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Scotland has enjoyed a boom in the property market since the lockdown began in March according to property firm Apropos by DJ Alexander. The UK-wide letting firm, has analysed official data and found that average house prices in Scotland have risen by 6.8% between March and September (the latest mon

Zumo, the Edinburgh-based cryptocurrency wallet and exchange platform, is offering entry to a prize draw with £500 of bitcoin up for grabs to anyone who sends a photo or a selfie with the Zumo logo.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak must avoid a knee jerk reaction to tax increases according to property management firm Apropos by DJ Alexander. The UK-wide letting firm, believes that the widely trailed increases to capital gains tax (CGT) will have an unprecedented negative impact upon the private rented se

Work has begun on a new £12 million Scotch whisky distillery which is set to become the latest tourist attraction in Edinburgh. Foundations have just been laid for The Port of Leith Distillery which will rise 40 metres above the quayside a stone’s throw from the Royal Yacht Britannia.

Job seekers in Scotland had a tougher time finding permanent positions in October, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland report on jobs. 

Properties in Glasgow are selling faster than anywhere else in the UK, according to new research from Savills. Greater Glasgow’s housing market has seen exceptional growth in activity since it reopened in July following a six week Scotland-wide lockdown, with a 44% increase in agreed sales, co

UK house prices rose 0.8% month-on-month in October, according to the latest Nationwide house price report.

The number of Scottish businesses in financial distress has soared by 80%, according to the latest data from Begbies Traynor.

Dental-firm Oracare Scotland Ltd has acquired Cults Dental Practice in Aberdeen thanks to a £491,225 funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

The number of new tech start-ups in Scotland has increased by 57% in quarter three this year compared to quarter one data, according to new research conducted by audit, tax and consulting firm RSM.

Residential property, conveyancing and estate agency firm Simpson & Marwick is to become part of the Aberdeins Group following a de-merger from global law firm Clyde & Co. Rob Aberdein will join the firm as managing partner.

Business leaders fear a potential double hit from Covid and no-deal Brexit, new figures from the Institute of Directors reveal. In a survey of almost a thousand company directors conducted in late September, the majority said that the pandemic would magnify the impact of a no-deal Brexit on their or

Edinburgh-based cyber security firm Adarma has seen a record year with revenues rising 27% to £41 million.

The growth of business activity in Scotland's private sector lost momentum in September, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI. The Scottish private sector continued to recover from the impact of COVID-19 last month, however, momentum was lost as the latest increase in growth was only m

Gillian Maclellan, partner at international law firm CMS, discusses the use of tracking technology to monitor employees working from home.  As employers across the UK now look at another sustained period of their workforce working from home, we are hearing tales of some using tracking technolog