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The turn of the year should bring hope for prospective first-time buyers who have been at the sharp-end of rising prices and prohibitive premiums, a Scottish estate agent it predicting.

Better broadband connection has lead to fraud in the Scottish islands soaring by 700 per cent as people hitherto out-of-reach begin falling victim to cyber criminals for the first time. Police cited increased internet connectivity as they published figures showing fraud rising in areas where it

Anderson Strathern has announced a six per cent increase in turnover to £22.8 million and a 10 per cent rise in profits in the year ending 31 August 2018.

Scottish gin producer, Pickering’s Gin, is exporting its popular gin-filled baubles to the USA for the first time after securing a seven-figure funding package from HSBC UK. The funding has enabled Pickering’s to make increased numbers of gin baubles ahead of the holiday season, in respo

Glasgow-based chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has said that the reintroduction of preferred creditor status for HMRC in insolvencies is a regressive ‘stealth tax’ that will ultimately be paid for by SMEs and is simply another way of raising revenue for the government. Prefe

Proposed reform of limited partnerships to tackle abuse by criminal gangs is likely to reduce money laundering without preventing their legitimate commercial use in Scottish business, according to law firm Addleshaw Goddard. 

The health of SMEs in Scotland has improved slightly in the third quarter of 2018, according to latest research by Clydesdale Bank owner CYBG, in partnership with leading economic consultancy, Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr). However, the index score remains below the levels record

Stephen Oates, tax director at French Duncan, warns that business owners should take care that they don't make employees liable for additional tax and National Insurance by giving gifts at Christmas. HMRC has decided to make gifting as complex and thankless as possible to ensure that, regardless of

In the same year as the catastrophic collapse of Carillion after KPMG gave the contractor’s accounts a clean bill of health, the global auditing firm has reported a significant leap in profits and corresponding average pay rise for its 635 partners. Only months after KPMG was accused by M

Britain is going into Brexit with half a million more children trapped in poverty, following a relentless rise in the number of working families struggling to make ends meet over the last five years. 

Investment firm Brewin Dolphin said it had enjoyed a “strong” year in Scotland as it reported annual results showing profits across its business have risen by almost a fifth. The FTSE 250 company grew statutory pre-tax profits to £68.5 million in the 12 months to 30 September,

Scottish commercial real estate achieved a total return of 1.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2018, according to new data released by property consultant CBRE. This is a rebound from the 1.4 per cent realised in the second quarter, and a return to the same rate of return achieved in Q1.

The tough economic conditions which have engulfed Aberdeen for the last four years may be coming to an end with new figures indicating tentative signs of a recovery in the local property market.

UK consumers intend to spend £567 (€646) this Christmas, according to the latest findings from Deloitte’s 2018 European Christmas Survey.

This year so far motor insurance pay-outs have reached a record level with over £23 million being paid every day, according to figures out today at the ABI’s Motor Conference.