Scotland

Investors in all parts of the UK will face increased costs if Scotland votes for independence, Hargreaves Lansdown has warned.

Scottish advisers are overwhelmingly against an independent Scotland, according to figures from a Personal Finance Society (PFS) poll.

Britain's economic recovery will be at risk if Scotland votes for independence next month, the president of Britain's biggest business lobby has warned.

More than 130 businesses have signed a letter saying the business case for Scottish independence "has not been made".

Scotland voting yes to independence from the rest of the UK would be a "disaster" Novia chief executive - and Scot - Bill Vasilieff has said, less than a month before the referendum.

AFH has bought out Edinburgh-based Finlay Gow & Company for £657,000 to enter the Scottish advice market.

Alex Salmond has been accused of pressurising Scottish financial services representatives not to release a report on independence.

A row has broken out over the cost of setting up all of the public bodies needed in an independent Scotland.

An independent Scotland would face a "capital flight" if it did not retain the pound, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank.

BlackRock has warned of ‘major risks' to the UK and Scotland if Scots vote for independence in September's planned referendum.