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The average price of a house in Scotland in December 2016 was £141,553 – an increase of 3.5 per cent on the previous year and a decrease of 0.2 per cent when compared to the previous month, according to the latest figures from Registers of Scotland.

Scotland’s international exports rose from £27.7 billion in 2014 to £28.7 billion in 2015.

Demand for temporary professionals in Scotland has risen by 17 per cent year on year to December 2016 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Unemployment in Scotland increased by 11,000 between September and November last year, and now stands at 139,000, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released today.

Blair Nimmo The number of businesses failing in Scotland rose by 7 per cent last year compared to 2015 (969 up from 904), according to new statistics from professional services firm KPMG.

Dundee-based law firm Blackadders has reported increased profits and turnover. The firm produced revenue of £11.7 million in the year to March 2016, an increase of 14.3 per cent. Profits for the year before member remuneration and profit share increased by 14.8 per cent to £3m, a small increase on

Liz Cameron Scottish unemployment rose over the last quarter by 0.6 percentage points but remains down by 0.4 percentage points over the year to stand at 5.3 per cent, according to the latest labour market statistics, published by the Office for National Statistics for August to October 2016.

Martin Gill Business output in Scotland and the rest of the UK has risen for the first time after 17 months of decline, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO LLP.

PAY rates went into reverse as the number of new job postings increased in Scotland in November, new figures reveal.

Even though oil cartel Opec has agreed its first supply cut in eight years in order to boost the price of oil, any boost to the industry in Scotland is likely to be some way off, according to experts at RSM accountants.

The first half of 2016 saw 203 business outlets closed on Scotland’s high streets – a rate of 1.1 stores per day, PwC research compiled by the Local Data Company (LDC) has revealed.

Demand for temporary professionals in Scotland has risen by 8 per cent year on year to September 2016 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Professional job availability in Scotland’s temporary sector has soared by 43 per cent year on year to August 2016 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Gross mortgage lending in the UK reached £22.5 billion in August – 7 per cent higher than July’s lending total of £21.1 billion, according to The Council of Mortgage Lenders.

The first six months of 2016 were marked by improving Scotch Whisky export performance, according to new analysis published today by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), with the equivalent of 533 million bottles shipped from Scotland during the first half of the year.