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Mortgage approvals weakened to a 13-month low in October, according to the trade association representing the UK finance and banking industry. UK Finance's latest data will reinforce beliefs that there is unlikely to be a sustained, significant upturn in the housing market activity any time soon.

Derek Mackay The Scottish government has dismissed as a "con" what Conservative opponents have labelled the chancellor's £2 billion budget boost for Holyrood.

Jamie Grant New research shows that 76 per cent of manufacturers in Scotland are confident about Britain’s ability to compete in the international marketplace over the next five years.

Pat Denzler (The Old Master) (right) and Don Young (The Master) of The Merchant Company A well-known Edinburgh businessman has been appointed to the lead role in Scotland’s pre-eminent livery company, whose 500 plus members donate their business expertise and time for the benefit of Edinburgh’s

Today saw further disappointing and worrying news for the UK's car sector as the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT) reported a sharp 12.2 per cent year-on-year (y/y) drop in new registrations, with both consumers and fleet buyers cutting back markedly.

Ken McEwan Ken McEwan, chief executive of Edinburgh-based estate agency, McEwan Fraser Legal says we all face having to pick-up the tab for what he has condemned as the Scottish Government’s "botched" Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) as he appeals for urgent reform.

Jackie Baillie Greater effort is required to prevent criminals and fraudsters cheating the public purse, Holyrood’s Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee has found.

Uncertainty over Brexit continues to loom over Scotland’s economic recovery, according to the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI).

The Bank of England this morning said that it will again hold interest rates at 0.25 per cent but noted that higher inflation and a pick-up in growth could lead to a rate hike in "the coming months".

Chris Horne Scottish accountancy firm Campbell Dallas has reported a marked increase in turnover of £14 million for the year end to May 2017, a 17 per cent uplift on 2016 (£11.9m), and over 40 per cent increase on 2012 (£9.7m).

Liz Cameron The UK's inflation rate equalled its highest rate in more than five years last month on the back of price rises of petrol and clothing, and compounded by the continued fall in the value of sterling.

Sarah Deas Results of a recent YouGov survey published today reveal that nearly 60 per cent of those surveyed view employee-owned (EO) businesses as more trustworthy than businesses which are not.

Aberdeen Standard Investments apprentices Shannon Macnamara (seated left) and her colleagues have been busy volunteering at Gorgie City Farm An urban farm celebrates its 40th anniversary in style this weekend with the help of apprentices from Aberdeen Standard Investments, who have taken Gorgie City

David Lonsdale The Scottish Retail Consortium is seeking the prioritisation of measures to support consumer spending and lift private sector investment in the Scottish Government’s autumn Budget.

(back row) Olga Kozlova, David Harris-Birtill, Rogelio Arellano and Sandy Finlayson (front row) Erika Grant, Chris Hughes, Victoria Hamilton and Anne Rushing The 2017 shortlist of academic entrepreneurs for Converge Challenge, Scotland’s company creation competition for staff, students, and recent