People in the UK are underestimating the cost of elderly nursing care homes by a total of £7bn each year, equivalent to £317 per week per person.

A mother has been jailed after Scottish Widows tipped off fraud police over a £140,000 fake death claim.

Former Financial Planner and ex-Lloyds Bank marketing manager Laura Janes has launched a marketing agency for Financial Planning firms called Uniquity.

More than four in ten (44%) Scottish savers squirrel away more now than two years ago, compared to a national average of 41% but one in five (21%) are saving only for the short term, while just 16% are focusing on the longer-term future.