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Almost half (48 per cent) of UK banking customers are still not comfortable managing their finances solely online or by mobile.

FTSE100 companies have set aside £31.3 billion in the last 12 months to meet legal claims – a 22 per cent increase from the £25.6 billion set aside in the previous year.

Hugh Little Hugh Little, the former head of acquisitions and private equity at Aberdeen Asset Management, has joined a north-east cancer charity to be its new finance director.

Edinburgh-based Aegon UK is continuing to charge clients the same level of fees despite switching them from an active to a passive fund.

Eskmills Edinburgh’s commercial property market is showing life after Brexit, with Knight Frank concluding three deals in the city for a combined £22 million.

Younger people are more willing to buy a home prone to safety, flood or crime risks in order to get on the housing ladder, new research from insurance giant Aviva reveals.

Professional job availability in Scotland’s temporary sector has soared by 43 per cent year on year to August 2016 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

On Friday, September 30 Perth & Kinross Council will be launching its 2016 Business Survey and the local authority is inviting all Perth and Kinross-based businesses to share their views to help shape policy for the future.

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), the economic regulator for the £75 trillion UK payment systems industry, has received a super-complaint from consumer watchdog Which? relating to concerns it has around consumer safeguards in the market for push payments.

A new ICAS report produced in partnership with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has warned that steps need to be taken to ensure the skills needs of the auditor of the future will be met.

Fiona Rasmusen, Michael Marwick & Scott Rasmusen. Two long-established Edinburgh law firms - Gibson Kerr and Marwicks - are to merge in a move which aims to create a dominant city centre residential property business.

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Gross mortgage lending in the UK reached £22.5 billion in August – 7 per cent higher than July’s lending total of £21.1 billion, according to The Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Social work in Scotland is at a watershed and the public and service users must be more involved in shaping future provision, according to a new report produced by the Accounts Commission.

Lindsay Bryce MacKay A senior solicitor at Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew’s has achieved top marks in a prestigious qualification from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).