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Liz Cameron The Scottish Government has come under increasing pressure from various quarters including from the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and the Scottish Chambers of Commerce to take steps to reform business rates in the wake of the UK’s vote to leave the European Union.

As the price of Brent crude fell below $40 this week for the first time since the financial crisis, global accountants KPMG have branded the crashing value of the commodity "the nightmare before Christmas". KPMG says some companies are running out of options other than shutting down oil fields earli

The UK Consumer Prices Index has fallen year-on-year for first time since official records began in 1996 and marking the first year-on-year fall since 1960. According to latest Office for National Statistics data, the CPI fell by 0.1 per cent in the year to April 2015, compared to no change in the y

Martin Gill The new government has inherited a confident business community but underlying fragility is a cause for concern, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO in Scotland.

Scotland’s population reached its highest ever total in 2014, new statistics have shown. Figures from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) show that the estimated population of Scotland was 5,347,600 in mid-2014.

Cedric Cools, partner and head of ESG at Rider Levett Bucknall, explores how the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025 will reshape decision-making across the built environment. Regulatory reform is par for the course in the built environment, but the introduction of the E

Farms and estates that have spent years diversifying to strengthen and safeguard their businesses face an existential threat unless the Scottish Government reevaluates forthcoming reforms to non-domestic rates, Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) has warned. SLE issued the warning amid continuing outc

Scotland’s salmon industry now contributes £1 billion annually to Scotland's economy, a new independent study has revealed.

The EY ITEM Club has upgraded its forecast for UK GDP growth in 2025 from 1% to 1.5% after the economy displayed a greater momentum than expected throughout this year.

Scottish salmon exports are on track for a record-breaking year, with sales potentially surpassing £1 billion for the first time, driven by surging international demand. New figures show that salmon exports from Scotland rose by 33% to £941 million in the rolling 12 months to the end of

The Turriff Show Business Breakfast delivered its biggest helping of insight and inspiration yet on the second day of the biggest two-day agricultural show in Scotland. Headline sponsor Virgin Money and associate sponsor Ledingham Chalmers helped fuel a lively event that has rapidly gained traction

The headline Royal Bank of Scotland Growth Tracker – a seasonally adjusted index that measures the month-on-month change in the combined output of the region’s manufacturing and service sectors – rose to 50.9 from 50.5 in May. This marked a second consecutive monthly rise in busine

If there’s a phrase that neatly encapsulates the Scottish Building Society’s modus operandi it could well be “ambition underpinned by tradition”. The world’s oldest remaining building society, founded in Edinburgh in 1848 as the Edinburgh Friendly Property Investment Co

Fourteen leaders from Scotland's burgeoning technology sector are preparing for the third Techscaler Silicon Valley programme this month. The cohort will spend three weeks in San Francisco and the wider Bay Area engaging with investors, potential customers, and industry peers within the world-renown