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New figures have been published showing that a quarter of all Scots are today struggling to make it to their next payday on their current income. Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) conducted a YouGov survey last month that questioned over 2,000 Scots aged 18+.

Global tax and law firm CMS has announced the promotion of four Scottish-based lawyers to the role of partner. Paula Kidd and Carol Nisbet, from the firm’s Aberdeen offices, along with Mark McMurray and Jenny Walker, who are based in Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively, will all become partners

Scottish Friendly, Scotland’s largest financial mutual, has today announced a significant increase in demand for Investment ISAs as it reveals another solid set of financial results in 2018. Despite challenging market conditions, the mutual reported strong growth in Scottish Friendly

Edinburgh property group Sigma has launched a new Scottish Government-backed fund to invest in Scotland’s private rented sector. The Sigma Scottish PRS Fund will have initial resources of £43 million, with £30m provided by the Scottish Government’s Building Sco

Nationwide Building Society has today announced that it has invested in Ordo, an innovative payment request service launching later this year that connects billers to payers using apps and secure messaging, putting billers and their customers back in control of their payments. Ordo pr

Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its corporate finance offering across the north of Scotland with a senior strategic hire. Eliza Bellamy, who brings 15 years’ M&A experience, has joined Johnston Carmichael as a director in the firm’s Aberdeen office.

The average cost of motor insurance has fallen to its lowest level for two years - £466 - according to the Association of British Insurer’s latest Motor Insurance Premium Tracker out today.

Mike McKeon CA has been appointed as the new president of ICAS. Mike, who is a non-executive director and chair of the Audit Committee at National Express, was confirmed as President for 2019 at the ICAS Annual General Meeting on Friday.

Nucleus, the Edinburgh-based adviser built wrap platform, has revamped its advisory board as it continues its strategic engagement with the adviser community and looks to put advisers at the heart of its approach to corporate governance. Since the company was founded by seven advisory businesses in

Scotland’s construction firms are once again on the front line as one of the sectors worst affected by growing advanced or ‘critical’ distress in the country in the first quarter of 2019 compared with the same period the previous year, according to the latest data from insolvency s

Edinburgh-based wealth manager, Brooks Macdonald, has launched an innovative Decumulation Service to meet the evolving needs of the ‘at retirement’ market and beyond. Since pension freedoms began in 2015, over 1.8 millioni people have accessed their defined contribution pension pot and t

The contribution of the Scotch Whisky industry to the UK economy has grown by 10 per cent since 2016 to £5.5bn.

The independent chair of a commission tasked with tackling poverty in Edinburgh has called for the introduction of strict rent controls in the city. Dr Jim McCormick said that high housing costs has been singled out by the Edinburgh Poverty Commission as the biggest barrier to lifting

Twenty-eight business leaders from 23 of Scotland’s most promising, pioneering and accomplished businesses, have been announced today as the finalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards - Scotland. For the first time, the awards dinner will take place in Dundee in June. The City of Dis

Starting this week, shoppers at Sainsbury’s Holborn Circus convenience store in London can check out the UK’s first till-free grocery store.