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The number of Scots going bust during the past three months rose by 38.9 per cent compared with the previous quarter, according to analysis of the latest Accountant in Bankruptcy figures by leading corporate lawyers Morisons LLP. However, the data also revealed that the third quarter of 2015 (July t

Average rents in Scotland have risen 1.7 per cent in the past year, less than a third of the rate seen in the rest of Britain, according to new figures. The latest buy-to-let index from lettings agent Your Move found that annual rent growth in Scotland has plateaued after a summer uplift while the r

Official statistics released today by the Office for National Statistics covering the period June to August 2015 have shown Scotland's jobless total increased by 18,000 over the period to stand at 170,000.

Andrew Hewett Business confidence in Scotland has risen over the past year, but remains the lowest in the UK, according to a new report compiled by ICAEW/Grant Thornton.

Hargreaves Lansdown senior analyst Laith Khalaf Next year's increase in the minimum wage will end the trend of falling prices in British supermarkets, according to a senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.

Modern men in Glasgow are adopting “he-tail therapy” to beat the stresses and strains of every-day life – according to a new study.

The value of a house in Edinburgh jumped by eight per cent during the last 12 months, a rate of growth nearly as fast as London where house prices grew by nearly 10 per cent. However, Aberdeen’s property market has bucked the national trend and is now the only major city in the UK where prices are

The recovery in Scotland’s labour market continued into the second half of 2015, though there were signs of the upturn slowing, the latest Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs has shown. July saw both a rise in demand for staff and an increase in average starting salaries, but in each case the rates of

A drunk who can't read or write tried to rob a Scottish bookmakers only to see his raid go awry after ending up in a nearby chip shop by mistake. Illiterate Derek Carr thought he had all the bases covered after getting his friend to write a robbery demand on the back of a Ladbrokes betting slip.

Iain Roberston The number of Scots companies, communities, farms and landowners making their own electricity has risen by more than 50 per cent in the last year.

While George Osborne announced in his Summer Budget yesterday that he was giving the United Kingdom a pay rise by increasing the national minimum wage, there was widespread anger that the capping of public sector wage rises at just one per cent a year until the end of the decade had effectively hand

Shares in Scottish companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) rose by 10.31 per cent in the second quarter of 2015 according to analysis by accountants BDO. The rise was the largest among comparable markets with the FTSE AIM UK 50 rising 9.06 per cent; the FTSE AIM all share index u

Families across Scotland are still struggling to afford a decent farewell for their loved ones, according to a new report published today by Citizens Advice Scotland. The new report, The Cost of Saying Goodbye, details the rising cost of burials and cremations in all of Scotland’s 32 local authori

Jim O'Neill The value of Royal Bank of Scotland shares rose by up to £900 million yesterday on the back of Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement that the UK Government is to start selling off the taxpayer’s stake in the Edinburgh-based lender.

Average Scottish rents recorded in April increased by 1.6 per cent in a year, according to Your Move’s latest Scottish Rental Index. This is the fastest year-on-year increase in rents since November 2014 when the annual change stood at 2.2 per cent, the data shows.