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Scotland’s construction firms are once again on the front line as one of the sectors worst affected by growing advanced or ‘critical’ distress in the country in the first quarter of 2019 compared with the same period the previous year, according to the latest data from insolvency s

Property market activity in Edinburgh is at its highest level since the credit crunch and shows no sign of slowing down because of Brexit, according to Warners Solicitors & Estate Agents.

Edinburgh-based wealth manger Brooks Macdonald has reported an 8 per cent increase in funds under management for the first quarter of the year. Latest figures show that as at 31 March 2019, the firm’s discretionary manager’s funds now stand at £12.8bn - an increase of 7.9

Sector conditions in Scottish commercial property remain highly varied, with industrial property and office space seeing solid growth and retail continuing to show little sign of improvement, according to the Q1 2019 RICS UK Commercial Property Market Survey.

The overall number of Scots facing insolvency in the first quarter of 2019 rose 29.2 per cent compared to the first quarter in 2018, according the latest Accountant in Bankruptcy figures released today. The AiB figures reveal that personal insolvencies rose from the 2,533 recorded in the first three

Police are warning that anyone can become a victim of bogus callers after authorities revealed figures showing Scottish householders lost more than £700,000 in just six months to doorstep scams.

The Scottish housing market was still subdued in March, a picture that has been evident in the sales market for several months now, according to the RICS UK Residential Market Survey, March 2019.

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has promoted Charandeep Singh to the new role of deputy chief executive as the business group focuses on growing the reach of the Scottish Chamber Network nationally and internationally. Mr Singh will take on the newly created role with immediate effect.

Campaigners are calling on the Scottish Government to support major changes to prevent tenants being “forced into poverty by sky-high rents” after a survey pointed towards huge public support for the action. Excluding respondents who said they don’t know, three-quarters o

Henderson Loggie has rebranded as MHA Henderson Loggie. MHA is the UK-wide network of accountancy and business advisory firms it co-founded in 2010.

Office take-up in Edinburgh during the first quarter (Q1) of 2019 has soared by more than 40 per cent across both city centre and out of town markets, according to research by commercial real estate services firm, Avison Young. However, with the availability of Grade A and B office stock in cen

Incomes from commercial farms in Scotland have gone up in 2017-18, but the latest annual figures show agriculture is still dependent on farm subsidies.

Global M&A deal values reached $467bn (£353) for the first two months of 2019, according to new analysis from Deloitte. However, the research predicts a slowdown of between 4-7 per cent in M&A deal volumes by the end of the first quarter of 2019, compared to the first quarter

Deloitte has been named winners in the Best Large Private Sector Employer (250+ employees) at the Scottish Top Employers for Working Families Awards run by Family Friendly Working Scotland, which took place in Glasgow last week.

A new fundraising opportunity for community groups and businesses has been set up through the Scottish Borders’ European Union-funded LEADER programme. Working with eight other LEADER areas across Scotland, Scottish Borders LEADER is offering support for community groups and businesses who wan