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Paul Mason Paul Mason, head of corporate finance at Chiene + Tait, talks us through what he says is a resurgent investment climate for SMEs

The average price of a property in Scotland in February 2018 was £144,377 – an increase of 6.2 per cent on February in the previous year and a decrease of 2.7 per cent when compared to the previous month, according to the Registers of Scotland’s latest publication of its monthly UK House Price

A man who claimed to be a member of the Islamic State group armed himself with a fake bomb while trying to rob branches of Royal Bank of Scotland across the north west of England has been jailed for 19 years.

Fraser Sime Business confidence in Scotland rose 17 points during February to reach 35 per cent, according to the latest Business Barometer from Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking.

House prices in Edinburgh and Glasgow are predicted to rise by 22 per cent and 17 per cent respectively in the coming five years, according to figures from property consultancy JLL.

Retired UK homeowners have gained an average of more than £7,900 each in property wealth over the past year, with the average Scottish pensioner who has paid off their mortgage seeing their net worth grow month-on-month by £250.

Faisal Choudhry Last year saw more than 2,000 Scottish households became “property millionaires” on the back of rising house prices.

The Scottish American Investment Company (SAINTS), which is run by Edinburgh based fund management group Baillie Gifford, has posted a 2.5 per cent year-on-year dividend rise.

Kenny Crawford The latest publication of the monthly UK House Price Index (UK HPI) shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in November 2017 was £145,992 – an increase of 3.6 per cent on November in the previous year and an increase of 1.1 per cent when compared to the previous mont

Jamie Hepburn Scotland’s employment rate grew to 75.2 per cent between July and September while unemployment also rose slightly by 2,000 between over the same period, marking an increase of 0.1 per cent.

The Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) has today released a new statistical report, ‘Higher Education Student Support in Scotland’ showing the increasing debt burden of Scottish students. The an annual report, details a range of statistics and information around the numbers of students receiv

Liz Cameron

Scottish small business confidence fell steeply in the third quarter of 2017, according to a new Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) report. The FSB’s Scottish Small Business Confidence Index fell to -15.2 points, from -3.8 points in the previous quarter. The equivalent UK figure fell even mor

Catherine Burnet KPMG’s 2017 recruitment drive will boost the firm’s Scottish offices after the number of apprentice hires doubled from six in 2016, to 12 this year, the firm has said.

Scottish retail sales increased by 1.9 per cent last month on a like-for-like basis compared to August 2016 when they had decreased by 1.9 per cent, according to latest data released today by the Scottish Retail Consortium and KPMG.