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Perth-based insurer Aviva has abandoned its 2022 hiring target for older workers. The firm has employed 600 over-50s since it highlighted plans in late 2017 to obtain more older workers as life expectancy in the UK rises.

UK annual house price growth slowed in March as prices dropped 0.2% month-on-month after taking account of seasonal factors, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index.

More than a quarter (27%) of SMEs surveyed plan to invest more in their businesses in the year ahead than during a typical pre-pandemic year, underlining their focus on growth in a post-COVID-19 future, according to a recent survey by Virgin Money. Over a third (35%) of SMEs plan to invest between &

The Scottish team at research and development (R&D) tax credit specialist Access2Funding is celebrating a crucial milestone after securing £2 million in R&D tax relief in 2021. The Scottish contingent of UK-wide business, Access2Funding, was launched in March 2020 and the ever-growing

Retail sales volumes in the UK rose 2.1% month-on-month in February after a significant decline of 8.2% in January, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

NatWest bankers will offer customers video meetings outside of normal working hours as part of a revamp of the lender’s retail banking division. NatWest, which owns the Royal Bank of Scotland, has formulated a new strategy for the business, including plans to offer new products for savers, exp

The average number of properties for sale in some parts of Scotland has fallen by almost a quarter since their peak in November according to property firm apropos. The letting firm has analysed data which shows that the number of advertised properties on the Scottish market has fallen by 22.3% over

Andrew Bailey, the governor of the Bank of England (BoE), has said that the UK economy is set to return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year. This morning, Mr Bailey said that a recent rise in interest rates in financial markets was consistent with an improvement in the economic outlook.

Current lockdown restrictions saw house sellers in Scotland holding off putting their homes up for sale, according to the February 2021 RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

UK house prices fell by 0.1% month-on-month (m/m) in February, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.

The Scottish labour market continued to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2021, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs. Hiring activity rose again, with quicker upturns in both permanent placements and temp billings recorded amid reports that busine

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has announced that partner Brian McMurray will join the firm’s Business Advisory Group in a new role to boost the support it provides to its extensive SME client base. Mr McMurray's new role as business advisory partner follows an unprecedented rise in deman

Edinburgh’s growing status as a hub of innovation and the quality of life it has to offer places the city among the world’s most aspirational future urban hotspots, according to Knight Frank’s latest Wealth Report.

The upcoming Budget could leave many property investors and landlords between a rock and a hard place according to property management firm Apropos. The UK-wide letting firm thinks that the widely trailed rumours that the Chancellor is about to increase capital gains tax (CGT) and Corporation Tax (C

Jason Cozens, founder & CEO of fintech Glint, discusses the role banks will play in the future of alternative global currencies.  For centuries, consumers have had no choice but to trust in the banking system. Anyone looking to secure their financial future was encouraged to entrust their s