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The latest publication of the UK House Price Index (UK HPI) has revealed that the average price of a property in Scotland in July 2016 was £143,711.

House prices in east central Scotland are continuing to increase year-on-year, despite predictions that Brexit would have an effect on property prices, according to the latest analysis from estate agents ESPC.

Professional job availability in Scotland’s temporary sector has increased by 20 per cent year on year to July 2016 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Figures obtained under a freedom of information request have revealed that the number of people found not guilty of avoiding the TV license fee has risen to 20 per cent in Scotland over last year's figures.

Scottish house prices edged up only slightly during July with surveyors predicting homes to decrease in value in the near future.

Scotland is seeing a rise in graduate recruitment but businesses have warned over the quality of careers guidance and university leavers’ readiness for the world of work, a new survey carried out by the CBI has found.

Annual rent rises in Scotland are at a three-year low, although Edinburgh is bucking the trend with record price increases, the latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move has found. Average residential rents in Scotland have climbed 0.6 per cent in the twelve months to April 2016, in the slowes

Average house prices across the UK have increased 5.1 times faster than average weekly earnings over the last five years, new figures have revealed.

Sarah Speirs The supply of Scottish residential properties coming on to the market increased for the first time in three months during April, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

Edinburgh-based challenger banks Virgin Money and Sainsbury's Bank have both released strong trading results as they continue their relentless drive for market share. Sainsbury’s, which is based at Edinburgh Park, said underlying profit rose by nearly 5 per cent, to £65m last year.

Blair Nimmo The first quarter of 2016 has seen the number of failing businesses in Scotland rise by 10 per cent, according to latest figures from KPMG.

The average cost of renting agricultural land in Scotland has risen three per cent since last year, new figures show. Scotland's Chief Statistician today released the latest figures on Tenanted Agricultural Land in Scotland.

New tenants renting from private landlords in Scotland have been faced with the highest percentage rental increases in Britain outside London, according to a new survey. The latest figures from the HomeLet Rental Index reveal that rents on new tenancies signed on a UK rental property outside of Lond

Mark Wilson UK insurance giant Aviva, which employs about 1,300 staff at its hub in Perth, has revealed that chief executive Mark Wilson has more than doubled his pay packet having won praise over the £5.6 billion acquisition of Friends Life last April and guiding the firm to bumper profits.

New figures have revealed that the East Lothian town of Musselburgh has seen significantly high sales volumes of one and two bedroom flats over the past three months. According to the latest analysis from estate agents ESPC, figures which cover the period from December 2015 to February 2016, reveal