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Rain Newton-Smith Optimism in the financial services sector fell for the fourth consecutive quarter at the start of 2018, surpassing the gloom that enveloped the sector during the financial crisis, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey.

Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael is helping to develop the nation’s next generation of entrepreneurs through a mentoring programme with Young Enterprise Scotland (YES).

Andrew Taylor Edinburgh-based R&D tax relief specialist Jumpstart has appointed Chartered Accountant Andrew Taylor as its new finance director.

West Telferton Buccleuch Property has expanded its commercial property portfolio in Edinburgh with the purchase of four industrial units in West Telferton, totalling 27,500 sq ft.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published new rules on pension transfer advice and is seeking views on additional changes, including adviser charging structures.

Gross mortgage lending in February is estimated to have been £19 billion, 4.9 per cent more than a year earlier but below the monthly average of £21.4 billion for 2017.

David Duffy David Duffy, the chief executive of the owners of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks has been picked by the Treasury as the newly-created fintech envoy for England, as part of Chancellor Philip Hammond’s first fintech strategy announced this week.

The achievements of Scotland’s top directors were honoured last night at the Institute of Directors Scotland Director of the Year Awards, held at the Crowne Plaza, Glasgow.

Kevin Mann Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Anderson Anderson Brown has announced that International Tax Partner, Kevin Mann, will retire at the end of this month after almost nine years at the firm.

Tim Cooper Problems with late invoice payments are affecting around one in eight Scottish firms, according to new indicative research by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.

Elaine McInroy The new Scottish Income Tax rates and bands have some implications, not just for the amount of income tax individuals have to pay, but also for changes to pension tax relief, according to Saffery Champness.

Winning Data Nations team (left to right) Bachar Zaghbour, Angelo Mermiklis, Alex Cunningham, Tynah Matembe, Jewel Nguyen The overall winner of this year’s Datathon has been announced by its hosts, business advisory firm Deloitte, as Data Nations, a team of data experts who developed FinTastic; a

Statistics show the incomes of poorer Scottish households fell further behind those of middle income households in recent years, pushing more people into poverty.

(l to r) Paul Lewis (Scottish Enterprise), Jason Borstal (SThree), Minister Keith Brown, Alex Smith (SThree CFO), Jon McGrane (SThree) SThree, the international recruitment organisation, is to open a Centre of Excellence in Glasgow, delivering a major jobs boost for the city.

The Bank of England’s March Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting has delivered no change in the Bank Rate, but the tone of the meeting's minutes and two dissenters in favour of an immediate rise has hinted at the prospect of a May hike.