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Latest official figures released today have revealed that the number of unemployed people in Scotland has fallen by 13,000 over the last three months. The Office for National Statistics said the unemployment rate now stood at 5.6 per cent which is currently in line with the UK as a whole.

Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments has reported that assets under management have hit £250 billion from £245.9 billion at the end of 2014 on the back of its recent acquisition of Ignis. Flows into SLI’s multi-asset products were also up during the first half of the year as the firm delive

A 16 per cent increase in private-led new build homes has accounted for a large proportion of a continued rise in housing completions across the country. Housing statistics released today show the Scottish Government shows a total of 12,188 private-led new build homes were completed in the year to e

Angela Hickmore The number of new financial services jobs available in Scotland's largest cities has increased by more than 20 per cent since the independence referendum, according to a new report.

David Lonsdale Scottish retailers have reported a fall in sales for last month, according to new figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC).

Scottish property prices, driven by high-end buyers scrambling to complete purchases before the introduction of new Holyrood tax rates, rose at their fastest rate in February for eight years, according to latest figures. The Your Move/acadata Index found that the average house price north of the Bor

Bryan Jackson The number of Scots going bust in the first quarter of 2015 fell by 2.4 per cent compared with the last quarter of 2014 and by 15.2 per cent year-on-year, according to latest figures.

Edinburgh’s office market had an ‘encouraging’ start to the year, rebounding from a subdued 2025 despite the uncertainty caused by geopolitical issues, according to new research from Knight Frank.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called for urgent action to shelter small businesses from the threat of huge rises in their non-domestic rates. Businesses across Scotland are discovering how much they may have to pay in business rates from 1 April next year following a review of the rat

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has urged for continued intervention following a sharp 15% increase in shop thefts over the past year. Official ‘Recorded Crime in Scotland’ statistics reveal that incidents have now surpassed 48,000, a figure SRC director David Lonsdale describes as

Scotland experienced the fastest quarter-on-quarter increase in the number of businesses in distress across the UK in Q3 2025, according to the latest Red Flag Alert from Begbies Traynor. In Scotland, levels of advanced or "critical" distress in the latest quarter were particularly stark, rocketing

Aberdeenshire-based Macduff Shipyards Limited has posted pre-tax profits of £3.5 million, a 31% increase from £2.7m in the previous year. This growth in profitability, for the year ending 28 February 2025, was achieved despite a slight decrease in turnover, which was recorded at £2

RSM UK is urging businesses to be fully prepared for a cyber-attack, as recent figures from the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) show a worrying rise in "nationally significant" cyber incidents. These attacks, which can cause significant business disruption and financial loss for businesses and

The UK economy returned to modest growth in August, expanding by 0.1% and offering a sliver of positive news for Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of next month’s crucial Autumn Budget. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the rebound was primarily driven by a 0.7% expansion in