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A leading Scottish insolvency expert has expressed her "great concern" after latest figures showed the number of Scottish firms that failed last year rose 21.2 per cent - to their highest level since 2012. According to analysis of the latest Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) figures by accountants

The last three months have seen a significant year-on-year increase in the number of homes coming to market in east central Scotland, with the volume of insertions up 14.1 per cent compared to last year.

Mike Wells Over the first nine months of 2018, the Prudential Group's life insurance business saw profit increase by 17 per cent (12 per cent on an actual exchange rate basis), which it said reflected the strength and diversity of the group's positioning.

Colin Dempster The third quarter of 2018 generated half of all profit warnings for Scottish listed companies this year, according to EY’s latest Profit Warnings report.

Demand for science and technology contractors in Scotland rose by 21 per cent year-on-year to August 2018, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

https://youtu.be/co-AW8oSCwE The health of SMEs in Scotland has improved in the second quarter of 2018, according to latest research by CYBG, in partnership with economic consultancy, the Centre for Business and Economics Research (Cebr).

Last month’s interest rate rise has still not been passed on in full to savers with seven of the UK’s ten biggest banks, it has emerged.

A man who was caught after raiding an Aberdeen cash machine when his girlfriend flagged down police in the Granite City for directions has been jailed for 52 months.

Demand for science & technology professionals in Scotland rose by 15 per cent year-on-year to July 2018 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

The Bank of England has identified an increase in the number of consumers defaulting on credit cards, raising alarms in the City of “an early warning indicator” of an economic downturn.

Edinburgh-based Scottish American Investment Trust has reported a net asset value return of 0.5 per cent in the half the first six months of 2018, with the share price total return also being 0.5 per cent.

Tim Cooper The latest statistics from Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) for the first quarter of 2018-19 show total personal insolvencies, which include both bankruptcies and protected trust deeds (PTDs), rose by 11.8 per cent relative to the first quarter of 2017-18.

Demand for banking & insurance professionals in Scotland rose by 24 per cent year-on-year to June 2018, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Fraser Sime Business confidence in Scotland rose three points to 20 per cent in the first six months of the year in spite of uncertainty over Brexit, according to the latest Business in Britain report from Bank of Scotland.

The size of personal debt in the UK is continuing to rise, with net lending to individuals increasing by £9.68 million a day in March 2018 and the average debt to income ratio per adult rising to 114.4% as of May 2018. A new debt infographic from Equifax looks at how UK consumers are using credit,