Finance is fighting to function finds PwC study

A new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) into the effectiveness of the finance functions at over 100 of the top 200 FTSE companies and international companies, has highlighted a gap between the expectations of business leaders for their finance functions and the role the functions actually perform.

Faculty blasts rights of audience review

Severe criticisms of the Thomson review's draft recommendations on rights of audience in Scotland's supreme courts have been unleashed by the Faculty of Advocates.

In its response, published today, to the review carried out by banker Ben Thomson, at the request of the Scottish Government, the Faculty claims that the report contains “fundamental deficiencies”.