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The number of sub-1% mortgages on offer in the UK has increased as major banks and lenders extend their ranges. HSBC UK has unveiled a rate below 1% for the first time in nearly five years, while Nationwide Building Society is offering a 0.99% mortgage fixed for two years for borrowers with a 40% de

New research published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has estimated that 2.3 million adults now hold cryptoassets, marking an increase from the 1.9 million recorded last year. The research also revealed that 78% of adults have now heard of cryptoassets, up from 73% in a year.

A new digital academy launched by Bank of Scotland aims to help people, businesses and charities across Scotland boost their essential skills. The free academy includes live training sessions as well as videos, interactive webpages and guides that can be accessed on demand at any time.

Accountancy firm MHA Henderson Loggie is supporting a university competition credited with propelling up-and-coming video game designers along the path to success. The firm will join tech multinational Dell and law firm Lindsays in providing sponsorship and mentoring to those taking part in Abe

Just as the summer is about to begin in earnest, new VAT rules affecting UK suppliers selling goods and services online to EU consumers could dampen the mood for some businesses, writes Iain Masterton. The new EU VAT rules for B2C sales, being introduced on 1 July, come on the back of Brexit and are

The Scottish economy contracted by 1.9% during the first quarter of the year, which business experts have called "concerning and disappointing". The economy was 5.4% smaller in Q1 2021 than in Q1 2020, before the Covid-19 pandemic made its full impact, the figures show.

A trainee paralegal with a gambling addiction who embezzled more than £220,000 from Aberdein Considine has been jailed for 16 months, The Press and Journal reports. At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, Callum Scott, 23, admitted stealing the sum from the law firm in order to deal with a number of payday

Aberdeen-based global logistics firm Grampian Continental is on the move to a new HQ, thanks to a £1.4 million funding boost from the Royal Bank of Scotland.

The Scottish Building Society (SBS) has embarked on a partnership with European climate change analysts Ambiental to assess flood risks in more than £400 million of mortgages. The modelling work draws on Ambiental’s predictive analytics, machine learning and expertise to foreca

A key part of Aberdeen’s £350 million harbour development is in the balance due to a shortfall in financing, according to reports.

Community organisations on Highland’s West Coast are supporting the safe return of visitors to the region by upgrading a range of local tourism facilities.

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has engaged umbrella organisation The Professional Partner Network (TPPN) to augment the range of specialist expertise and advice it provides to the hospitality sector. The move follows the recent appointment by TPPN of senior hospitality experts Christine Ox

UK house prices rose 1.3% month-on-month in May, which lifted the annual rate of increase to a near seven-year high of 9.5%, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.

Iain Fraser and Chad Griffin, partners with FRP, have been appointed joint administrators of N-Sea Offshore Limited, an Aberdeen-based integrated provider of subsea services. N-Sea Offshore was launched in 2014 and is a subsidiary of the global N-Sea Group which is headquartered in the Netherlands.

The lifting of restrictions and a positive outlook for manufacturers and oil and gas businesses in 2021 will spark a stronger than previously projected lift-off for the Scottish economy this summer, according to the latest analysis in KPMG’s UK Economic Outlook. Scotland’s GDP will grow