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Karma, a fintech aimed at eradicating crippling payday loans by offering interest-free advances, has trialled in Scotland with the support of ethical investor Fortunis Capital. Karma allows employees monthly salary advances of £300 with zero interest -  in stark contrast to the 1200%

Edinburgh-based family business Broughton Removals has expanded and rebranded in its 50th year, thanks to a funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland. The removals and storage company, founded by Sonny Munro in 1970, has recruited three new staff members to bolster its loyal team - most of wh

Iain Young, partner at Morton Fraser, comments on the importance for companies of reviewing their articles of association at this time. The social distancing restrictions imposed by the UK government has meant that all businesses have moved to remote working arrangements where it is possible for the

Katharine Wooller, managing director at Dacxi and Eire, a crypto-based platform which helps bring cryptocurrency to 'the crowd', discusses how the coronavirus pandemic is killing cash and what might replace it. The first time I saw a shop declaring itself cashless, it was unusual enough I took a pic

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be introducing a package of measures outlined last week to support consumer credit customers facing payment difficulties due to coronavirus.

UK retail sales in March hit record lows as sakes volumes dropped by 5.1% according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data. 

Those with offshore assets, income or gains are being treated differently from other taxpayers in terms of HMRC’s approach to the impact of COVID-19 warns tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg. Fiona Fernie, a tax risk and dispute resolution partner at the firm, said: “&n

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its final report on the impact of the deadline for PPI complaints which highlights the outcome of the communications campaign which ran for two years. During that time, the campaign was recognised by 32 million people. It significantly increa

The CBI has outlined a comprehensive range of measures aimed at accelerating emergency support to distressed firms amid the continuing COVID-19 crisis.

An auction due to sell the world's largest private collection of whisky ever put up for sale has been postponed after it was attacked by hackers.

Scottish Building Society chief executive Paul Denton has forecast that Scotland’s £18 billion housing market will experience two waves of bounce-back when the country emerges from lockdown. Mr Denton expects that the market will return to pre-COVID-19 levels. 

A development with a partially-formed golf course near St Andrews could be resurrected after the site was put up for sale.

KPMG is forecasting negative GVA (Gross Value Added) in Scotland of at least 8.1% in 2020, as the full economic cost of COVID-19 becomes increasingly clear. The analysis, which is based on the sectoral makeup of Scotland, predicts a significant drop this year, followed by a potential GVA growth in 2

Market confidence in Scotland’s construction sector has fallen sharply with workloads, profit margins and employment anticipated to fall over the coming twelve months.

The latest office market data gathered by CBRE has revealed that office take-up in Edinburgh in the first quarter of 2020 increased by 35% to 130,640 sq ft, signifying a positive start to 2020. Although 32% is below the five year average of 193,603 sq ft for Q1, CBRE has said this can be partly attr