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Mark McRae Glasgow Chartered Accountants and business advisers Martin Aitken & Co has announced the appointment of a director of its business advisory and accounting division, to further broaden its client portfolio service offering across the West of Scotland.

Derek Mackay Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has told MSPs that he will implement the vast majority of recommendations made by the Barclay Review, with new properties not paying Business Rates until they are occupied and their tenants exempt for the first 12 months thereafter.

The total outstanding bank debt of Scottish farms increased 5 per cent over the past year to reach its highest level since records began, according to the latest statistics released by Scotland's Chief Statistician.

Martin Gill The UK's labour market is booming as unemployment hits a new 42-year low but productivity is in "severe difficulty" as uncertainty continues to strangle output, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO.

Chris Smith Global accountancy firm Grant Thornton has called on the Scottish Government to deliver a radical overhaul of Scotland’s business rates system, warning failure to act could jeopardise future economic growth plans.

One in every 79 Brits is now a millionaire, up from 1 in 84 last year, according to latest data from Barclays Wealth.

John Godfrey Scotland saw a drop in prosperity over the last year, reflecting uneven rates of growth in affluence across the UK, according to the third edition of the annual UK Prosperity Map from Barclays Wealth & Investments.

Andrew Paterson Andrew Paterson, partner in the asset protection group at law firm Murray Beith Murray, writes on misunderstandings surrounding inheritance tax in the UK.

UK consumers are relying increasingly on plastic with figures for the spring and early summer showing a rise in the use of credit, debit and charge cards.

The average price of a house in Scotland has increased by 22 per cent over the last five years, according to latest data from Lloyds Banking Group.

The Crown Office has launched a bid to claw back £160,00 under Proceeds of Crime legislation from a Perthshire potato merchant who conned the taxman out of £160,000 to fund private school fees for his children.

John Douglas, the 21st Earl of Morton, who died last year at his Dalmahoy estate near Edinburgh, left an £11 million fortune to his family, it has emerged.

Martin Gill The continuing recovery of the manufacturing sector is set to return business output to growth, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO.

Mark Carney The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has voted 6-2 to keep interest rates on hold at 0.25 per cent.

Beggars and rough sleepers in Glasgow city centre are damaging trade and putting shoppers off visiting the city, according to a leading Scottish business figure.