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Scotland’s population has continued to increase and now stands at a record high of 5.44 million, the largest population ever in Scotland for the ninth year running. Figures published today by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) show that Scotland’s population grew by 13,300

The first biometric fingerprint card issued by a UK bank has entered circulation as part of a national trial by Royal Bank of Scotland which is piloting cutting edge, biometric fingerprint technology with 200 customers.

Edinburgh's Capital Credit Union has reported a near 50 per cent increase in new members for the first half of this financial year, compared to 2017/18. Capital has also reported a sharp increase in lending in both personal loans and mortgages for the first two quarters of the year.

Bosses at venerable wealth manager and investment Alliance Trust have told those assembled for the firm's annual general meeting in Dundee yesterday that the 131 year-old business has now committed to having one third of its board made up of female directors. Chairman Lord Smith of Kelvin

Royal Bank of Scotland has today reported profits of £707m profit for the first three months of the year, which was down from £808m for the same period last year, a downturn the Edinburgh-based lender said can be attributed to the impact of Brexit uncertainty on near-term growth. Th

Two North Uist-based brothers have purchased a new fishing vessel, with a six-figure funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

The UK government and Scottish Chamber of Commerce will today call on Scottish businesses to make their voices heard in post-Brexit free trade agreements.   The Department for International Trade has announced that the Scottish Chamber of C

Scottish independent wrap platform provider, Nucleus, has today published latest figures showing that it has grown its assets under administration during the first three months of the year to £14.8bn, up 9.1 per cent over Q1 2018 and 6.3 per cent on the previous quarter. By comparison, th

With HMRC currently consulting on changes to the reduced 5 per cent VAT rate that has been available for the installation of energy saving materials (ESMs) in residential accommodation, in order to bring the UK into line with EU law, experts at accountancy firm Saffery Champness are stressing t

Eileen Blackburn and Brian Milne, of accountants and business advisers French Duncan LLP, have been appointed joint administrators of Edinburgh-based Big Data for Humans. Big Data for Humans, which has four employees, provided data science services for customer marketing specialising in retaile

Innovate Finance, FinTech Scotland and FinTech North have today announced the creation of a national network that the trio say will encourage innovators up and down the country to connect and form multiple FinTech hubs and centres of excellence. The FinTech National Network will foster collaboration

Three executives at Metro bank have had their bonuses frozen as an investigation over accounting errors at the lender rumbles on. Shares worth about £480,000 had been due to chief executive Craig Donaldson, and about £250,000 each for finance director David Arden and his predecessor

The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) recent intervention following an outcry over conflicts of interest in the wake of a string of scandals involving Deloitte, EY, PwC and KPMG may be challenged in the courts by the so-called ‘Big Four’ ac

The Scottish Government is to create a £150 million national pilot scheme to provide support for first-time buyers and has also launched a consultation of short-term lets. Under the scheme, which will be launched later this year, buyers will be required to fund a minimum of 5% of the

An unemployed Italian fisherman has hooked the big one while still on dry land after he picked up someone's discarded lottery scratch-card worth €100,000. The man from the southern Italian town of Mola di Bari was a gambler who frequently checked discarded scratch-cards to see whether their ori