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Emma Chalmers The Perthshire property market continues to show encouraging signs of activity, according to latest figures released by Scotland’s estate agents, CKD Galbraith.

Oil and gas firms need to expand their focus beyond short-term issues such as tumbling oil prices and over supply if they are to successfully navigate the growing range of disruptive forces that will shape the industry, according to accounts PwC’s New Energy Futures report. In the wake of December

Scottish footfall in January rose 1.5 per cent year-on-year and were up on the 0.2 per cent rise recorded in December, according to latest data from the Scottish Retail Consortium. The result was the best performance since March 2015 and is ahead of the UK average.

British workers are costing their employers thousands of pounds every year – just from making the tea.

The number of people moving home in Scotland continued to increase last year, according to the latest Bank of Scotland homemover review. The introduction of the Scottish Government’s new land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) which has provided a savings boost for many homemovers, combined with

John Swinney Revenue Scotland has received its 100,000th tax return, ten months on from the creation of the first Scottish taxes in more than 300 years.

Global accountants PwC have announced that troubled shoe retailer Brantano has been sold. Tony Barrell, Mike Jervis and Rob Hunt of PwC were appointed joint administrators of Brantano (UK) Limited on 21 January.

A new employee benefit - enabling employees in the UK to take control of their finances, especially those who are experiencing difficulties managing their debt – is now available to one million people across the country. SalaryFinance offers UK businesses an employee benefit allowing staff to cons

National Australia Bank no longer has any shares in Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank after sale manager Morgan Stanley exercised an over-allotment option. NAB had granted the option in respect of 28,673,323 ordinary shares at the offer price of 180 pence per ordinary share, worth £52m in total.

Financial firms hiring senior staff will need references going back a minimum of five years to prevent bankers covering up past misconduct, the Bank of England has said. The move marks a climbing down from a previously proposed longer timeframe.

If the thought of asking for a payrise makes you want to scrub the floors or spend quality time at the dentist's surgery, you're not alone. While 65 per cent of UK employees surveyed by specialist recruitment firm RobertHalf have more confidence in their job prospects compared to a year ago, only 59

Steven Jansch The insolvency regime seems to be in a perpetual state of flux, writes Steven Jansch, partner and head of insolvency at Gilson Gray.

David Biddle Standard Life Wealth, the discretionary fund manager, has announced the appointment of David Biddle as senior business development manager with responsibility for engagement with Professional Connections throughout the UK.

Susannah Simpson Scotland’s ‘generation rent’ is expected to continue throughout the next decade as the country is predicted to be one of UK’s fastest growing private rental markets.

Russia has been joined by three Opec countries in agreeing to freeze oil output at January levels, as long as others follow suit. Minsters from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Venezuela and Russia met in Doha today before announcing the agreement which could lead to a stabilisation in oil prices which have bee