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International law firm Pinsent Masons has seen a seven per cent rise in global turnover and a slump in profit per equity partner (PEP). Unaudited figures for the year to 30 April, show gross profit increased by 2.5 per cent to £192.4 million while PEP fell for the first time in six years by fi

Over 50’s in Great Britain are becoming a larger part of the rental market, according to Hamptons International’s Monthly Letting Index. So far this year over 50’s accounted for 15 per cent of rented households, up from just 11 per cent when Hamptons International’s reco

Latest figures from the Gambling Commission have revealed that over-55s are now the fastest growing group of online gamblers.

February provided some hope that new car sales could be pulling out of the slow lane where they have been stuck since September as they rose 1.4 per cent year-on-year.

Increase in the average price of a residential property but a decrease in the volume of sales, compared with the previous year.

Business advisory and accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has expanded its Edinburgh premises, after the firm signed up to an extra 1,400 sq ft of office space at 5 Melville Street. The deal takes its overall office footprint in the capital to close to 15,000 sq ft&nbs

Tim Cooper The proportion of Scottish companies at elevated risk of insolvency fell slightly between October and November, by 1.3 per cent – the first monthly fall in nearly two years, according to research by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.

Ross McEwan Bailed-out lender Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is setting aside £100 million to deal with "the more uncertain economic outlook" as it reported another rise in profits.

Jennifer Craven Jennifer Craven, lawyer and civil fraud and asset recovery expert at law firm Pinsent Masons, writes on the rise of financial crime in the UK.

Only around a third of finance professionals in large businesses say their organisation has started scenario planning for the impact of Brexit on key areas, such as hiring/human resources and supply chain/logistics.

John Flint Europe’s biggest bank HSBC has announced a 4.6 per cent increase in pre-tax profit for the first half of 2018.

Recent research by PwC has indicated that house prices in Scotland are going to escalate by 20 per cent in the next 5 years, property investment company Grant Property is predicting that the student buy-to-let market in Scotland will skyrocket too, especially as it can make money for the student an

Salaries for Scottish property professionals have increased to a ten year high, according to a new survey. The 2018 Salary Survey by RICS and Macdonald & Company found that the base salaries grew on average by 11% to £50,969 across Scotland.

A rise in house-building drove an overall marginal increase in construction activity in Scotland during the final quarter of 2017, according to new figures.

Daryl Harper Accounting and CFO recruitment specialist iMultiply has increased its headcount in Scotland in response to rising client demand.