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Four men have pleaded guilty for corruption following an investigation into the allocation of public building work contracts at the City of Edinburgh Council. Former council employees Charles Owenson, 62, and James Costello, 44, received tens of thousands of pounds worth of bribes from an Edinburgh-

Sir Ian Wood NHS Grampian has accepted a £10 million donation from the Wood Foundation to develop a multi storey car park at the Foresterhill Health Campus in Aberdeen.

Thousands of people have joined the search for a chest full of gold coins and jewels hidden by a millionaire in America’s Rocky Mountains. Forret Fenn

Eileen Blackburn Eileen Blackburn is head of business recovery and Barry Laurie is a tax partner at French Duncan Chartered Accountants

Sarah Speirs House prices in Scotland rose in April ahead of the General Election with 31 per cent more surveyors reporting house price increases, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

L to R: Derek Duncan, Partner at RSB macdonald; Lesley Macdonald, Partner at RSB macdonald; (at front) Alasdair Cummings, Managing Partner, Lindsays; (at back right) Derek Petrie, Partner, Lindsays. Scottish law firms RSB macdonald and Lindsays are set to merge with effect from 6 July 2015, both com

Adrian Grace Edinburgh-based life and pensions firm Aegon UK has delivered a jump in first quarter profits driven by an upturn in demand for its online retirement planning service.

Patrick Mill Alliance Trust Savings (ATS) has announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Brewin Dolphin’s execution-only stockbroking business, Stocktrade for £14 million.

Heather Negus New figures released on the closing of this year's Scottish ski season have shown the country’s five winter sports centres enjoyed more days open for business than the season before, generating revenue of £23.2m for the economy.

Charlie Jeffery A group of students occupied part of Edinburgh University yesterday after it was announced that the institution had rejected a call for a moratorium on investments in the fossil fuel industry (including its pension fund).

Margaret Burgess More than 5,000 families and first time buyers have purchased their home through the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme, Holyrood housing minister Margaret Burgess revealed yesterday.

C&C, the Irish owner of Tennent’s lager, has become the latest drinks maker to claim that its profits are being impaired due to Scotland’s new lower drink-drive limit. C&C has reported a 1.8 per cent rise in Scottish operating profits to €39.2 million (£28.3m) for the year to 28 Febru

Hazlehead Park Councillors have backed plans to build a 200-bedroom hotel on green belt land in Aberdeen.

A retired Scottish teacher has left a £2 million fortune to her former school in Edinburgh to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Mary Cowan, 92, who died last year, left the huge slice of her estate to George Watson’s College, where famous faces such as Olympic cycling hero Sir Chris H

Don Peebles The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has called on the Scottish Government to seize the opportunity for fundamental change to the way it controls its finances.