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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has called for robust public debate on Scottish tax raising powers, including the introduction of a tourist tax.

Scottish accountants and business advisory firm French Duncan LLP has reported a bumper year advising on 25 deals worth almost £200m in 2018 in the private and public sectors. Deal values ranged from a few million up to £60m across various sectors including engineering, hotels &

During Q4 2018, growth in workloads within the Scottish commercial and industrial segments declined with a net balance of -14 and -7 per cent of respondents reporting a drop in activity, respectively, according to the results of the Q4 2018 RICS Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey. However

Edinburgh has been ranked as the UK city with the best prospects for economic growth in 2019, reflecting significant and increasing demand for residential and commercial property in the city and strong forecasted job growth.

The number of people who own a second home in Scotland has dropped by almost 50 per cent in the last six years, new figures show.

A new report has been released outlining the extent of concern amongst Scottish businesses over Brexit.

The inflation rate in the UK fell to 2.1 per cent in December, from 2.3 per cent the previous month, according to the latest data released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Permanent staff appointments increased at a marked rate at the end of 2018 while temporary billings also rose sharply, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Jobs Market Report.

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