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Scottish law firm Blackadders saw profits rise last year to £3.26m in the year to March 31 – up from £3m in 2017. Results at Companies House show that the firm recorded revenues of £11.89m, a slight decrease on the previous year.

Demand for permanent professionals in Scotland rose by 38 per cent year-on-year to November 2018, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Fierce competition on the market, and fears interest rates could rise, have set homeowners scrambling to lock in low mortgage cost as it emerged 50,500 remortgaged in October – the highest number for a decade. A total of £9.2bn of mortgages were shifted, up 23pc on a year earlier.

Demand for permanent professionals in Scotland rose by 39 per cent year-on-year to October 2018, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Demand for IT professionals in Scotland rose by 24 per cent year-on-year to September 2018 leading a general rising trend for demand for professionals across the country, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Financial crime in Scotland has risen by nearly one-third quarter-on-quarter, according to latest data complied by Police Scotland.

Gross UK mortgage lending in July was £24.6 billion, some 7.6 per cent higher than a year earlier, according to latest data published today by banking industry body, UK Finance.

The latest UK inflation figures for October show that consumer price inflation (CPI) has increased from 2.4 per cent in June to 2.5 per cent in July 2018.

Malcolm Buchanan Private sector companies in Scotland increased output to the greatest extent in four years during July, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI report.

Simon Rubinsohn Latest figures have revealed a continuing shift in Scotland's Buy-to-Let market in the wake of tax changes which are still in the process of being implemented, as smaller scale landlords exit the sector, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has reported.

Sebastian Burnside Weakening sterling and the current global growth acceleration has helped fuel the country’s economy during the first half of 2018, creating strong pickup in overseas businesses for Scotland’s exporters.

Fourteen per cent of workers in Scotland say they have a ‘side-hustle’, a second job on the side of their main source of income, according to a new study by Informi, who provide expert advice and guidance for Britain’s SMEs.

Demand for permanent IT professionals in Scotland rose by 7 per cent year-on-year to April 2018 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Blair Nimmo The number of Scottish businesses failing in the first three months of 2018 has increased compared to the same period last year, but the long-term trend suggests the business landscape remains stable, according to professional services firm, KPMG.

Statistics show the incomes of poorer Scottish households fell further behind those of middle income households in recent years, pushing more people into poverty.