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Last year saw a sharp rise in £1 million-plus house sales in Scotland, according to new research from property firm Rettie and Co. The estate and letting agent said it had seen strong demand at the luxury end of the market, which saw a 25 per cent increase in activity year-on-year and a total

The head of public spending watchdog Audit Scotland has spoken out about the “sexist and inappropriate” behaviour that she and her team have been subject to when presenting their findings to boards. Speaking ahead of International Women's Day on Friday, Caroline Gardner, 55, who has been

HM Revenue & Customs has come under fire from MPs over a letter that it sent out to tens of thousands of self-employed workers suggesting that they should consider remortgaging their homes or take out loans to settle huge tax bills they've been hit with relating to decades old tax arrangeme

Benny Higgins, the former Tesco Bank boss charged with delivering the Scottish government’s national investment bank, has revealed that he will stand down from his post next year when he expects the bank to be up and running. Mr Higgins was appointed as strategic adviser to First Minister Nico

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the key findings of supervisory work to assess the effectiveness of disclosure by asset managers and intermediaries, such as wealth managers, to their retail customers.

A mystery donor handed over €32,000 to tax collectors with a note identifying it as "conscience money". The cheque was one of several anonymous payments received by Revenue over the past three years, totalling €62,562.

The number of first-time buyers in Scotland has grown by more than 50 per cent in a decade, according to new research.

The Scottish Government has launched a £50 million fund to help boost town centres. The Town Centre Fund, which has been set up in partnership with COSLA, is supporting councils to ensure their high streets are more diverse, sustainable and successful in the face of changing and

The Housing team at law firm Harper Macleod has seen the overall tally for Scottish housing association funding deals it has advised on in the current financial year approach the £500 million mark after the latest investments were announced. Led by partner Derek Hogg, one of Sco

British banks are being hit by more than one major IT or security failure that stops customers from making payments every day, a Which? Money investigation has found.

Research carried out as part of accountancy firm BDO LLP’s annual FraudTrack report shows that Scotland ranked as the fourth most defrauded region in the UK by value as fraud rose by 88 per cent from £16.2m in 2017 to £30.4m in 2018. Accountants and business advisers BDO disco

Increase in the average price of a residential property but a decrease in the volume of sales, compared with the previous year.

A first of its kind Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA), allowing investors to spread their money across multiple peer-to-peer lenders (P2P) has been launched this week by Edinburgh-based investment platform and analyst Orca Money.  The Orca ISA aims to open up the P2P market to retail investors and

A Glasgow housing association has struck a £30m deal with Handelsbanken to help finance new build properties and a comprehensive programme of improvements to city housing. Southside Housing Association (SHA), will use the loan facility from the Swedish bank to support the finance of upgra

Scottish accountants and financial advisers French Duncan are today highlighting the fact that the most significant changes to insolvency working practices in Scotland in over 30 years are to come into force in just four weeks when they are introduced on 6th April. The new rules are the In