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The Edinburgh office market remains in a healthy state following Q2 2019, with 176,549 sq ft of take-up - just 9,210 sq ft short of the previous quarter’s figure, according to CBRE research. Meanwhile, annual take up at the end of Q2 2019 is up c. 2 per cent on the previous 12 months

There has been a 125 per cent increase in the use of post-nuptial agreements in the past year at one Scottish law firm. Alison McKee, partner and head of family law at Lindsays, told The Scotsman that the firm has seen a large increse in requests for post-nuptial agreements in the past yea

Scottish employers are being urged to inform their staff that auto-enrolment pension contributions go up from tomorrow. This change sees the minimum contributions employers and employees pay into defined contribution automatic enrolment workplace pension schemes increasing from 2 per cent to 3 per c

Edinburgh-based wealth management firm Brooks Macdonald has published results today showing funds under management fell in the second half of last year amid tough market conditions, but still saw profits rise on the back of cost-cutting measures. Funds under management stood at £11.9bn at 31 D

Official figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have revealed a strong year for Scotch Whisky exports in 2018, with global growth by both value and volume.

Scotland’s international exports (excluding oil and gas) increased by £1.9 billion to £32.4 billion in 2017, the highest annual growth rate (6.2 per cent) since 2011.

A leading Scottish insolvency expert has expressed her "great concern" after latest figures showed the number of Scottish firms that failed last year rose 21.2 per cent - to their highest level since 2012. According to analysis of the latest Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) figures by accountants

The last three months have seen a significant year-on-year increase in the number of homes coming to market in east central Scotland, with the volume of insertions up 14.1 per cent compared to last year.

Mike Wells Over the first nine months of 2018, the Prudential Group's life insurance business saw profit increase by 17 per cent (12 per cent on an actual exchange rate basis), which it said reflected the strength and diversity of the group's positioning.

Colin Dempster The third quarter of 2018 generated half of all profit warnings for Scottish listed companies this year, according to EY’s latest Profit Warnings report.

Demand for science and technology contractors in Scotland rose by 21 per cent year-on-year to August 2018, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

https://youtu.be/co-AW8oSCwE The health of SMEs in Scotland has improved in the second quarter of 2018, according to latest research by CYBG, in partnership with economic consultancy, the Centre for Business and Economics Research (Cebr).

Last month’s interest rate rise has still not been passed on in full to savers with seven of the UK’s ten biggest banks, it has emerged.

A man who was caught after raiding an Aberdeen cash machine when his girlfriend flagged down police in the Granite City for directions has been jailed for 52 months.

Demand for science & technology professionals in Scotland rose by 15 per cent year-on-year to July 2018 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).