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Ray Entwistle Auctioneers Bonhams has announced that veteran banker Ray Entwistle is to replace Simon Miller as chairman of its Scottish operation.

Rents in Scotland are at a record high of £549 on average per month after the fastest month-on-month growth on record, according to new figures from one of Scotland’s largest lettings agent networks. The latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move revealed that average residential rents have

Wheatley Group has been given the UK’s highest credit rating for a housing group due to its “expansion into strong markets” and its “importance to the Scottish Government”. International ratings agency Standard and Poor’s upgraded the social landlord to AA (stable), up from AA- (positive

Activity in the Scottish housing market slowed during May as a decline in new properties coming on to the market was accompanied by a drop in new buyer enquiries. According to latest figures from industry body RICS, a net balance of 13 percent more chartered surveyors reported a fall in demand while

Frank Field MP Two key advisers on the BHS sale to Retail Acquisitions have been asked to reveal their fees.

Shirley McIntosh By Shirley McIntosh, tax partner at RSM.

Murdo Fraser The Scottish Conservatives today warned the new Finance Secretary Keith Brown that LBTT rates must be reduced to avoid "virtual stagnation" at the top end of the market.

John Lee John Lee discusses the discrimination protections in respect of employees' philosophical beliefs.

Politicians have grilled PwC bosses over why the company described beleaguered British high street retailer BHS as a ‘going concern’ just days before it was sold to a consortium with no retail experience for £1. MP’s sitting on the joint business, innovation and skills and work and pensions c

Antonio Horta-Osario Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group yesterday avoided an anticipated revolt over executive pay as shareholders approved the Edinburgh-based group’s remuneration report by 97.7 per cent.

Scotland’s leading lender to the third sector, Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has won a prestigious award from the Cabinet Office for its pioneering work on the SIS Community Capital Fund. SIS scooped the New Social Investors Award at the Cabinet Office Social Investment Awards, which took place

Output at Scottish private sector companies remained unchanged in April, indicating a stabilisation in the economy, according to the seasonally adjusted headline Bank of Scotland PMI. The single-figure measure of the month-on-month change in combined manufacturing and services output - rose to 50.0

Lord Smith of Kelvin Alliance Trust, the £2.8 billion Dundee-based investment trust, has admitted to those gathered at its annual general meeting that it overpaid former chief executive Katherine Garrett-Cox and former finance director Alan Trotter to the tune of £100,000 –an error it also admit

Glasgow-based investment house Maven Capital Partners has completed a £2.5 million investment in The GP Service, a provider of online services for general medical consultations and prescriptions. The investment will enable GPS to accelerate the roll-out of its service across new geographical locati

Sir Howard Davies The board of Royal Bank of Scotland survived a potential shareholder revolt at its AGM yesterday but bosses were subjected to a series of protests over executive pay packages, legal struggles and staff pensions.