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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG03m5Ufx-s&feature=youtu.be Glasgow-based wealth and business advisory firm Murphy Wealth has launched an app which it claims removes the mystique of investment advice and gives control of finances back to the individual.

Gareth Williams The winners of Entrepreneurial Scotland’s annual awards have been announced at a glitzy celebration dinner attended by than 400 of Scotland’s most successful and respected business and entrepreneurial leaders.

Membership of the global professional body for accountants, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), has grown to over 200,000.

Luke Scanlon New EU and UK legislation could revolutionise the way consumers share personal financial data, compare products and manage their money, say lawyers Pinsent Masons.

Neal Allen KPMG has launched an in depth guide and online export assessment tool for businesses considering the opportunities presented by overseas markets to boost sales, as the UK defines a new trading regime as part of Brexit plans.

Pauline Hinchion Scottish Communities Finance Ltd – a new Community Benefit Society based in Edinburgh that aims to mobilise ordinary people across Scotland to reinvest in their communities – will launch today.

George Hay Henderson Loggie partner George Hay has retired after 22 years with the firm.

Rohina Bhandari A private equity manager at Wall Street firm WL Ross & Co. has been killed in a rare shark attack.

Derek MacKay Scotland faces "the most challenging budget in the history of the Scottish Parliament", Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has said.

Paul Wheelhouse The Scottish Government has called on the UK government to establish and enforce a guaranteed minimum level of service provision for essential banking services.

Sir Peter Burt Sir Peter Burt, former chief executive of Bank of Scotland, has passed away at the age of 73.

Kirsty Blackman The SNP has called on Prime Minister Theresa May to take "action to tackle international tax avoidance".

A leaked Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) report says RBS management "turned a blind eye" to failings in its scandal-hit Global Restructuring Group (GRG), the Mail on Sunday reports. The unpublished report is said to reveal that RBS management pressured staff members to squeeze companies for larger

Professor Graeme Roy A new policy foundation has announced a partnership with one of Scotland's foremost economic institutes, the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde.

Kristofor Hall Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has promoted two key residential surveyors operating at either end of the M8 corridor.