Cost Of Living

As freezing temperatures hit Scotland, new analysis has found that 38% of households in Scotland have described their energy bills as unaffordable and a further 51% describe them as only ‘somewhat affordable’.

More than half of consumers surveyed for PwC Research’s latest Cost of Living Tracker have said they don’t have confidence that the policies announced in last week’s Budget will have a positive impact on their personal financial situation.

The vast majority of businesses in the Highlands and Islands have taken action to support their employees in response to the cost crisis, according to Scotland’s latest Rural Business Survey commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), South of Scotland Enterprise, and the Scottish

Typical household disposable incomes for working-age families are on track to fall by 3% this financial year, and by 4% next year, with the two-year cost-of-living squeeze set to leave families £2,100 worse off and only the very richest households seeing their incomes rise, according to new re

Glasgow-based construction firm Gap Group has announced that it will boost the pay of 83% of its employees with a £1 million bonus. With the aim of helping employees with the cost of living crisis, the £1m bonus is in addition to existing annual performance and Christmas bonuses and

Balfour+Manson has announced it will pay staff a £1,000 pre-Christmas bonus payment to support them with the rising cost of living. All 86 employees in the business, which also has 22 partners, will receive the discretionary payment in their salary on 28 November.

Amid the rising cost of living facing the UK, women are less likely to contact their financial services providers for advice than men according to new research from Deloitte. A survey of over 3,000 UK consumers conducted in August 2022 found that more than three-quarters of women (72%) did not conta