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Scotland is continuing to lead the way in the creation of green jobs, with the highest proportion of roles advertised compared with other areas of the UK. According to PwC UK’s latest Green Jobs Barometer Scotland is one of only two nations or regions, alongside Northern Ireland, to have recor

Stuart Clark, managing director at Glasgow-based Russell & Russell Business Advisers, discusses the importance of getting companies fit and healthy in the new year. It is that time of year again. As regularly as the sun comes up in the sky every morning, the urge to get into shape seizes huge sw

Strategic real estate advisor Avison Young has released its latest quarterly Big Nine office market update, revealing that Glasgow and Edinburgh city centre offices have experienced the highest take up in over 18 months. Total take-up during Q2 in Glasgow city centre was 142,821 sq ft – down 1

Business activity has risen in Scotland as the wider economy continues to reopen, according to Addleshaw Goddard's latest Scottish Business Monitor report. The report, published in partnership with the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute, confirms that business sentim

In the face of unprecedented health and economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, millennials and Gen Zs express resolve and a vision to build a better future, according to a new survey by Deloitte.

Brent oil is trading at just $18.36 per barrel, down 25% today alone after US crude oil plummeted to hit a negative value for the first time in history.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the final report on its investigation in to Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group (GRG). The now notorious GRG has already been the su

More than 20 of Scotland’s largest businesses, representing tens of thousands of staff, have pledged to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health in the workplace through a groundbreaking initiative which has been welcomed by the Scottish Government.

The UK government and Scottish Chamber of Commerce will today call on Scottish businesses to make their voices heard in post-Brexit free trade agreements.   The Department for International Trade has announced that the Scottish Chamber of C

A major new report by commercial property consultancy CBRE asserts Scotland’s strengths as a leading technology sector destination, with the country’s two principal cities ranked second and third in the UK outside London.

With Brexit producing a year of twists and turns, the only certainty about 2019 is that the outlook for businesses across Scotland remains uncertain, according to independent Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers Johnston Carmichael “The big imponderable is Brexit and what sort of i

Greg McNally Greg McNally, a VAT Partner at Campbell Dallas looks ahead to the implications of new VAT laws set to come into force in 12 months time

Aberdeen and Edinburgh have ranked in the top ten UK cities in which to live and work for a fourth consecutive year, according to the latest Good Growth for Cities index, produced by PwC and think-tank, Demos.

Paul Brown Paul Brown is a partner at Anderson Strathern

Scottish businesses are waking up to the stark reality of leaving the European Union today, despite 62 per cent of voters north of the border backing ‘Remain’. The result prompted First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to declare Scotland had delivered a "strong, unequivocal vote" to remain in the EU.