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Folk in the land of the brave are apparently anything but when it comes to asking for a refund - after Scots were found to be the least likely nationwide to ask for their money back if they received bad customer service or a sub-standard product.

Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Money CEO Jayne-Anne Gadhia Virgin Money, which is headquartered in Newcastle but employs 200 at its Edinburgh hub in the capital’s St Andrew Square, has hailed a “strong” performance at the start of the year as it posted rising mortgage lending and better-than-e

The Bank of England has reported that mortgage approvals for house purchases fell back to a 2018-low in March and were at the second lowest level (after December 2017) since August 2016.

Doug Gurr Scotland’s SMEs expect revenue growth over the coming year to accelerate despite expecting business conditions to deteriorate.

A struggling construction sector was revealed to be exacting a downward pull on overall growth UK GDP figures for the first quarter of 2018 released today by the Office for National Statistics show that UK GDP grew by 0.1 per cent over the period, the slowest growth observed since the fourth quarter

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has this morning reported a profit of £792 million for the first three months of 2018 year, up from the £259 million logged for the same quarter last year.

Tim Cooper The number of corporate insolvencies in Scotland rose by 28 per cent during the first three months of this year compared with the final quarter of 2017 and rose by 67 per cent compared with Q4 2016-17 (January-March 2017), according to latest data.

Ken Patullo Businesses in Scotland are continuing to face a tough economic climate with levels of early financial distress rising by almost a third in the first three months of 2018 compared with the same period last year.

Louise McCosh Louise McCosh, HR Director at accountancy firm French Duncan, sees reason for optimism despite Brexit uncertainties

Construction workloads in Scotland remained resilient despite bad weather in the first quarter of 2018 – according to the results of the Q1 2018 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey, Scotland.

Reform Scotland, the independent, non-party think tank, has highlighted that VAT was not devolved under previous Scotland Acts because it was illegal under EU law but with the impending exit of the UK from the EU that impediment will be removed.

Iain McCombie Iain McCombie and Milena Mileva, managers at Edinburgh investment firm Baillie Gifford have taken over the management of the £259 million Schroder UK Growth fund after its board sacked Schroders.

Moira Kelly More than two-thirds of taxpayers will pay less on their current income this year under Scotland’s new tax bands which take effect from today, but tax professionals have cautioned Scottish taxpayers will also be exposed to more complexity and potential confusion than ever before.

Industry experts (left to right) Sandy Cairnie, Chris van der Kuyl, Fraser Edmond, Iain Crole and Paddy Burns recently set up Broker Insights in Dundee The number of new technology companies being set up in Scotland rose by 77 per cent last year, outstripping the rate recorded throughout the UK as a

Aberdeen Standard Investments has launched a European Residential Property Fund supported by cornerstone investor Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek (PMT) and its fiduciary manager, MN. Initial investments in excess of €350 million have been received from eight investors in The Netherlands, Switzer