year, new research reveals.

Alison Rose has been announced as the new chief executive of RBS. The Scotsman reported, that following her appointment, Ms Rose said RBS faced "a series of challenges".

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

The administration process for McGill & Co has been extended until January 2021 as administrators said the “level and timing” of distributions to unsecured creditors in the former Dundee building services firm remains unclear. Almost 380 jobs were lost when McGill collapsed at the st

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has announced the arrival of 31 new starts across its various training programmes.

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.

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 Scottish Building Society (SBS) has joined the Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE). SFE supports Scotland's financial services sector and includes organisations such as HSBC, Investe, Jpmorgan, KPMG and Lloyds Banking Group. It represents an industry that employs over 160,000 people in Scot

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

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.

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