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The Registers of Scotland (RoS) has announced the publication of the first single official UK House Price Index covering statistics up to April 2016 and now to be published on a monthly basis from now on. The 2010 National Statistician's Review of Official House Price Statistics recommended the prod

Buccleuch Group, one of Scotland's biggest private landowners, has cut its debt but seen profits fall, according to its latest, recently-released annual results. The results for the period to 31 October last year show pre-tax profit fell to just over £1.1m from a total of £1.72m for the previous 1

Employees based at KPMG’s Glasgow office have run, swam, hiked, cycled and tried their hand at tai chi to raise funds for youth employability charity, The Prince’s Trust. Scores of Glasgow staff took part in the Health Day fundraising event as part of KPMG’s commitment to promoting greater soc

Bruce Stephen Bruce Stephen is a partner and head of banking and financial services at Brodies LLP.

New renters in Scotland paid out on average almost £800 for a tenancy deposit over the last year, according to The Letting Protection Service Scotland (LPSS).

If you’re going to rob a bank it is probably advisable that you put your cunning disguise through its paces before the big day.

Introduced April 6th, 2016, the new Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) seeks to help retail investors invest in the innovative alternative investment that is marketplace lending or peer-to-peer lending (P2P) as it’s more commonly known. Orca money explains the new innovative finance ISA with this easy

Last month saw Scotland's high streets enjoy a five month high for sales as a result of warmer weather but the latest figures still show retailers north of the border are struggling to sustained growth. According to new data from the Scottish Retail Consortium and KPMG, May saw fashion, outdoor livi

Corporate insurance broker Lockton has warned that many firms across Scotland are unaware of the implications of one of the biggest shake-ups in UK insurance law for more than a century. On August 12 this year, the Insurance Act 2015 comes into force, making major changes to legislation which has be

The ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is a major Scottish lender, with over half a billion (£582m) loaned out to families, according to Bank of Scotland’s latest How Scotland Lives research. This study, which looks at family debt, identified that the average Scot owes their parents £3,079. With 28 per c

The former chairman of Scottish Enterprise, Crawford Gillies, has bought Scotland’s most expensive country estate for almost £10 million. The businessman forked out the sum after the 6,235 acre Kinnaird Estate, near Dunkeld in Perthshire, came up for sale last year for £9.6m.

Convention Edinburgh, the business tourism arm of the city’s official marketing agency, Marketing Edinburgh, has reported its most successful year to date, securing new conference and event bid wins worth £94.3 million to the local economy and a 10,000 boost in delegate numbers. Representing a £

David Mundell Unemployment fell in Scotland by 11,000 over the last quarter, according to latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures released today.

Louise Miller Wealth manager Charles Stanley has revealed that Louise Miller, the head of client services at its Edinburgh-based direct-to-consumer service arm, Charles Stanley Direct, has been awarded the British Empire Medal for services to UK-Serbian relations in the Queen’s 90th birthday honou

A leading economic forecaster has reported that the Scottish economy has weakened over the past three months and warned Scotland may fail to avoid a recession before the end of the year, should the trend continue. The University of Strathclyde's Fraser of Allander Institute has revised down its grow