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Business financial platform Tide has today revealed that small businesses in the UK spend £1.7 billion each time they run payroll for their employees, part-time and casual staff. 

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that mortgage firms should not repossessions, except in exceptional circumstances, before 1 April 2021.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its expectations for banks, building societies and credit unions when they are considering closing branches or ATMs, or converting a free to use ATM to pay to use.

Scottish Financial News is surveying readers on their experience of working from home.

Scottish Financial News is surveying readers on their experience of working from home.

The financial cost of coronavirus to SMEs in the UK will exceed £69 billion, with two fifths at risk of permanently closing, according to a new report today by small business insurer Simply Business.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation into KPMG and PwC over the audits of Eddie Stobart Logistics plc.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced another proposed package of measures targeting motor finance and high-cost credit agreements, which include: high-cost short-term credit (including payday loans), buy-now-pay-later (BNPL), rent-to-own (RTO) and pawnbroking.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a series of potential remedies to tackle concerns about general insurance pricing. In an interim report of its market study into the pricing of home and motor insurance, the FCA found that competition is not working well for all consumers in these

Public financial confidence has fallen to reach its lowest level in three months, according to the household finance index by IHS Markit.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its largest ever retail fine to Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group for failing to treat their customers fairly when handling Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) complaints. The FCA slapped the still partly state-owned lender with a £117 million pena

As Scottish Financial News publishes the last edition of 2021 today, we round up what has caught the attention of our readers over the last 12 months.

The chief financial officer of a company worth nearly £23 billion accidentally phoned the CEO while discussing plans to oust him, according to reports.

Aberdeen-based financial advisory specialists Hutcheon Mearns has strengthened its team with a trio of appointments.  The move comes due to a growing demand for bespoke resource support from practice-trained accountants who can support short or long-term project requirements.

Glasgow-based financial services firm XFS Limited has appointed Margo Kidd as its new chief operations officer. Ms Kidd has over 15 years of senior management experience, including a decade of strategic development and plan execution on a UK basis. She also has 32 years experience in collections.