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Monzo, First Direct and Startling Bank have been listed as the best providers of personal current accounts in the UK in terms of overall service quality. The latest service quality survey conducted by Ipsos MORI has revealed that 83% of Monzo customers said they would recomm

Aberdeen Standard Investments’ (ASI) Pan-European Residential Property Fund (ASPER) has exceeded €1 billion of committed equity. The fund passed the significant landmark only three years after being launched at the end of Q1 2018.

Plumbing supplier William Wilson has invested over £150,000 to open a new bath showroom in Thurso. The new showroom is the 17th customer-facing unit in the Aberdeen-based firm's portfolio, which spreads from Ayr to Orkney.

Angus Council is set to launch a new £250,000 fund to help firms in the area succeed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The council will obtain a portion of the £5.6 million allocated by the Scottish Government to set up the programme as a springboard for businesses in the immediat

Community groups, organisations and businesses can now bid for a share of Fife Council's Levenmouth Reconnected Programme (LRP) which includes a £10 million fund.

A toilet in South Korea developed by a professor at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology is offering students cryptocurrency to use the toilet which powers part of a university building with human waste. Students can exchange the currency for coffee, fruit and books, cnet reports.

Unsettled property investors across Scotland are facing an unexpected capital gains pitfall because of a little-known stealth tax change. Tax experts at one of Scotland’s accountancy firms have warned that many face trouble as they rethink their holdings, while unaware that the timeframe to pa

Virgin Money, owner of Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank, has partnered with Edinburgh-based golf company Shot Scope, providing a funding package of £1.5m to help the company scale internationally. Shot Scope, a manufacturer of golf improvement technology provides wearable, global positioning

A Forres farmer is switching gears with a move into the automotive industry, thanks to a six-figure loan from Royal Bank of Scotland.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has received a total of 2,754 separate allegations of misconduct, including fraud, money laundering and compliance complaints, according to official figures. The data, analysed by a Parliament Street think tank and contained in the FCA’s newly published An

Tom Dorner and Stuart Brown, managers of the Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) Europe ex UK Equity Income Fund (OEIC), make the case for European Equity Income, assess what is driving the market and discuss the outlook for the sector and recent fund activity. European equity markets continued thei

Murray International Trust Plc, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), has posted strong half-year results for the period to June 30 2021. The trust has announced two interim dividends of 12.0p (2020: 12.0p). The first interim dividend is payable on 16 August 2021 to shareholders on

The cost of living in the UK could be “significantly” higher by the end of 2021 as inflation continues to rise while remedies remain unlikely, according to Kevin Brown, a spokesman for Scottish Friendly. According to Mr Brown, prices for consumers are expected to keep rising “sharp

Andrew Pollard, director of Falkirk-based Ahead Business Consulting, offers practical tips to businesses to avoid cyber attacks. What do Hackney Council, Amex, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Foxton's Estate Agent, Mersey Rail, Furniture Village and the Salvation Army all have in common? T

The Aberdeen Asian Income Fund, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), has posted a net asset value return of 6.9% over the six months to 30 June 2021. This is versus the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan High Dividend Yield Index return of 7.5% and the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan