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Taking the Mick? As nation awaits the latest Apple gadget with eager tech-heads already placing their pre-sale orders, new research from PwC in Scotland has shown that almost half of Scots workers would consider wearing a smartwatch from their employer if their data was used to improve things such a

Alan Cunningham Alan Cunningham is a partner at Alexander Sloan, the Glasgow and Edinburgh- based Chartered Accountant and Business Adviser.

Craig McKinlay, mortgages director at Halifax Fewer than half of people aged between 20 and 45 are making financial plans to save for a house while the number of those saving for a deposit has fallen, according to a new report.

Just under half (48 per cent) of British men fail to support any good causes or get involved in social action in a typical month, according to figures released today by the Charities Aid Foundation. The agency found that the nation’s men are much less likely than women to be involved in supporting

A property development company which claimed that its lawyers were in “breach of contract” has been awarded more than £2.7 million. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the legal firm was “negligent” in its failure to ensure that the company complied with the terms of two revolving cr

The Bank of England has revealed that the number of mortgage approvals made to home-buyers rose to its highest level in six months in February. A total of 61,760 was reached over the past six months suggesting housing market activity is recovering after experiencing a lull during the latter part of

Perth-based energy giant SSE has agreed to sell a 16-megawatt onshore wind farm in Scotland to GE Financial Services, a unit of General Electric Co. Under the deal, GE will own and operate the 10-turbine project near Hawick when construction is finished in the first half, Perth, Scotland-based SSE s

Aberdeen had the highest hotel revenue outside London for 2014 as Scotland’s hospitality sector outperformed the rest of the UK, according to the latest report by accountants BDO. The firm’s regular hotel survey found that the annual revenue (the industry term for rooms yield) in Aberdeen was hi

Edinburgh-based energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) has predicted oil exploration costs will fall by a third next year. But the welcome forecast comes as news emerged yesterday that industry giantsShell and Taqa have both announced plans to cut hundreds of North Sea jobs.

The number of women on company boards has almost doubled over the past four years to just under a quarter, according to new figures. It is close to the target that was set to be achieved by 2015 by Lord Davies of Abersoch four years ago.

The Scottish economy slowed sharply in the three months to the end of February but expectations for the next six months remain elevated at levels only slightly below their pre-crisis level, and at their seventh highest quarterly level in more than seven years. The latest Business Monitor from Bank o

The UK inflation rate has fallen to a record low of 0 per cent. The official data for February reveals the lowest rate since records began.

Around 140,000 households in Scotland saved £9.8 million in the last six months by changing electricity supplier, according to new figures. The figures, released by the UK government as part of the ‘Power to Switch’ campaign, show that within Scotland:

The FTSE 100 Index climbed above the 7,000 mark on Friday for the first time in its history. It came as world markets were buoyed by a small recovery in the price of oil as well as hopeful signs over the Greek debt crisis.

Scots are increasingly more confident about their ability to repay debts according to PwC’s latest report on the consumer credit industry. The ‘big four’ firm’s ‘Precious Plastic: How Britons fell back in love with borrowing’ report found that only just over one in ten are worried about