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Scotland ranks in fifth place out of all UK local authority areas with 56 per cent admitting that when it comes to taking risk with their savings and investments they have a low or zero attitude. The finding was revealed via new research by Edinburgh-based savings and investments company, Aegon UK,

Scots are being forced back into the arms of loan sharks in increasing numbers due to the failings of Universal Credit, according to research funding by the UK Government.

With Brexit producing a year of twists and turns, the only certainty about 2019 is that the outlook for businesses across Scotland remains uncertain, according to independent Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers Johnston Carmichael “The big imponderable is Brexit and what sort of i

The turn of the year should bring hope for prospective first-time buyers who have been at the sharp-end of rising prices and prohibitive premiums, a Scottish estate agent it predicting.

In the Federation of Small Businesses in Scotland’s seasonal message, the small business campaign group’s Scotland policy chair, Andrew McRae, urges MPs to be ready for business in 2019  

Big Four accounting firm KPMG has taken the controversial decision to cut staff bonuses for missing deadlines in a bid to stop the late returning of key paperwork.

Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell will pocket a £2.3 million Christmas bonus this hogmanay, it has been confirmed. The Glasgow football club said the 59-year-old, who succeeded Ian Mcleod as chief executive 14 years ago and already receives an annual salary package of £1.17

Towns and cities in London and the South East saw the biggest house price drops in 2018, according to new research by Halifax.

A city banker who was once sacked from his job at Aberdeen Asset Management has been jailed for a minimum of 19 years after being found guilty of killing a blonde socialite living a secret double life as an escort.

The UK Government has branded the cryptocurrency market the “Wild West” and commissioned the Financial Conduct Authority to hold a series of consultations on the regulation of all crypto assets.

As 2018 draws to an end and the New Year approaches, William Wallace, VAT Manager at French Duncan, considers what is happening in the ever-changing world of VAT Review of 2018Although there wasn’t much in the way of significant legislation introduced in 2018, the UK and European courts were a

Scotland is on track to see in excess of £2.5 billion invested in its commercial property market in 2018, according to Savills, with £2.485 billion of deals already completed and two weeks remaining until the end of the year. Volumes mark a 10 per cent increase on last year (£2.275

British car production fell by a substantial -19.6 per cent in November, with 129,030 units manufactured, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Scottish food and drink companies are missing out on huge opportunities in the burgeoning Chinese market, according to a specialist digital agency which has just returned from exhibiting at one of the country’s biggest trade shows.

Brian Milne, partner with accountants and business advisers, French Duncan LLP, has been appointed as provisional lquidator of the Grameen Scotland Foundation, a charity with its headquarters at Glasgow Caledonian University. The business has closed with immediate effect with the loss of all four jo