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The average selling price of a house in east central Scotland rose to £248,092 between June and August 2018, marking a 3.4 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, new data has shown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxb-9iMqA8g A New Zealand company which manages trusts, wills and estate planning has announced that it is going to permanently change to a four-day working week after a successful trial period of the regime earlier this year.

Housing market activity in Scotland was flat in February as a shortage of properties becoming available for sale continued to result in an increasing number of potential new buyers being thwarted, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

Edinburgh-based asset manager Drum Real Estate Investment Management has announced an interim dividend of 1.5p per share on its Drum Income Plus Real Estate Investment Trust (DRIP REIT) for Q3 2017, marking a 9.1 per cent year-on-year rise.

Investment in Scottish hotels in 2017 reached £195 million across 23 deals, marking more than a 60 per cent increase on the total investment volume recorded the year previously (£119.74m), according to new Savills research.

Edinburgh-based fund manager Walter Scott & Partners has posted modest increases in turnover and profitability for 2016.

Gross mortgage lending in the UK reached £18.9 billion in January, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

People in Scotland are among some of the best savers in the country, according to the 12th annual Scottish Widows Retirement Report.

Edinburgh-based challenger bank Virgin Money has reported a sharp rise in profits for the first half of the year.

Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank has reported underlying pre-tax earnings for the six months to March 31, including from its Yorkshire Bank operation, of £107million - down 4.2 per cent on the same period last year. Bottom line profits of £58million for the latest period also came in more than 60 per

Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures for November 2015 to January 2016 show that Scotland continues to outperform the UK on employment and inactivity rates. This month’s Labour Market Statistics also show that over the quarter, Scotland’s overall employment rate increased to 74.5 per cen

Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group, rescued during the financial crisis at a cost of £20.5 billion to UK taxpayers, increased full-year underlying profits by 5 percent to 8.1 billion pounds last year, it said today. However, the bank also reported a 7 per cent fall in annual pre-tax profits to £

The Newsquest-owned Herald and Times Newspaper Group has announced that it is to shed up to 25 editorial jobs. The move marks the fourth round of redundancies at the group in just over a year.

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM, which has offices across Scotland, today announced a 26 per cent growth in UK annual revenues to £292m for its 2015 financial year ending 31 March. Consolidated UK company profits grew by 52 per cent to £19m, while profits of RSM UK Group LLP rose by 39 per cent

The Scottish Salmon Company has reported a stable Q2 2015, with harvest volumes comparable to the same period in 2014, with exports at record levels. Announcing its latest results, the SSC also reported that its international strategy and focused export drive have seen export levels reaching 49 per