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New figures have been published showing that a quarter of all Scots are today struggling to make it to their next payday on their current income. Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) conducted a YouGov survey last month that questioned over 2,000 Scots aged 18+.

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Global tax and law firm CMS has announced the promotion of four Scottish-based lawyers to the role of partner. Paula Kidd and Carol Nisbet, from the firm’s Aberdeen offices, along with Mark McMurray and Jenny Walker, who are based in Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively, will all become partners

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The Scottish Government is to create a £150 million national pilot scheme to provide support for first-time buyers and has also launched a consultation of short-term lets. Under the scheme, which will be launched later this year, buyers will be required to fund a minimum of 5% of the

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An unemployed Italian fisherman has hooked the big one while still on dry land after he picked up someone's discarded lottery scratch-card worth €100,000. The man from the southern Italian town of Mola di Bari was a gambler who frequently checked discarded scratch-cards to see whether their ori

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Royal Bank of Scotland has today reported profits of £707m profit for the first three months of the year, which was down from £808m for the same period last year, a downturn the Edinburgh-based lender said can be attributed to the impact of Brexit uncertainty on near-term growth. Th

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Bosses at venerable wealth manager and investment Alliance Trust have told those assembled for the firm's annual general meeting in Dundee yesterday that the 131 year-old business has now committed to having one third of its board made up of female directors. Chairman Lord Smith of Kelvin

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Edinburgh's Capital Credit Union has reported a near 50 per cent increase in new members for the first half of this financial year, compared to 2017/18. Capital has also reported a sharp increase in lending in both personal loans and mortgages for the first two quarters of the year.

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The first biometric fingerprint card issued by a UK bank has entered circulation as part of a national trial by Royal Bank of Scotland which is piloting cutting edge, biometric fingerprint technology with 200 customers.

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Nigel Roberts, VAT Director and Head of VAT & Duty at Johnston Carmichael, explores the implications of the taxman's latest VAT recovery regulations HMRC have announced a major change in the rules governing VAT recovery for businesses which import goods into the UK. At present, the changes will

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