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Short term letting company Airbnb is planning to restrict Edinburgh landlords using its platform from renting out flats for longer than 90 days a year as part of a series of proposals which aim to find a balance between serving tourists and residents in the Scottish capital.

Andy Wood The number of businesses failing because of their debts to HM Revenues & Customs has jumped by double-digits, according to a new report from Enterprise Tax Consultants.

People planning to retire this year are expecting to live on an average annual income of £19,900, according to the latest research by Prudential.

Dr Adam Marshall Skills shortages in the UK workforce are reaching critical levels with professional services the worst affected, according to the British Chambers of Commerce's (BCC) latest Quarterly Economic Survey.

The Tayside property market has posted a strong performance for 2017, according to annual statistics compiled by the Dundee-based Tayside Solicitors Property Centre, which reveal local homes with a total value of nearly £440 million changed hands last year.

CEO Stephen Webster (Left) welcomes Alasdair Kyle to Thorntons Investments Thorntons Investments has appointed Alasdair Kyle to strengthen its discretionary management team.

Ray Entwistle OBE Edinburgh-based private bank Hampden & Co has announced that chairman Ray Entwistle has been appointed OBE in the New Year’s Honours, for his services to charity and the arts.

Barry Truswell Accountancy firm Chiene + Tait has announced the appointment of Barry Truswell to its team of audit partners.

The average price of a house in Scotland is now £146,578, according to the figures from the Nationwide Building Society, marking an annual rise of 2.6 per cent.

Steven Morris Steven Morris, founder of Stirling-based investment syndicate ESM, has announced that his firm will switch its £25 million technology fund from a venture capital trust to an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) in order to benefit from new tax breaks unveiled in last month’s Westminst

Livingston has been revealed as a property hotspot for 2017 in a survey that has found properties in the West Lothian new town are the quickest sellers in the UK.

Stephen Boyle Scottish business is bracing itself for its fastest period of growth in nearly four years, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Business Monitor, conducted by the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde.

Jim Watson Spending on business research and development in Scotland has topped £1 billion for the first time ever.

Robert Fraser The average home in Scotland is now setting back buyers £209,922, according to estate agents Aberdein Considine’s latest Property Monitor of Scotland’s housing market, which shows more than £5 billion worth of property changed hands between July and September.

Aileen Knox Third quarter data for Scottish commercial real estate revealed a notable increase for annual total returns, which rose from 2.1 per cent in Q2 to 6.1 per cent in Q3, according to leading property consultant CBRE.