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Jackie Leiper Lack of financial protection among women is leaving families in a precarious situation, research from Scottish Widows has found.

People in some of the most deprived areas of Glasgow and Dundee are being offered a new service where an appointment with their doctor could also see them referred to money and debt advisors within the same health-centre.

Betsy Williamson Scottish financial sector companies served by weak recruitment models will struggle to attract the best talent in 2017, as the uncertainty surrounding Brexit continues to dampen the market.

Rain Newton-Smith Sentiment amongst financial services firms deteriorated further in the three months to December, but there are signs of an improvement in business conditions over the next quarter for some sectors, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey.

Latest data released today by the Financial Ombudsman has revealed that it received 4,186 complaints about payday loans in the first half of the year.

Tens of thousands of older people are at risk of financial abuse, with those with dementia or reduced cognitive function the most vulnerable, according to Age UK.

Declan Hourican Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank has announced the appointment of Declan Hourican as its new chief financial officer.

Scottish law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn has acted alongside Allen & Overy on the £6.1 billion securitisation of residential UK mortgages by US investment firm, Cerberus Capital Management ─ the largest residential mortgage-backed securitisation (RMBS) since the financial crisis hit in 2007.

Scotland has again seen year-on-year rises in levels of ‘significant’ Scottish business distress, the signals that indicate the early signs of financial problems, according to data released today by business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor. The firm's quarterly ‘Red Flag Alertâ€

(L-R) GSS Development chairman Dr George Stevenson with directors Tim Stevenson and Paul Stevenson Work has started on a £24 million development in Edinburgh’s vibrant Exchange district which will provide 35,000 sq ft of office space and 11,000 sq ft of ground floor retail units.

More than one in 10 Scots in relationships (12 per cent) have a secret stash that their partner is unaware of, the latest Bank of Scotland How Scotland Lives research has uncovered. Women are the most secretive with just under a sixth (14 per cent) confessing to stashing money away from their partne

Dundee City Council will have to make cuts of £23 million over the next financial year, the local authority has revealed. Previously, council chiefs had said that they would need to find £28m worth of savings spread over 2016/17 and 2017/18, however, the authority is now saying that £23m of cuts

Police Scotland will need to make further savings according to the single force's new Chief Constable, Phil Gormley.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today hit Barclays Bank with a record fine of more than £72 million for failing to minimise the risk that it may be used to facilitate financial crime. The failings relate to a £1.88 billion pound transaction that Barclays arranged and executed in 2011 and