Search: raise

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to keep interest rates on hold at 0.75 per cent as expected after last month's increase.

Louise Dingwall (Oldmeldrum GC), Phil Anderson, Louise Sutherland (Children 1st) and Pat Ramsay (Oldmeldrum GC) North-east financial advisers Phil Anderson Financial Services has once again sponsored the Oldmeldrum Golf Club charity open which was held recently.

UK households have become net borrowers for the first time in 30 years, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Malcolm Buchanan Scottish private sector output rose at a strong pace at the end of the second quarter, according to June data from Royal Bank of Scotland.

(from left) GHA chair Bernadette Hewitt, EIB vice president Jonathan Taylor, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Wheatley Group Board member Jo Armstrong Wheatley Group has unveiled £185 million of new funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to help build and improve thousands of affordable

A new study by global accountancy firm Grant Thornton has revealed the scale of the student talent retention challenge currently facing Scotland.

First-time buyers will be helped to purchase their first home through a new tax relief which came into force at the weekend.

The liquidation of Carillion is estimated to cost taxpayers at least £148 million while accountants and lawyers managing the process are set to earn £70m in fees, the National Audit Office(NAO) has concluded.

Lack of consumer understanding and awareness of Pension Freedoms are the biggest concerns for advisers, three years on from the launch of the rules.

An insurance agent who set up numerous bank accounts to embezzle £90,000 from Aviva has been jailed for 22 months.

Consumer watchdog Which? is calling for an end to what it calls "rip-off" overdraft fees as it reveals they can still cost over seven times more than a payday loan, with Scottish banks identified among the biggest offenders.

Buccleuch Livingston Buccleuch Property has further strengthened its commercial property portfolio with the purchase of a substantial industrial unit at Oakbank Industrial Estate, Livingston.

Alasdair Ronald Alasdair Ronald, Senior Investment Manager at Brewin Dolphin in Glasgow, looks at what this week's retail mega merger says about the current M&A climate

L-R: Innes Smith, Sandy Adam, Alan Macdonald and Martin Egan Scottish housebuilder Springfield Properties has completed the acquisition of Glasgow-based housebuilder Dawn Homes for a consideration of up to £20.1 million.

Seven houses bought using proceeds from crime have been recovered by the Civil Recovery Unit (CRU).