In Scotland the poorest households are paying £1,300 a year more than their wealthier neighbours for everyday goods and services. Ther...

The recent downward trend in the number of individuals and companies going bankrupt in Scotland has reversed dramatically in recent months,...

Just a single percentage point rise in interest rates would be enough to force nearly 10% mortgage-holders to take drastic action so they c...

It is not independence most Scot are struggling for - it is to pay their bills. One in six Scots households are raiding their savings to...

60 Scots a day will become insolvent this year. The total is the equivalent of almost 400 people going bust a week – or about 20,000 this y...

One in eight Scots will retire this year saddled with debts, research has claimed. The study found that 18% of those due to retire this ye...

Hundred of thousands of Scots are spiralling into debt by turning to payday loan companies or other expensive providers of credit to keep a ...

Accountancy firm PKF has predicted more than 20,000 people will be declared insolvent in 2012. The report claimed even relatively affluent ...

The number of people going bankrupt has seen its biggest quarterly rise in three years, up 25% on the previous quarter. Official figures fr...

Despite record low interest rates, falling by more than one-fifth since in 2008 the cost of owning and running a home in the UK has risen ov...

Scots are having to work longer hours and even move in with friends to help make ends meet. Shelter estimated that 9% of people in Scotland ...

A record number of Scots will be made bankrupt in 2011, according to accountant and business adviser PKF. Accountancy firm RSM Tenon also pr...

Research contradicts comments made by Lord Young, the Tory peer who resigned as an adviser to David Cameron after saying "the vast maj...

More than half a million Scottish families are heading into winter weighed down by fears about keeping a roof over their heads, a new study ...

The poorest people in Scotland are being penalised by unfair overdraft charges, according to a report by Citizens Advice Scotland. It said t...

A new study has revealed the top five debt laden areas in Scotland. For the Anderston area, nearly 20% of adults had debts in excess of £15...

Charities estimate that more than 8,000 buy-to-let properties could be repossessed in the coming year, with at least 10,000 people being m...

Up to five million homeowners could be in negative equity by the end of this year if house prices continue to fall, research has claimed And...

I read that David Lloyd, 62, was told he had terminal lung cancer in January 2006, his wife, Annette Edwards, contacted their bank, the Hal...

Consumer Focus said it estimated power suppliers were making up to £550 million a year in extra charges from people on pre-payment meters. ...