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Jim Galbraith Scottish Friendly, Scotland’s largest financial mutual, has today announced it achieved record-breaking sales in 2016. The financial services group reported a substantial 33% rise from the £25.5 million it posted in 2015 to £33.9m in 2016. This increase was powered mainly by improv

The number of people accessing Scottish statutory debt solutions has remained steady in the third quarter of 2016-17, according to latest figures from the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuneXaJIAmo As Trainspotting returns to the big screen this week, it seems that while Begbie’s temper may not have changed much since the cult film's debut in 1996, house prices in many of the film’s location postcodes have increased over 200 per cent, according t

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TyEbQwbB38 The recent slump in sterling should prompt a significant readjustment of the UK economy away from consumer spending towards exports, according to the EY ITEM Club winter forecast.

Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group, which includes Bank of Scotland, has been named the most inclusive employer in Britain by lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) charity Stonewall in its Top 100 Employers list for 2017.

Alan McIntosh Scottish insolvency practitioners are being urged to make available to Scottish consumers a rarely used legal remedy which allows their home to be protected whilst providing repayment of their debts.

The number of house sales across Scotland faltered in December, although predictions for expected new sales over the next three months remained steady, according to the December edition of the RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

Average rents in Scotland’s private rented sector fell in the final quarter of 2016 by 0.9 per cent on the year to stand at £739 per month, according to new figures.

Scottish retail sales increased by 4.3 per cent on a like-for-like basis compared to December 2015, when they had decreased by 0.4 per cent, according to latest data.

Nick Laird Business activity in Scotland returned to growth in the final month of 2016, supported by a slight increase in new order wins along with a rebound in job creation, according to the latest Bank of Scotland Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).

Kaley Crossthwaite The total value of reported fraud in 2016 hit a five-year high, increasing 31.5 per cent to £2 billion, according to new analysis by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP. Despite the hike, the latest BDO FraudTrack analysis, which examines reported fraud cases over £50

Martin Gill UK business confidence is rising fast on the back of an upbeat outlook for the UK economy, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO.

Andrew Hill By Andrew Hill, Partner, Knight Frank, Edinburgh

A surge in demand for Edinburgh townhouse office to residential conversions is being driven by soaring residential prices within Edinburgh’s West End and New Town because of a rise in the number of cash buyers in the market and, post-Brexit vote, an influx of foreign capital due to the fall in th

Alasdair McKinnon Scottish Investment Trust has posted a sparkling set of annual results and a 40 per cent hike in dividends to shareholders following a management overhaul instigated in 2015.