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The value the finance function delivers to an organisation is changing fast and this will have a significant impact on resource planning, day-to-day operational finance, business and financial analysis, innovation and information and systems, according to Finance 2020: closer than you think, a new r

New legislation introducing a tax supplement on purchases of additional residential properties has been passed by the Scottish Parliament.

A new report, commissioned by the British Air Transport Association, has backed Scottish Government proposals to reduce Air Passenger Duty by half over the next Parliament would provide a boost to the Scottish economy. Responding to publication of the report, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen Airports

New white paper report finds alarming number of non-retired over-60s feel unprepared for their retirement. 39 per cent of UK’s non-retired over-60s population don’t know how much money they have in their pension pot, whilst 29 per cent are not aware of the pension freedoms which came into force

The Scottish National Party has said it will use a Westminster debate today to call for a 2 per cent cut to excise duty on spirits at the Budget next week in a bid to boost the Scotch whisky industry. Led by SNP MP Brendan O’Hara, Chair of the Scotch Whisky APPG, the debate will recognise the impo

Ruth Davidson Ruth Davidson is to set out the Scottish Conservatives’ plans for Holyrood’s new tax powers when she addresses the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) UK Conference in Glasgow next week.

The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) is calling on the government to create the first ever Real Estate Forum, which will provide real estate industry with a clear and collective path of travel. The SPF believes the forum can provide the impetus to restore jobs in the sector and economic impact bac

Fourteen months on from when oil prices began to tumble, the impacts are not only being felt by the oil and gas industry but increasingly by other sectors. So what can the Chancellor do on 16 March?

Global property buyers are being attracted to Scottish property assets, priming commercial buildings for investment, according to law firm HBJ Gateley. Paul Ockrim, a partner in the real estate team at HBJ Gateley, said foreign investors with cash to spend viewed the relative stability and prosperit

Philip Rodney Burness Paull LLP has secured its position as Scotland’s biggest and busiest transactional corporate law firm in Business Insider’s list of the top performing legal dealmakers.

The University of Edinburgh is taking steps to ensure that the goods it buys do not contain so-called conflict minerals. The move – a first for a UK university – will seek to put pressure on suppliers to eradicate minerals associated with financing wars in Africa from their supply chains.

Tax that the UK Supreme Court today ruled should have been paid on bonuses handed out over a decade ago will now have to be paid by investment banking giants Deutsche Bank and UBS. The bonuses were paid to investment bankers via offshore accounts in the form of shares to avoid attracting income tax

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Union Street, Aberdeen. Incentives for occupiers in the Aberdeen office market have hit record levels as the city’s commercial property sector faces a perfect storm, according to a newly published study by Knight Frank.