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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.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) is calling for the UK to implement a US-style Sarbanes-Oxley regime on internal controls, to make audit fit for purpose for the 21st century. In its response to Sir Donald Brydon’s ‘call for views’ on the

A new advice service dedicated to working with companies to enhance their boardroom governance has been launched by Burness Paull LLP. A new advice service dedicated to working with companies to enhance their boardroom governance has been launched by Burness Paull LLP.

The winners of Scottish EDGE Round 14 have been announced with designer sustainable wooden bag manufacturer, Roccio, taking the inaugural Circular Economy EDGE Award.

A new social enterprise has won a prestigious national award to support charities while ploughing hundreds of thousands of pounds back into the third sector. Hailed Scotland’s top Social Enterprise business idea, the first dedicated mobile communication social enterprise in Scotland, Good

Global real estate agency CBRE has announced that it has acquired 120 West Regent Street, a multi-let prime office investment in the heart of Glasgow’s Central Business District, on behalf of West Ranga Property Group.

Death defying swimming pools are set to become the newest architectural trend in central London under newly unveiled concept designs.

Accountancy firm MHA Henderson Loggie has announced that directors at Tayside Plumbing & Building Supplies have announced their decision to close the 45 year old company and wind the business up while it remains solvent. MHA Henderson Loggie said the move comes after careful consi