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Divorces have risen sharply in Saudi Arabia during the coronavirus pandemic, apparently driven by women discovering that their husbands are secret polygamists.

A round-up of business news from across Scotland featuring: Smith Anderson's 16% turnover rise, Hope Box Project's distribution of arts and crafts boxes, Glen Mhor Hotel and Apartments' reduced key worker beds, Dundee University's £5 million coronavirus drug research funding, the clo

Farmers in Pakistan have hired security to protect their tomatoes as the price for the fruit drastically rises.

Following the Ogden discount rate change, car insurance premiums have risen 0.7% in just three months, with prices now 2% higher than a year earlier, analysis from Consumer Intelligence shows.

Harper Macleod has announced record results this year, with a 9.5% rise in turnover to £29 million and an 8% rise in profits to £11m. The figures for the financial year 2018/19, which represent eight consecutive years of profit growth, come as the firm prepares to complete its takeover o

Office take-up in Aberdeen showed significant improvement in the second quarter, with a rise to 106,579 sq ft from 36,898 sq ft in Q1 2019, according to CBRE research. There was a total of 19 transactions, bringing the total take-up for H1 2019 to 143,477 sq ft – 20 per cent short of

Financial services firms reported 819 cyber incidents to the Financial Conduct Authority in 2018, a huge rise on the 69 incidents reported in 2017, according to new data obtained by RSM under a freedom of information request.

Online UK challenger bank Monzo has doubled its valuation to £2 billion after raising £113 million to help fund its expansion across the Atlantic.

Scottish property sales have risen to their highest level in 11 years as buyers brush aside fears over Brexit. New figures from Aberdein Considine’s Property Monitor report show that homes collectively worth £3.4 billion changed hands during January, February and March this year –

The rise of financial technology has long come under fire for alienating the generation of baby boomers and and their parents who lack the tech savvy necessary to participate in what has been a revolution for the banking industry. But now, new research has revealed that one of the latest forms of fi

Scotland lost over a third of its bank and building society branches in just eight years, raising concerns that consumers and businesses alike could struggle to access cash across the country.

Rents in Scotland’s private rented sector (PRS) have continued to rise with an increasing number of families now living in privately rented homes. In its latest report, property letting portal Citylets said a 5 per cent year-on-year increase during the final quarter of 2018 was

Wbg expects a 30% rise in fee income from its tax offering, driven by geographical expansion and the launch of a specialist VAT advisory service. The firm's tax service line has grown consistently by 10 to 15% per annum in recent years, prompting an expansion of its team from one partner to three. H

Financial planners at wealth and asset management group Rathbones have reported a sharp rise in client queries ahead of plans to bring unused pension savings into inheritance tax (IHT) calculations from April next year. HMRC estimates that around 10,500 estates will face an inheritance tax bill for

Rathbones Group plc has reported a 9.4% rise in operating income for the first quarter of 2026, even as the FTSE 250 wealth manager continued to absorb tax-related withdrawals and persistent outflows from its lower-margin businesses. In a trading update issued ahead of its annual general meeting tod