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Standard Life moved its company pension fund heavily into bonds last year, recording the biggest switch of any FTSE-100 company. New research by JLT Employee Benefits shows the average bond allocation rose to 61 per cent in the year to 31 December 2015, which is equivalent to around £20bn.

If the thought of asking for a payrise makes you want to scrub the floors or spend quality time at the dentist's surgery, you're not alone. While 65 per cent of UK employees surveyed by specialist recruitment firm RobertHalf have more confidence in their job prospects compared to a year ago, only 59

Calls to raise the state pension age to 75 will prevent many Scottish people from being able to retire, Age Scotland has warned.

A man from West Sussex has raised almost £5,000 for homeless charity Turning Tides by drawing "rubbish" pictures of pets. 

Accountants from Johnston Carmichael have raised more than £9,000 for charities across Scotland after taking part in yesterday’s Kiltwalk in Dundee.

Edinburgh tech business Neatebox has raised more than £180,000 from investors as it continues to capitalise on the huge market for its Welcome app, which gives businesses and venues advance notice of customers' disability requirements.

A community in Dumfries and Galloway is setting out to raise £2.2 million to double the size of a vast new nature reserve, in stage two of the South of Scotland’s biggest ever community land buyout. The Langholm Initiative charity aims to buy 5,300 acres of Langholm Moor and three reside

RiboNucleic Acid (RNA) sequencing specialist Wobble Genomics has raised a £1.2 million investment round led by Eos Advisory. Wobble is a spin-out from the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute, was founded by CEO Richard Kuo in April 2021, and has developed a range of hardware and s

Luxury car maker Aston Martin has announced plans to raise £500 million in emergency funding.

Plans issued by the Conservatives and Labour parties to raise the minimum wage rates would result in a pay boost for millions of people, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

A former undercover CIA agent has started a crowdfunding drive to raise enough money to buy Twitter (or at least a big chunk of it) – so US President Donald Trump can be kicked off. Valerie Plame Wilson, whose identity as a CIA operative was leaked by an official in George W Bush’s administratio

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony lommi has raised over £19,000 for the NHS by auctioning off personal items including one of his guitars.

The creator of a portable pizza oven Ooni has raised £40,000 within its first hour of a crowdfunding campaign.

Aberdeen-based firm Carbon Neutral Energy (CNE) is preparing to embark campaign to raise £300 million and create 200 jobs in Scotland over the next five years. The hybrid power solutions company - formed in early 2020 by energy veteran Mark Patterson and his two sons Harry and Philip - has sub

Stirling-based charity Africa on the Ball has launched a fundraising campaign aiming to raise £8,500 to help fight coronavirus in Africa. The charity's own fundraising football team Glasgow on the Ball is trying to raise £8,500 by the end of May to fight coronavirus in Zambia by running