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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says it is considering changes to the way in which commission works in the motor finance sector after uncovering serious concerns about the way in which lenders are choosing to reward car retailers and other credit brokers.  The findings form part of the fi

Increase in the average price of a residential property but a decrease in the volume of sales, compared with the previous year.

Wylie & Bisset is warning anyone who participated in Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs) and Employer Funded Retirement Benefit Schemes (EFRBs) that the new Tax Year could bring unprecedented financial woe as the new Loan Charge Legislation comes into force. Traditionally such schemes remunerated key

Scotland has come top of an index charting the representation of women in the workplace across the UK, retaining its position from the previous year. The performance is revealed in PwC’s latest Women in Work Index, which analyses the representation and welfare of women in the world o

British banks are being hit by more than one major IT or security failure that stops customers from making payments every day, a Which? Money investigation has found.

The Housing team at law firm Harper Macleod has seen the overall tally for Scottish housing association funding deals it has advised on in the current financial year approach the £500 million mark after the latest investments were announced. Led by partner Derek Hogg, one of Sco

A Scottish firm that has pioneered technology using plastic waste to surface roads has opened its first factory in Dumfries and Galloway today.

The head of public spending watchdog Audit Scotland has spoken out about the “sexist and inappropriate” behaviour that she and her team have been subject to when presenting their findings to boards. Speaking ahead of International Women's Day on Friday, Caroline Gardner, 55, who has been

Benny Higgins, the former Tesco Bank boss charged with delivering the Scottish government’s national investment bank, has revealed that he will stand down from his post next year when he expects the bank to be up and running. Mr Higgins was appointed as strategic adviser to First Minister Nico

Aviva, Britain's biggest insurer, which employs 2,500 staff across hubs in Perth and Bishopbriggs, has today announced that Maurice Tulloch will become its new chief executive officer with immediate effect. Sir Adrian Montague, chairman of Aviva, who has been acting in an executive capacity pen

HM Revenue & Customs has come under fire from MPs over a letter that it sent out to tens of thousands of self-employed workers suggesting that they should consider remortgaging their homes or take out loans to settle huge tax bills they've been hit with relating to decades old tax arrangeme

An investor who used all their ISA allowance to invest in the UK stock market through a tracker over the last two decades could have made £162,349 after charges, according to analysis conducted by Willis Owen, the online investment service provider, to mark the 20th anniversary of the tax-free

The Scottish Government has launched a £50 million fund to help boost town centres. The Town Centre Fund, which has been set up in partnership with COSLA, is supporting councils to ensure their high streets are more diverse, sustainable and successful in the face of changing and

Last year saw a sharp rise in £1 million-plus house sales in Scotland, according to new research from property firm Rettie and Co. The estate and letting agent said it had seen strong demand at the luxury end of the market, which saw a 25 per cent increase in activity year-on-year and a total

The number of first-time buyers in Scotland has grown by more than 50 per cent in a decade, according to new research.