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Tim Cooper The numbers of personal insolvencies in Scotland rose by almost a fifth in 2016-17 compared with 2015-16, to hit 9,958.

UK retail sales posted their biggest quarterly fall in seven years in March, as the prices of everyday goods continued to climb.

Neil Amnar Scottish Chambers of Commerce has called for a lowering of taxes and a commitment to safeguarding inward migration north of the border to bolster Scotland’s stuttering economy.

The Scottish Government has welcomed commitments from the new owners of the Green Investment Bank on the future of the Edinburgh-based institution.

Scottish sales declined by 1.0 per cent on a like-for-like basis last month compared to March 2016, when they had decreased by 1.6 per cent, according to latest data.

Nicola Sturgeon at the opening of Scotland House Scotland’s latest Innovation and Investment Hub has officially opened in London with more than 450 businesses registering their interest in becoming members in the first few weeks.

Luke Davis With the triggering of Article 50 and the start of the 2017/18 financial year on 6 April, London-based investment firm IW Capital has conducted new research to profile the risk appetite of the UK investor community.

Scottish business confidence rose slightly in the first quarter of 2017 - ending an almost two year decline in business optimism - new Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) research shows.

Image courtesy of Dave Rennie A housing developer is giving away one of his properties for free to a needy family in New Zealand’s largest city, but they will have to find somewhere to put it.

The average UK small business has seen its basic costs soar by 3.2 per cent in the last year, according to Barclays’ Small Business Cost Index (SBCI), which has revealed the impact of rising inflation on UK SME businesses.

Steve Davies A new PwC report has revealed that 61 per cent of UK financial services industry leaders believe they could lose as much as 40 per cent of their revenue to standalone FinTech firms, compared to 51 per cent of financial services leaders globally.

The performance of the UK manufacturing sector remained solid at the end of the first quarter, although rates of expansion in output and new orders lost further impetus following recent highs, remaining above respective long-run averages, with domestic markets a key source of new business wins.

Tim Cooper Over a fifth of Scottish adults (23 per cent) say that their personal or household finances are amongst the most likely factors, from a list of common causes of stress and anxiety, to have a negative impact on their mental health, according to a new survey of over 2,000 British adults by

Pictured: Laura Wilson, BAM construction, David Watt, Chief Executive Arts and Business Scotland, Fiona Hyslop, Brian Inkster, Inkster Solicitors, Lousie Quinn, Tromolo Productions (front) Sam Beckett, Y Dance A pioneering new fund that promotes collaboration between Scottish businesses and arts and

Veronica Donnelly of Campbell Dallas Glasgow takes delivery of one of the new electric cars. To coincide with changes to vehicle excise duty (VED) for cars first registered on or after 1st April, independent accountancy firm Campbell Dallas has highlighted the green business benefits of ‘thinking