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Over one in ten people across Britain own second homes, buy-to-let and overseas properties worth £941bn, according to new research published by the Resolution Foundation.

Over 50’s in Great Britain are becoming a larger part of the rental market, according to Hamptons International’s Monthly Letting Index. So far this year over 50’s accounted for 15 per cent of rented households, up from just 11 per cent when Hamptons International’s reco

Scottish accountancy firm French Duncan are advising Scottish business owners to be sure they know whether they are providing a car or a van to their employees following a recent significant ruling in favour of HMRC. The case was between Coca Cola and HMRC and centred on whether the soft drink giant

Renfrewshire business leaders will recommend a strategy to support the region’s future economic success this autumn. Members of the region’s Economic Leadership Panel have been working together on the proposals which will underpin the approach over the coming years.

Saga, the UK's specialist in products and services for life after 50, has announced that Marcus by Goldman Sachs is to become its new long-term savings partner.  The partnership will launch a new range of products together from autumn 2019.

Springkell House, a luxury country house based in Dumfries & Galloway in the Scottish lowlands, has secured funding from Barclays to help with the redevelopment and expansion of the venue’s hotel facilities. The £650,000 funding package will allow the owners to redevelop the quadrang

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) have today made a joint announcement of their approval of the Shanghai and London Stock Exchanges’ proposed new Shanghai-London Stock Connect. They have also published a memorandum of understanding (MoU

The average first-time buyer is now paying £154,238, requiring a deposit of £15,424, meaning those born in 1988 would have had to save £514 for every year of their life just to make it onto today’s ladder.

More than 400,000 Scots (10 per cent) have fallen victim to a financial scam at some point in their lives, new research by Bank of Scotland and YouGov has revealed.

Over 50 firms every day now being helped by insurers to cope with bad debts. The number of insurance claims made so far this by UK businesses facing bad debts has reached its highest level in ten years according to latest figures out today from the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

There are likely to be many more Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) for retailers following the recent agreement for the Arcadia group as the sector’s problems continue according to a leading Scottish insolvency practitioner. Eileen Blackburn, head of Restructuring and Debt Advisory at Fre

By Catherine Burnet, Senior Partner and Head of Scotland at KPMG UK.  

Professional house buying firm Property Solvers has revealed that it’s taking an average of 17.35 weeks to sell a property in the Glasgow (G) postcodes.

New analysis of the 2.1 million people that work in the UK digital tech sector and live job adverts has captured the extent to which the digital tech sector is spreading beyond its stronghold in London and the South East.

New figures from the Student Loans Company have revealed that total publicly owned student debt in Scotland has hit over £5.5 billion.