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Holyrood’s finance and constitution committee has set out potential structural issues and the risk of ‘unintended consequences’ within the Fiscal Framework – the mechanism method by which partly determines Scotland’s budget. In its pre-budget report published today, the

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) - KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor for October 2019 has revealed total sales in Scotland increased by 1.0% compared with October 2018, when they had decreased by 0.2%.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been forced to take action at its headquarters in Stratford in London, due to 'shameful' sanitary conditions. In a letter to staff posted on the FCA's intranet and seen by The Standard, Georgina Philippou, FCA's chief operating officer, said she was horrifie

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) new rules in the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) industry came into force yesterday. The FCA believes that the new rules will save customers between £40-60 million a year in interest payments.

Barclays is offering free in-branch puppy session to soothe stressed students.

Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden of KPMG LLP have been appointed as joint administrators of Corporate Road Solutions 24:7 Limited. Based in leasehold premises at Redmill Industrial Estate in Bathgate, the company was incorporated in October 2005 operating as a road haulage contractor and freight f

Private bank Hampden & Co has hired Andrew Bell as its chief commercial officer. Most recently employed as commercial director, Europe at Aegon Asset Management, Mr Bell will bring broad financial services experience in wealth management, asset management and private banking from senior rol

Tourist sites in Scotland’s rural areas can now apply for a share of £3 million funding aimed at helping them meet the demand of growing visitor numbers.

Statistics relating to the Aberdeen housing market have revealed that the market is once again in a slump after a slight upturn was seen in the second quarter of this year.

Bloc Hotels is to press ahead with a new Glasgow development having acquired Dale House on 21 West George Street from Legal & General.

Over the past three months, average selling prices across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders rose by 2.5 per cent to £253,552.

Over a third of female entrepreneurs in Britain are not saving any money for retirement, a new report by Scottish Widows has found.

DSL Business Finance has said that there is no evidence of a decline in the number of new companies being set up in Scotland, despite the uncertainty caused by Brexit. Stuart Yuill, executive director, said the company's pipeline of business leads remained unshaken, despite the increased political u

City Property has completed a series of three complex funding arrangements totalling £646 million having been advised by the banking & finance team at law firm Harper Macleod. City Property is ultimately controlled by Glasgow City Council, which required the funding to meet its obligations

The number of Scottish people in work decreased by 43,000 to 2,543,000 in the three months to September, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data has revealed that the now stands at 74.4% and Scotland's unemployment total over the same period rose by 8,