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One in five UK investors is considering debt investment amidst low interest rates and Brexit uncertainty, according to new research from FJP Investment. The company commissioned an independent survey of more than 950 UK-based investors.

Edinburgh has become a hotspot for investment in student accommodation, according to Knight Frank’s Global Student Property 2019 report. The independent commercial property consultancy found the Scottish capital was the third most popular destination in the UK for investment in

Permanent placements in Scotland's labour market rose during May amid declines across the UK as a whole, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.

Overall business confidence in May fell for the first time in three months, dipping four points to 10 per cent, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking Business Barometer.

Figures out today from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) show that the number of motor theft claims paid by insurers in the first quarter of this year were at their highest for any quarter since 2012, with a payment made to a car crime victim every 8 minutes. The cost of these claims rose by

Mortgage approvals for house purchases rose markedly in April to be at the highest level since February 2017, new data from UK Finance has shown. Loans for house purchases rose to 42,989 in April from 40,564 in March; this marked a clear upside breakout of the 38,000-40,000 range that had previously

New academic research has revealed that school pupils in the UK are becoming increasingly unable to work out change, with physical money rapidly becoming an alien concept to them.

Glasgow-based accountancy firm Wylie & Bisset has told landlords that selling up is not the only option available to them as new HM Revenue & Customs figures reveal landlords of UK buy-to-let property have reacted to the government squeezing their returns by selling assets. HMRC has rev

The Financial Services Ombudsman (FSO) recorded a five-year high in complaints last year, with more than 388,000 people bringing complaints, up 14 per cent on the year before. The rise was driven by an 89 per cent rise in complaints about consumer credit products and services, including payday lende

Data published by HMRC has revealed the hotspots for R&D tax relief claims across Scotland. Businesses based in the City of Edinburgh topped the league for the number of claims for R&D tax credits in 2016-17 at 425 claims, followed by Glasgow City on 335 and Aberdeen City on 250.

Permanent staff appointments in Scotland expanded at the fastest rate in the year-to-date during April, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.

The Scottish retail sector had its highest ever quarter for insolvencies in the first three months of 2019, according to new analysis of the sector by accountants and business advisers French Duncan. In Q1 28 retailers were made insolvent which is already over 40 per cent of the entire figure for 20

Henderson Loggie have been appointed as liquidators to SGM Distribution which has ceased trading with the loss of 16 jobs. The courier business, which has depots in Letham and Aberdeen and a fleet of 47 delivery vehicles, has been experiencing increasingly difficult trading conditions since expandin

Young workers are unaware of the rights they hold within their workplaces, new research from UIA Mutual Insurance has found.

Britain’s free-to-use ATM network is on course to be decimated in the coming months unless urgent action is taken to protect access to cash, new research from consumer watchdog Which? has revealed.