Donald MacKinnon Donald MacKinnon, director of legal services at employment law, HR and health & safety specialists, Law At Work (LAW), looks at how the rights of House of Fraser’s 17,500 employees may be affected following the deal with Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct
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Matt Strachan, chief investment officer at Thorntons Investments Discretionary investment manager Thorntons Investments has announced that its AIM Inheritance Tax Portfolio Service and Managed Portfolio Service (MPS) are now available on the Ascentric Platform.
Andrew McRae Scottish Government plans to introduce more frequent business rate revaluations will fail without a modernisation drive, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
Ten years on from the 2008 financial crisis, its impact can still be felt across the world, but the outlook is currently positive for the east central Scotland housing market, new data has revealed.
An Italian priest has called for the introduction of a "cleavage tax" on brides who wear wedding dresses with plunging necklines.
Edinburgh-based TSB has not yet dealt with the majority of complaints arising from its IT meltdown earlier this year, FT reports. Josep Oliu Creus, chair of its parent company Sabadell, told staff in London that compensation efforts had "not gone the way I would like".
Tony Prestedge Nationwide Building Society has announced plans to invest £1.3 billion in digital innovation, as part of a broader £4.1 billion investment plan.
Douglas Shand A new mobile app to help SMEs avoid late payment penalties has been launched by PwC in collaboration with Edinburgh-based tech firm Bemo.
Jennifer Craven Jennifer Craven, lawyer and civil fraud and asset recovery expert at law firm Pinsent Masons, writes on the rise of financial crime in the UK.
Susan Rice The Scottish Fiscal Commission has said its economic forecasting work is being frustrated by a lack of access to Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) data.
Tom MacLennan FRP Advisory LLP have been appointed as administrators of Bertinaley Care Limited, which owns and operates four care homes in Hamilton, Largs, Dundee and Surrey.
Henderson Loggie Business Leader Group facilitators (l-r) David Smith, Susan Godman and Steve Cartwright A Business Leader Group which promotes ‘learning by doing’ has had a strong start ahead of its Autumn launch in Edinburgh, with over 80 owners and managers signing up to the launch event to e
(L-R) Laura Hughes, Scott & Jenny Hastings and Elaine McCann Former rugby star Scott Hastings got a record number of runners under starter’s orders in Edinburgh this week in a 5K race that brought property professionals from all over the UK together in the Scottish capital.
Two new schooling facilities have opened at a Stonehaven equestrian centre, thanks to a £200,000 funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.
Robin Dandie Fewer than four in 10 farm businesses across Scotland are producing the bookkeeping data required for making Tax Digital, HMRC’s new digital tax filing system, according to a survey by Johnston Carmichael.

