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David Nicol Investment manager Brewin Dolphin, which has more than 100 staff, including 47 ­investment managers and ­financial planners based in Edinburgh, is targeting expansion after increasing adjusted pre-tax profit by 7 per cent to reach £62.2 million over the past 12 months.

Edward Bruce Edinburgh-based insurance broker Bruce Stevenson has unveiled a £1 million rise in income to £5.5m in the year ended August 31.

Gross mortgage borrowing in August stood at £12.2 billion, according to the latest figures from the British Bankers Association. The was amount is 14 per cent higher than a year ago and the largest increase since 2008.

Scottish recruitment consultancies recorded a further rise in staff placements in August with Dundee leading the way, though the latest increase in permanent appointments was the slowest in four months, according to the latest Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs. Aberdeen was the worst performer in Scot

Sarah Speirs House prices in Scotland are projected to rise by 5 per cent over the course of the year as supply continues to fail to meet a rising demand for homes, according to surveyors.

The soaring cost of energy prices is fuelling a rise in the number of Scottish homeowners who are installing solar panels, according to new research carried out on behalf of loan, mortgage and credit card provider Ocean Finance. Over half of those questioned said they had recently installed solar pa

Latest reviewed projections from the CBI have indicated that the UK is set to enjoy "decent quarterly GDP growth" for the next 18 months. The news came after the business lobby group upgraded its forecasts for the rest of 2015 and on into next year.

Nitesh Patel Homeowners in the Shetland Isles have seen the value of their property increase by £39,311 (31 per cent) since the trough of the last housing market cycle in 2009 on the back of having the highest employment rate in Scotland, new research by Bank of Scotland has found.

Alastair Rae Scottish hotel revenue and occupancy rose slightly in February despite a slip in Aberdeen, according to the latest report by accountants and business advisers BDO.

The first quarter of 2015 saw house prices in Aberdeen and its suburbs increase by 0.5 per cent, according to latest figures. The rise was against a downward trend of a 2.9 per cent fall across Scotland over the same period.

More than half of businesses expect trading conditions to worsen in 2026/27, while rising employment costs and wider uncertainty continue to weigh on confidence, according to Armstrong Watson’s latest Client Business Confidence Survey. The survey, completed by 245 businesses, found that 54% of

The next Scottish Government should introduce a binding annual economic growth target, Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) has said. The call is part of a package of measures designed to make Scotland the “engine room” of the UK economy. SFE is calling on all political parties to adopt t

Professor Joe Nellis comments on the Bank of England's decision on Wednesday to hold the base interest rate at 3.75%. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has opted for caution in the wake of a rise in inflation to 3.4% in December, voting to keep interest rates unchanged at its first meeting of 2026

Staff costs in Scotland’s hotel sector jumped in January, hitting profits even before April’s rise in employers’ National Insurance contributions (NICs) and National Minimum Wage (NMW), meaning pressures are only set to intensify, according to the RSM Hotels Tracker. The data, whic

Aberdeen-based energy services operator Wood Group has reported robust trading for H1 with revenues expected at £2.2 billion, a 15% increase compared to the same period the previous year. Adjusted EBITDA is predicted to rise by 6% to approximately £147 million, reflecting favourable perf