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New research from the ACCA has found that while global business services models have evolved, matured and function successfully, they’re falling short of their value-adding potential, and in practice are not discernibly more evolved than finance shared service (FSS) operations. The report 

Scotland's businesses can compete in the global technology race, so long their ambition is matched with the support required to create a truly 'digital nation'. That is among the findings of the new Tech Report Scotland 2022 by Addleshaw Goddard, in association with the University of Strathclyde's F

As the UK confronts a highly volatile and uncertain inflationary outlook, PwC has predicted growth in Scotland will sit approximately 0.5 percentage points behind the UK average this year and, like the rest of the country, will be highly dependent on gas prices. The two possible scenarios outlined i

Business confidence in Scotland fell 11 points during July to 16%, according to Bank of Scotland's latest Business Barometer survey. Companies in Scotland reported lower confidence in their own business prospects month-on-month, down 17 points at 32%. When taken alongside their optimism in the econo

Barclays Bank Group has reported a profit of £3.7 billion for H1 in its interim report.

TSB Bank plc announced its 2022 half-year results reporting a £102.9 million statutory pre-tax profit for H1. TSB's statutory pre-tax £102.9m profit increased from £42.9m for the same period in 2021. This comes during an economically challenging time for many of its customers.

Alliance Trust has published its 2022 Interim Report and announced its second interim dividend for 2022. Despite the share price contracting from 1032p as at 31 December 2021 to 904p as at 30 June 2021, the trust reports steady performance for these market conditions and has decided to increase

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has reported a record £46.5 million in financial sanctions issued in the last year. The FRC published its fourth Annual Enforcement Review which reports a record number of cases resolved in the last year and record financial sanctions of £46.5m were

Increases in the cost of living have led to more financial difficulties with 85% of surveyed individuals having said they are worried about their personal finances and, some are expecting to save less or stop saving at all towards their short and long-term savings goals, or are cancelling or d