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Over 10,000 SME owners have applied for a single £25,000 Business Boost grant from small business insurance provider Simply Business. The news comes as rising inflation, the surging cost of living and post-pandemic recovery continue to take a financial toll on small businesses.

Households across the UK spent 7.2% more in May on essentials, compared to the same time last year, while scaling back on non-essentials, as the increased cost of living continues to hit household spending. According to the latest Spending Power report from Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Grou

People aged between 20 and 39 are the most likely to have reported being scammed in the past year, Which? research reveals, with many young victims losing huge sums of money to online shopping scams, pyramid schemes and rental fraud.

Nearly one in sex Scottish workers would rather have workplace support for mental health than a 3% pay rise, new research from Investors in People has revealed.

The number of properties coming to market in east central Scotland over the last three months is up by 3 per cent year-on-year, with Edinburgh seeing a 1.1 per cent increase, according to new data from estate agents ESPC.

Derek Forsyth UK Government statistics just released have revealed that there were 3067 personal insolvencies in Scotland in the quarter to 30 September, an increase of 23 per cent on 2017.

Tim Cooper Scotland has the lowest proportion of firms at greater than average risk of insolvency of anywhere in the UK, although the percentage of Scottish companies at elevated risk has risen sharply over the last six months, according to research from insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.

Hasib Howlader Nearly 4,000 businesses ceased trading as increased financial uncertainty gripped the UK in the first quarter of 2017.

The property market across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife, and the Borders displayed robust health in the second quarter of 2025, with average selling prices rising by 4% year-on-year to £287,830. All regions (with the exception of East Fife and the Scottish Borders) experienced increases in th

A rapid rise in the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in Scotland presents an opportunity for the country’s property sector to contribute to the national drive for net zero and revive the hard-pressed retail sector, according to the latest research from Knight Frank.

UK house prices have risen 1.1% month-on-month in March, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.

An auction raising money for the NHS will see several star-studded prizes such as lunch with Dame Joan Collins up for grabs in a bit to support charities in the fight against the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Scottish salmon exports have risen by 22% on the previous year to reach a record £618 million, according to the latest HMRC statistics.

A Treasury rate rise which led to fears that major housing and infrastructure projects could be delayed has been labelled by Moody’s as “credit negative” for local authorities as it will increase the cost of capital on new borrowing in the short term.

A group of hapless raiders managed to partially demolish a building in Cambridgeshire as they tried to pry an ATM out of the wall – but still left empty-handed.