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A report published by Halifax has revealed that the annual UK house price slowed to a 77-month low in September, as prices fell 0.4% month-on-month.

Edinburgh-based R&D tax credits specialist Jumpstart is rebranding as ABGI UK following a £250k investment. Following its acquisition by the French-headquartered ABGI Group earlier this year, the Jumpstart brand has operated alongside ABGI UK, with the former focusing on the SME market whi

New car sales rose by 1.3% year-on-year in September, marking the first increase since February, however, this has not mitigated a continuous slow in the industry.

The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for September has revealed that the British manufacturing sector is still struggling.

Building activity has fallen at the second-fastest rate since April 2009, new figures have revealed.

EY ITEM Club has revealed that mortgage approvals fell and consumer credit growth slowed in August. UK Finance reported that mortgage approvals for house prises eased back to back to 42,576 in August from a 29-month high of 43,303 in July, whilst annual net unsecured consumer credit growth edged bac

Business activity in the Scottish economy declined in the third quarter of this year with the ongoing economic uncertainty expected to have a continued detrimental impact.

UK public finances saw a rare recent improvement in August as the budget deficit (measured in terms of PSNBex) dipped modestly to £6.4 billion from £6.9bn in August 2018, according to EY ITEM Club.

Scotland's food and drink sector is growing three times faster than the whole of the Scottish economy in the last decade, the RBS Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) has revealed. The bank's PMI was at 53.5 in August, which surpassed the all-manufacturing reading of 49.6.

Scotland faces the prospect of a recession in the coming year if a No Deal Brexit occurs with £2 billion of investment aligned to be eradicated if uncertainty continues, warns Scotland's chief economist.

A survey conducted by Which? has found that more than one-third of Scotland's bank branches have closed down within the last five years.

Young people saving for a home are most at risk of suffering the largest financial loss if they were unable to work due to illness or injury, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed.

Orkney-based storage and removals firm, Advantage Storage Limited (ASL), has purchased a 1,758 sq. m. unit in Inverness after securing a six-figure funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland. Owned by McAdie & Reeve Ltd, Orkney's leading removals, storage and distribution specialist, ASL provid

Business confidence in Scotland has moved into marginally positive territory for the first time in a year, according to new analysis from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). The latest ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor includes a Scottish score of +2.8 for Q3 2019, a

Business education and membership organisation Entrepreneurial Scotland (ES) has announced the appointment of Sara Cook and Sean McGrath as directors. Ms Cook has been promoted to the new position of director of talent programmes, while Mr McGrath has been appointed as ES's new finance director.