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ESPC has highlighted how the Scottish property market might move forward after the coronavirus lockdown measures have been eased.

Zumo, an Edinburgh-based mobile wallet and payments start-up, has launched an app that stores, sends and allows consumers to spend and exchange cryptocurrencies online. Customers can now use the app to buy, sell and exchange both Bitcoin and Etherium cryptocurrencies. Since the start of lo

People across Scotland are starting to focus on managing their long-term finances as the COVID-19 lockdown continues as well as contemplating how they will withstand the economic fallout of the crisis, according to financial advisory firm Carrington Dean.  This is according to a national survey

Some of Scotland’s early-stage mission-led businesses are stepping up in the fight against COVID-19, as part of the business community’s pandemic response.

A round-up of positive business stories from across Scotland.

Profits at the Royal Bank of Scotland have halved in the first quarter of this year as the bank allocated £802 million to accommodate for a rise in loan losses stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. RBS posted pre-tax profits of £519 million for the period, down from £1 billion th

New research from Nationwide has found that annual house price growth was gaining momentum before the coronavirus pandemic struck the UK.

Scotland’s digital technology sector continued to grow in 2019 with an increase in sales and profit margins, according to the latest annual industry survey conducted by ScotlandIS.

Throughout the first quarter of this year, £2.5 billion was withdrawn from pensions flexibly, marking a 19% increase from the £2.1bn recorded last year, according to the latest data from HMRC.

Scottish Building Society chief executive Paul Denton has forecast that Scotland’s £18 billion housing market will experience two waves of bounce-back when the country emerges from lockdown. Mr Denton expects that the market will return to pre-COVID-19 levels. 

The banking and finance sector has lent over £1.1 billion to SMEs so far through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), according to the latest data from UK Finance.

Business optimism across the UK fell by its largest-ever margin in March, thanks to the current coronavirus crisis, according to figures from the latest BDO Business Trends report.

Allana Sweeney, senior associate in Shepherd and Wedderburn’s restructuring and business advisory team, discusses how the measures of support implemented to help businesses during the coronavirus pandemic are a spark of hope for firms. Each day brings fresh challenges as a consequence of the C

Annual house price growth marginally increased just before the coronavirus pandemic struck the UK, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index.

Hammerson, the retail property company which owns Aberdeen's Union Square and Glasgow's Silverburn, has seen a major slump in rents, as two-thirds of the rent it expected to collect last week was not sent due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.