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Assetz Capital has surpassed the £1 billion mark for lending to SMEs and housebuilders across the UK, with more than £115 million being deployed in Scotland since 2013. As part of its business lending, Assetz Capital has been a key supporter of the UK housing market, funding a total of 4

An app which lets kids receive, manage and spend their money has raised $5 million in funding from investors.

Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB), chartered accountants and business advisors, has this week completed the expansion of its Edinburgh office space. The expansion follows a raft of contract wins and the company anticipates an increase in headcount thanks to the completion of the project.

Older homeowners in Scotland face a retirement income shortfall of £17,652 a year, according to a new report published today by the Equity Release Council and Key.

Over 600,000 SMEs (0-249 employees) could be at risk of collapse in 2020, according to new research by small business insurance provider Simply Business.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted to accidentally posting the personal information of an estimated 1,600 people who complained about it on its website. The FCA has issued a statement which says that in a response to a Freedom of Information Act request published on our website in No

The rate at which the over-55s are extracting money from their pension savings could leave many at the risk of running out of money in retirement, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has warned. ABI has said that five years on from the launch of pension freedoms, the idea of "cash today, pover

Chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset has issued a warning to charities about the risk of fraud. While the true cost of fraud to UK charities is unknown, the Fraud Advisory Panel estimates that it could be as high as £2 billion a year. According to the Office for National Statistics, there w

Alison Rose, chief executive of RBS, has been appointed as chair of Business in the Community’s Scotland advisory board. Mr Rose has also joined Business in the Community’s board of trustees. Ms Rose has worked at RBS for 27 years. Prior to her current role as chief executive, she was de

Holyrood’s Finance and Constitution Committee has called upon the Scottish Government to adopt a more strategic approach to budgetary management.

A major review of how companies and auditors assess and report on the impact of climate change has been announced by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). The watchdog will review the extent to which UK companies and auditors are responding to the impact of climate change on their business to ensur

It is "too early" to say if there has been a so-called Boris bounce or Brexit bounce in house prices, Scottish Building Society (SBS) has said. The average price of a house in Scotland increased 2.2 per cent to £151,603, according to the government’s UK House Price Index.

A review investigating how much senior management at Lloyds Banking Group knew about the HBOS Reading Scandal has been delayed for a year. Dame Linda Dobbs, who is conducting the review, has delayed the date for report the until the second half of 2020 or even later due to the volume of work involve

The substantial, long-term contribution to the Scottish economy of HFD Property Group’s new office development at 177 Bothwell Street in Glasgow has been outlined in an independent report. Carried out by economic and social research consultant EKOS, the economic impact research shows the new b

Royal Bank of Scotland Group has announced that it will change its name to NatWest Group later this year. The bank, which owns RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank, revealed the name change as it released its full-year results.