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The UK Government has provided the Scottish Government with an additional £1.1 billion to support people, businesses and public services affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The UK's banking industry is set to abandon plans to establish an agency to collect overdue emergency COVID-19 loans.

Banking customers at the Royal Bank of Scotland are the least satisfied in the UK, a survey conducted by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found. Just 47% of customers who responded to the poll said that they would recommend the personal current account provider to family and friends.

Perth-based Realise Energy Services has acquired Optinergy Ltd (NI), the Northern Ireland medium wind turbine operation and maintenance arm of Optinergy Ltd (ROI), an established technical services provider in the marketplace, for an undisclosed sum. The deal will further enhance Realise Energy Serv

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched its TCA fees instrument consultation. This consultation seeks views on the proposed Third Country Auditors (Fees) Instrument 2021, which includes an increase in the periodical fees for registered Third Country Auditors in the UK.The consultation is

ZEDRA, the global specialist in active wealth, global expansion and fund services, has acquired Inside Pensions, a UK-based independent occupational pension scheme governance support provider. The transaction is in line with the firm’s aim to diversify its service offering and expand its prese

Aberdeen Standard Investments' (ASI) Research Institute has launched a new research paper discussing ways to increase female labour-force participation in the workplace. The research paper, ‘A Women’s Place; Boosting female labour-force participation to lift long-term economic growth&rsq

Fake reviews for products sold on Amazon's Marketplace are being sold online in bulk. The consumer body Which? found ten websites selling fake reviews for products sold on Amazon from £5 each.

Scots have revealed that their local communities are growing closer, and have become more important after a year spent closer to home, however, the pandemic has left society itself more divided. The findings are revealed in PwC’s latest Future of Government research, Rethinking Levelling-Up, w

Scottish retail sales slumped further in January towards the depths last seen during the previous nationwide lockdown in spring last year, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor. Total sales in Scotland decreased by 27.9% compared with January

Two Scottish Government funds worth £60 million to support people whose livelihoods have been affected by the pandemic are now open to applications. Grants will be available for mobile and home-based close contact service businesses – such as make-up artists and hairdressers – as w

Two-thirds (66%) of UK companies have admitted to commissioning market research in 2020 which has never been used due to the disruptions and delays caused by COVID-19, according to new research from Stravito, a provider of knowledge management software for insights. The research, which was commissio

Consumer price inflation unexpectedly edged up to a four-month high of 0.7% in January from 0.6% in December and a three-month low of 0.3% in November, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Retail, hospitality, leisure and aviation businesses will pay no rates during 2021-22 under proposals outlined yesterday by finance secretary Kate Forbes.

Dunfermline-based ventilation company Sustainable Homes Scotland, trading as Paul Heat Recovery Scotland, has joined the growing number of employee-owned businesses in Scotland, with twelve staff given a stake in the business. Established in 2007, the company provides energy-efficient ventilation so