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The UK's second oldest bank, C. Hoare & Co., has announced the appointment of Giles Andrews as an independent non-executive director of the bank. Mr Andrews has extensive experience in financial technology, lending and investment. In 2004, he co-founded Zopa, an online peer-to-peer lending busin

The University of Dundee has announced that later this month it will host an event to celebrate 50 years of teaching accounting and finance. The institution started out as a college when it was founded in 1881 and became an independent university in 1967 when it separated from St Andrews University.

PwC has announced that it is removing the 2:1 degree classification requirement for all its undergraduate and graduate roles, internships and placements. The big four firm's decision is designed to increase the socio-economic diversity of the firm and support its efforts to improve social mobility b

Wylie & Bisset has appointed a seasoned specialist to manage and grow its growing payroll team. Margaret Egan has over 30 years' payroll experience operating the full gamut of software packages and advising clients on all the increasingly complex and ever-changing processes and regulations invol

Private equity investment in Scotland’s mid-market businesses has surpassed pre-pandemic levels after £2 billion was spent in the first six months of 2022, according to the latest analysis by KPMG UK. 35 private equity deals worth £2.1bn were recorded in the six months to June - th

Demand for financial advice has risen greatly as many struggle to meet mortgage debt payments, a charity has warned. Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has seen a big increase in traffic to their website pages for advice on mortgage debt. From June 2021 to June 2022 the views of the webpages 'Schemes th

A lawyer who was overcharged for railway tickets by mere pennies has won compensation after a 22-year-long case. Tungnath Chaturvedi, from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, sued after he was charged an extra 20 rupees (around €0.24 or £0.21) for two tickets in 1999, the BBC rep

abrdn Group's Murray International Trust Plc has released its interim results, reporting a net asset value total return of 3.8% for H1 2022.  The £1.77 billion fund focuses on long term growth in dividends and capital ahead of inflation by investing principally in global equities.

CodeClan has announced that students from its Youth Academy will be starting their paid internships at a collective of Scottish companies and universities that have partnered with the programme.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has estimated that the country's GDP contracted by 0.6% in June and 0.1% for Q2. The June decrease is attributed to the Platinum Jubilee and the move of the May bank holiday leading to "an additional working day in May 2022 and two fewer working days in

The Entrepreneurial Scotland Foundation has appointed three trustees to its board who will join this summer. Non-executive director of Scottish Golf, Caroline Mansley, CEO of Inspiring Scotland, Celia Tennant, and Jason McGibbon, non-executive director of Scottish National Investment Bank will join

Wheatley Group has today announced a major £100 million sustainable loan agreement with four of the UK’s leading financial services organisations. The housing, care and property management group has agreed a £50m revolving credit facility with existing lenders, Royal Bank of Scotla

A new fintech event series has been announced which is focused on collaboration and stakeholder engagement to support the development and delivery of the recently published FinTech Scotland Research and Innovation Roadmap. The financial services industry contributes £132 billion to the UK econ

Wylie & Bisset has secured first place in a Department for Education tender to provide funding assurance work over the next four years. This marks the second consecutive year that Wylie & Bisset has been awarded a slot on the Department for Education framework, having last year been the sole

Savills plc has reported a pre-tax profit of £50.4 million and revenue of just over £1 billion in its interim results. Pre-tax profit has dropped 20% from £63.3m to £50.4m (first six months ending 30 June). Revenue has grown by 11% to £1,037.4m from £932.6m f