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Alan McIntosh Alan McIntosh, money advice trainer and consultant at Advice Scotland, summarises his new report on the Scottish government's faltering Debt Arrangement Scheme.

Philip Hammond UK chancellor Philip Hammond has hinted that the Treasury could finally be about to take a multi-billion-pound haircut and sell off its 73 per cent stake in Royal Bank of Scotland nearly a decade after rescuing it at a cost of £45 billion to the UK taxpayer.

New research has revealed a widespread lack of visibility and awareness of Scottish boards amongst their employees, with 44 per cent of respondents unable to name a single member of the board at the company they work for, compared with 39 per cent across the rest of the UK.

One Lochrin Square Edinburgh’s office market returned a strong Q1 2017 as supply continued to hit fresh lows and demand from occupiers remained buoyant, according to analysis from Knight Frank.

Martin Gill The UK’s productivity crisis is deepening, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO.

Jo Iwasaki The UK government would be well-advised to address the corporate governance issues raised in this week’s report from the Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee, but must avoid overly prescriptive compliance-driven measures to tackle corporate culture, according

This week marks two years since the introduction of some of the most radical reforms to UK pensions in a generation and new research has revealed that while the size of the average pension pot has ballooned from £29,000 to 50,000 over the last 24 months, men are far more likely to have boosted sav

Debbie Crosbie CYBG, the owner of Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank has announced plans to open a lab in one of London’s wealthiest districts to allow customers to have a direct input in the future products it offers and technologies it develops.

Deloitte has unveiled the next stage of its Scottish expansion with the opening of its new Greenhouse and the continued expansion of its digital Edinburgh studio.

A woman has been handed the biggest parking fine ever in the UK, at £24,500, for ignoring more than 200 parking penalties. Carly Mackie, 28, persistently parked outside her mother’s house without paying the parking charge. She believed she was entitled to park in front of her family

Tim Cooper Over a fifth of Scottish adults (23 per cent) say that their personal or household finances are amongst the most likely factors, from a list of common causes of stress and anxiety, to have a negative impact on their mental health, according to a new survey of over 2,000 British adults by

Scottish Friendly has announced its plans for the Lifetime ISA (Lisa) market with its innovative new Lisa Access option.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today outlined plans for new rules to help customers who are in persistent credit card debt.

Anne Begg Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre (PSPC) member firms have sold almost £33m worth of homes so far this year, a significant increase on this time last year, when the combined value was just over £22m. The number of properties going under offer has also increased, as have the number of

HSBC has announced that it is introducing a range of gender neutral titles that can now be used on its accounts, along with other improvements, to help its transgender customers.