FSA publishes annual report for the year 2009/10

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its Annual Report, outlining its performance against the priorities set out in its 2009/10 Business Plan and the FSA's statutory objectives.
In his foreword, FSA chairman, Adair Turner, commented that over the last three years, the FSA has transformed its approach to regulation and supervision and as a result, has had to go through a process of intense internal change

BVCA Emergency Budget Submission 2010Ahead

Ahead of the June 2010 Emergency Budget by the new coalition government, the BVCA has taken the opportunity to raise and re-highlight issues with HM Treasury for consideration.
1. Maintaining a stable and competitive tax framework, particularly on capital gains
2. Ensure the EU AIFM Directive does not undermine the private equity and venture capital industry
3. Encourage investment to bring about the transition to the low carbon economy through the creation of a Green Investment Bank

Scotland 's enterprise activity falls to 'worrying' low

Business start-up rates in Scotland fell significantly below UK rates last year, and to their lowest since recording began in 2000, according to research by academics at the University of Strathclyde.
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2009 found that Scotland's rate of total early stage entrepreneurial activity, which includes proportions of people setting up businesses or owning and managing new businesses, was among the lowest in 20 developed countries that participated in the survey.