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The latest IHS Market Report on Jobs for Scotland has suggested improving labour market conditions in Scotland after it recorded the fastest rise in demand for permanent staff since the survey was launched 14 years ago.

The Moray property market has experienced a strong start to the year with a boost to sales and an increase in demand and buyer activity, according to estate agents Galbraith.

Graham Blair In the past decade, the average house price in the Aberdeenshire town of Fraserburgh has grown by 95 per cent, from £70,255 to £136,889 – significantly exceeding the 16 per cent increase for all seaside towns in Scotland, according to research from Bank of Scotland.

A healthy level of residential sales and local buyer activity in Stirlingshire has been reported during the first three months of 2017.

Scotland experienced a 6 per cent surge in visitors from overseas in 2016, new figures have revealed.

Martin Beck The UK labour market is set to face a rockier period over the next few years with unemployment rising as the consequences of a slowdown in economic growth bite and pay growth remaining subdued, according to the EY ITEM Club special report.

Fraser Sime Scotland’s private sector made a positive start to the second quarter, according to April’s Bank of Scotland Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which showed growth pick up slightly from the relative stagnation experienced in the previous month’s survey.

Scotland’s cities have experienced contrasting starts to the year when it comes to new start-up firm activity, according to new figures.

Sandy Burgess There was a sharp fall in new car registrations in Scotland last month even though the market north of the border is still outperforming the rest of the UK.

Retail sales in Scotland have grown much more slowly over the past year than in Great Britain as a whole, according to new figures.

Martin Gilbert Aberdeen Asset Management (AAM) chief executive Martin Gilbert has reassured his employees, and those at Standard Life, that the merger of the two companies will not lead to “dramatic” job losses.

Moira Kelly The Scottish Parliament should consider establishing a committee focused exclusively on scrutinising the country’s devolved tax powers, the body representing Scotland’s tax professionals has said.

The British Banking Association's latest high street banking data shows that consumer credit growth was 6.1 per cent in March, compared with 6.5 per cent in the previous month. Net mortgage borrowing was 2.2 per cent higher than a year ago. Eric Leenders, BBA managing director for retail banking, sa

Lorraine Macphail Scotland’s commercial property sector could face long-term growth issues if demand for office space continues to outstrip supply.

Workloads for small and medium-sized construction firms in Scotland rose faster than at any time since the 2007 financial crisis, a new survey has revealed.