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Alistair Black Future increases to the National Living Wage (NLW) could affect up to 20 per cent of the workforce within four years, and the full impact may not have been considered by Scottish businesses unaffected by recent changes, according to accountants Johnston Carmichael.

Alastair Duthie (left) and Richard Ward

Martin Gill Business outputs and optimism about future growth have fallen as companies are uncertain of the current economic direction in Scotland, according to the latest "Business Trends Report" by accountants and business advisers BDO LLP.

More than 1 million 18-44 year-olds in Scotland (53 per cent) now say housing problems are forcing them to put their lives on hold, according to new research. YouGov, Shelter and Shelter Scotland have revealed how Britain’s housing shortage is reshaping the way millions of people live their lives

Royal Bank of Scotland has blown the whistle on its association with The Six Nations international rugby tournament. Still 73 per cent state-owned RBS has been the title sponsor of the Six Nations for 14 years, having agreed the tie-up in 2003.

Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life has today announced that it is to be the title sponsor of the flagship Opening Event of the city’s world famous International Festival.

Weak income growth and rising housing costs have effectively wiped out any gains for low and middle income working age households since the early 2000s, providing the backdrop to disillusionment with the political and economic status quo, according to a major new report published today by the Resolu

Independent Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew LLP has announced an increase in profits in its last financial year of over 18 per cent from £2.4m to £2.86m on the back of an increase in turnover of 6.7 per cent from £9.81m to £10.47m. The figures are incorporated in the firm’s Annual Report

Fifteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2016. The global body of finance professionals said the list, which includes entries spanning six continents, recognises “the best and brightest Chartered Accountants who are making a diff

Fifteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2016.

Union Street, Aberdeen. Fears over the future of oil and gas would persuade six-in-ten of Aberdeen’s next generation workforce to consider leaving the city, according to the latest Northern Lights survey by PwC Scotland.

The right of tenants to buy their council houses in Scotland will finally come to an end this week.

Britain’s decision to leave the EU has resulted in the steepest drop in permanent job placements in Scotland since 2009, according to a survey covering July.

Pictured (l-r): Gregor Townsend, Douglas McCrea and Alan Archibald McCrea Financial Services has celebrated 15 years of supporting the best of sport in Glasgow with a glittering event in the city.

Scotland’s rental culture is happier, friendlier and more settled than that south of the Border though it is still under threat from rental increases, according to new research.