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Allison Devine Allison Devine, who this year became the first ever female senior partner at Scottish accountancy firm Alexander Sloan, which at 151 years old is one of Scotland’s longest established firms of accountants and business advisers, talks to Scottish Financial News about her rapid rise a

Springfield Homes Finance Director Michelle Motion photographed at the Springfield Homes development in Uddingston, near Glasgow on 20th April 2017. Michelle Motion, Financial Director, Springfield Properties talks about her experiences as a financial boss at a major firm within a traditionally male

Jane Portas The combination of growing debt, lower earnings and a lack of confidence when it comes to dealing with financial matters is putting millennial women at greater risk of an old age in poverty, new research carried out by PwC on behalf of Insuring Women's Futures (IWF) has found.

Louise Grant (Image: Alan Richardson Dundee, Pix-AR.co.uk) Louise Grant (39) is a Partner with EQ Chartered Accountants. Based in the firm’s Dundee office, Louise, a mother-of-two, heads up the Healthcare team and has been working with the firm for almost 15 years. She tells us about life as a par

Carol Flockhart As part of our focus on International Women's Day, Carol Flockhart, managing partner at accountancy firm Chiene + Tait, highlights the work done by Investing Women's Ambition and Growth Conference, which opens in Edinburgh today, to drive female entrepreneurship throughout the countr

Ingrid de Quiroz McGhee On International Women's Day 2018, Ingrid de Quiroz McGhee, Partner at tax advisory firm Leyton Legal's Glasgow office, discusses workplace discrimination and the need for change when it comes to gender equality

Robert Outram On International Women's Day, Robert Outram of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) asks how can social background or gender still be among the factors determining a CA’s salary?

The Royal Bank of Scotland has reached an agreement to settle the latest of its misconduct cases after striking a deal to pay $500 million (£359.7 million) to the American state of New York over the mis-selling of financial products in the lead up to the 2008 global financial crisis.

Gregor Stewart Dundee-based platform Alliance Trust Savings has today reported a £19 million operating loss for 2017, as parent company Alliance Trust reduced its investment in the business.

Tim Allan The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has welcomed a firm commitment from the UK Government to liaise directly with Scottish business to boost Scotland’s economy following the return of a delegation sent to London for talks.

Housing market activity in Scotland was flat in February as a shortage of properties becoming available for sale continued to result in an increasing number of potential new buyers being thwarted, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

David Melhuish The Scottish real estate industry contributes almost £4.8 billion to the Scottish economy and supports more than 92,000 jobs, according to a new report.

The world’s first blockchain-based whisky investment fund has launched in Scotland, offering investors the chance to own a share of a £40 million portfolio of world-class scotch via a new cryptocurrency, CaskCoin.

Donald Borland Fife furniture group Havelock Europa has commenced a search process for a new finance head after it announced that Donald Borland will resign as chief financial officer and company secretary in April.

Sarah McKinley (left) and Carole Tomlinson Anderson Strathern has appointed highly-rated private client lawyer Sarah McKinlay as a consultant from Addleshaw Goddard, bringing experience across its full range of private client services.