Salmond tried to quash Scottish financial services report

The trade body Scottish Financial Enterprise has confirmed Scottish government ministers made calls in a bid to discourage the trade body from commenting on the independence referendum. The SFE, which is politically neutral, has issued a number of documents exploring the implications of independence, including a briefing note highlighting questions over EU membership, currency and financial regulation. Additional reports by the Telegraph suggested Scottish first minister Salmond telephoned the SFE's chairman in a bid to persuade him not to publish a briefing paper. > Read: IFAs cou...