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More Scottish firms see increased staff members working at home as a “permanent business model” now than at any other time during the pandemic, according to Glasgow-based MCC Accountants. In a government study of more than 1,000 companies, nearly one in five now say employees won&rs

Alistair McAlinden, managing director and head of the hospitality and leisure sector team for Interpath Advisory in Scotland discusses how operators across the hospitality sector in Scotland should beware of financial pitfalls as they fully reopen. With Scottish pubs and restaurants welcoming c

The number of fines issued to auditors by the accountancy watchdog has almost tripled in the last year as the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) seeks to stamp out poor practices ahead of a government consultation on reforming the scandal-hit industry. The FRC distributed £25 million in fines i

Phil Anderson, founder of Phil Anderson Financial Services, discusses the rising popularity of ESG investment We’re all doing our bit nowadays to conserve our environment and look out for our fellow human beings, on both a local and a global stage. Carrying re-usable bags, ditching the aerosol

Nationwide Building Society has seen its profits almost double to £823 million throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as its customers saved an extra £10 billion over the last year. The lender, which is the UK's biggest building society, revealed a huge rise in deposits as customers chose to s

Core-Asset Consulting, recruitment specialists for Scotland's financial services sector, has outlined the top seven "trending" career paths for those looking to enter work or to retrain in. Based on statistics and industry insights from its annual salary guide, the firm has pinpointed five areas tha

Nationwide Building Society, the UK’s second-largest mortgage lender, has predicted that house prices will continue to rise this year beyond the end of the stamp duty holiday.

Almost 64,000 staff at HMRC will be allowed to work from home at least two days a week from next month, despite UK Government aims to get workers back into offices in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Edinburgh-based Orocco has become the first building company in the UK to accept cryptocurrency as payment for projects. The move to adopt such a payment solution for client transactions comes as part of a revised business strategy at the firm, which was formed in 2012.

TSB has delivered a boost to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) with a new offer of 25 months’ free banking, up from six months previously. TSB’s free banking offer will give start-ups breathing space to get up and running, and help businesses that have been hit by the pandemic to

Tony Danker, CBI director-general, has outlined the findings from a new, landmark economic plan seeking to establish a competitive, dynamic and future-focussed UK following the shocks of Brexit and Covid-19 and in the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow. Seize the moment: how can business transform the UK ec

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published research revealing that workforce engagement lies at the heart of good corporate governance. The research, by Royal Holloway at the University of London and the Involvement and Participation Association found that many FTSE 350 annual reports appea

A Canadian soldier has been court-martialled for allegedly serving cannabis-laced cupcakes to an artillery unit during a live-fire exercise.

Pensions giant Scottish Widows has called for performance fees to be banned in a move that will heighten pressure on City fund managers to reform their practices. The Edinburgh-based firm said the payment of performance fees by workplace pension investors was not justified.

Scottish professional services staff have been overwhelmingly positive in response to working remotely and see a ‘hybrid’ model as the optimum working arrangement in the future, according to research of its staff by Scottish business consultancy firm French Duncan. French Duncan introduc