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Big Four accountancy firm Deloitte is to allow its 20,000 UK employees to choose how often they come into the office, if at all, after the pandemic. Deloitte said it would let staff decide “when, where and how they work” after the success of remote working during the Covid crisis.

Mark Brown, partner at Aberdeen chartered accountancy practice Meston Reid & Co, has warned businesses who have accessed schemes such as furlough and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) to prepare for additional checks on their practices. HMRC is getting serious about pursuing frau

An exclusive-use castle in Moray is set to open its doors to the public following the completion of a significant refurbishment, enabled by a £550,000 funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

Edinburgh-based fintech company Aveni has secured an investment of £1.1 million led by the TRICAPITAL Angel syndicate to launch a ground-breaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform which is leading the way in a new era for speech analytics in business. Aveni Detect uses the latest advances

Scotland continues its decade-long trend as the UK’s most attractive region for financial services foreign direct investment (FDI) outside of London, according to EY’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey for Financial Services.

The number of sub-1% mortgages on offer in the UK has increased as major banks and lenders extend their ranges. HSBC UK has unveiled a rate below 1% for the first time in nearly five years, while Nationwide Building Society is offering a 0.99% mortgage fixed for two years for borrowers with a 40% de

Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse have urged the Bank of England (BoE) to raise interest rates faster than expected to avoid soaring inflation rates. The call comes as the two banks brought forward their projections for the first interest rate rise since August 2018. While the lenders

The Scottish Startup Survey 2021, run by the Engage Invest Exploit (EIE) team at the University of Edinburgh’s Bayes Centre, has revealed how Scottish startups have been faring throughout the pandemic. A total of 75 startups drawn from EIE alumnus companies - EIE has supported over 500 tech st

TSB is preparing to stop its customers from sending money to cryptocurrency trading sites such as Binance and Kraken due to concerns over high levels of fraud. According to The Times, TSB believes fraudsters are being allowed to establish e-wallets and steal money from traders due to weak security c

New research published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has estimated that 2.3 million adults now hold cryptoassets, marking an increase from the 1.9 million recorded last year. The research also revealed that 78% of adults have now heard of cryptoassets, up from 73% in a year.

Wolfcraig Distillery has signed a new land deal with Ambassador Group which will see the development of a new £15 million Scotch Whisky distillery and visitor centre at the Craigforth Campus in Stirling.

HMRC Stamp Duty press machines will be officially retired from service on 19 July 2021, marking the end of over 300 years of tax-related history.

Bank of Scotland has revealed the first images of its brand new state-of-the-art ‘concept’ branch which will open in the St James Quarter development in Edinburgh later this month.

Scotland's oldest municipal bank – and one of just two in the whole country – has celebrated its centenary. Clydebank Municipal Bank was officially opened on 22 June 1921, having been agreed by Clydebank Town Council in May 1920.

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has cautioned executors against swallowing the myth that when a debtor dies their debt is written off. Paul McDougall, associate director in the company's insolvency practice, said this is not the case if the deceased debtor leaves an estate with assets.