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The total number of interest-only loans outstanding in the UK has fallen by over a quarter over the last 24 months, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

The leader of a conservative Muslim group in Kazakhstan has proposed an innovative new way of funding healthcare - a tax on sex. Murat Telibekov of the Muslim Union of Kazakhstan detailed how the system could work in a tongue-in-cheek press release published after government officials announced a n

The sole director of a company which provided consultancy services to the oil and gas industry has been disqualified for a period of six years over his failure to pay tax. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that Russell Stewart, who was the director of Rusler Engineering Limited, was “unfit to

Scottish towns make up a third of the 30 areas of Britain that have seen the biggest improvement for personal insolvencies over the past year.

Derek Ferrier Two years into its five year Master Plan to develop new markets in Glasgow and Aberdeen, Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has announced that it is on track to achieve a million pound turnover between both offices for 2015-16.

American defence and aerospace firm Lockheed Martin has announced plans to create 327 new jobs at its new office in the Finnieston area of Glasgow.

As the wedding season draws to a close, new research has revealed that adults in Edinburgh spend more than any other UK city when attending a wedding. The survey of 1,536 adults by One4all, the Post Office gift card, found Edinburgh residents spend on average £297 on attending a wedding, splashing

Cat MacLean New scheme aims to persuade Insolvency Practitioners to pursue claims for a company in liquidation or administration, against banks.

A trio of Scottish fraudsters have been jailed for total of nine and a half years as a result of prosecutions in the Scotland’s first ever ‘cuckoo smurfing’ fraud case. Muhammed Zeeshan Abdul Hameed, Shahid Aslam,and Saleem Mohammed Shikari, have been sentenced to a total of nine and a half ye

Gordon MacDonald New figures have revealed that Scotland has the lowest proportion of workers paid below the Living Wage of any nation in the UK and lower than any region in England outside of London and the South East.

Ernst & Young has announced that it will remove the degree classification from its entry criteria, saying there is "no evidence" success at university correlates with achievement in later life. The global accountancy firm, which is one of the UK's biggest graduate recruiters, is scrapping its po

Scottish recruitment consultancies recorded a further rise in staff placements in August with Dundee leading the way, though the latest increase in permanent appointments was the slowest in four months, according to the latest Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs. Aberdeen was the worst performer in Scot

Almost 40 per cent of first time buyers expect to take over three years to save a deposit for their first home, according to a new study. Annual First Time Buyers Research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks found that the largest percentage (46 per cent) anticipated taking between one and three yea

A severe shortage of skilled workers and a “slow planning system” are hindering efforts to tackle the housing crisis in Scotland, according to a new research. A report from Lloyds Bank into the state of the UK housebuilding industry found real concern over the effect of the sector’s skills sho

Scottish staff of the Lidl supermarket chain are to receive the ‘living wage’. The move means Lidl will become the first UK supermarket to implement the minimum wage as recommended by the Living Wage Foundation.