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Drivers who are charged unfairly by private car parks have grounds for legal challenge — according to a new legal opinion obtained by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), and published today. CAS has been campaigning on the issue since last year, when the It's Not Fine campaign found that many Scots ar

Scottish stores saw a year-on-year decrease in footfall of 2.4 per cent in June, according to the BRC/Springboard Retail Footfall Monitor. The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) said June, which saw the worst performance since January 2015 and significantly below the three-month average of -1.1 per ce

Maria Botha-Lopez, business analyst for ESPC Average property prices in east central Scotland saw a year-on-year fall of a half percentage between April-June 2015, according to new figures from ESPC.

Alex Neil Tax credit cuts announced in the UK government’s Budget could leave Scottish families £700 million worse off a year, the Scottish Government has claimed.

Victoria Cleland, chief cashier and director of notes at the Bank of England Around 30,000 nominations were made for the portrait on the Bank of England's new £20 note during a two-month public consultation period that ended yesterday.

The Bank of Scotland, Scotland’s first and oldest bank, is today celebrating its 320th birthday having been founded by an Act of the Scottish Parliament on 17 July 1695, just a year after the founding of the Bank of England. Following the passing of the Act, the Bank's promoters opened two subscri

Christopher Trotter (image via pinterest) Experts have joined the maker of Scotland's first home-grown wine in branding it “undrinkable”.

Martin Wheatley City watchdog Financial Conduct Authority has today announced that Martin Wheatley is to stand down as its chief executive.

Fergus Ewing Overseas and domestic tourism visitors to Scotland have both increased by 10 per cent in the last year to the end of March 2015, according to latest official figures.

Guarantor loans are potentially just as damaging as payday loans and are already saddling friends and relatives with "mountains of debt", Citizens Advice has warned. The charity said those put forward as a guarantor on behalf of a borrower were unknowingly signing up to guarantee expensive loan repa

PwC has announced the appointment of three new partners and six directors across its Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh offices. The global firm said that the move is part of its continuing investment in its Scottish team that will also see 140 graduates and work experience interns joining its Scottish

Aberdeen Asset Management’s property division has announced the promotion of Simon Moscow to become head of asset management for the UK, and Stephen Walker to deputy head of asset management for the UK. The moves follow the departure of current head of asset management Giles Easter, who “plans t

L-R: John Black of AAB, Rachel (with her Caithness Glass Trophy) and course leader Professor Elizabeth Gammie. Robert Gordon University has awarded its Best Final Year Student in Accounting and Finance BA (Hons), for 2015 to Rachel Whyte.

Scot Young Scot Young, the Dundee-born property tycoon who was found last year impaled on railings outside his London penthouse cannot have his death ruled as a suicide, a coroner has decided.

The UK taxpayer’s stake in bailed-out Lloyds Banking Group, which was at one point more than 43 per cent state-owned, has now dropped below 15 per cent. The latest milestone was reached after the government sold another 657 million shares in the Edinburgh-based lender.