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Scotland faces continued negative employment growth over the coming year as the number of economically inactive people rises and Brexit uncertainty continues to hit investment, according to PwC analysis in its latest UK Economic Outlook.

David Morrison Angus-based estate and lettings agency Wardhaugh Property have announced a series of seminars in partnership with Dundee-based EQ Accountants LLP on the private rented sector to help landlords understand implications of recent legislative and tax changes, as well as advise on the impa

CA Today magazine notes that the ‘big four’ accountants continue to lead in Scotland by fee earners and that Deloitte has regained the top spot after falling behind EY last year. PwC has also risen to number two, while KPMG has slipped to fourth place and Johnston Carmichael remains steady at nu

Thomson Legal has published its annual Scotland Market Overview & Salary Survey 2016/ 2017.

Kerry Sharp A total of £430 million was invested in risk capital in Scotland last year, according to Scottish Enterprise figures.

Paul Curran Paul Curran, managing director of Edinburgh-based Quartermile Developments, has been announced as the new chairman of the Scottish Property Federation (SPF).

Scottish house prices have maintained their upward projection as the number of new properties on the market continued to fall, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have said.

The overall arrears rate in the third quarter was the same as in the second quarter, with 0.84 per cent of all mortgages recording arrears equivalent to more than 2.5 per cent of the mortgage balance, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Scottish consumers are facing a difficult 2017 of higher prices and lower wage growth following the collapse in the value of sterling, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants BDO.

Dougal Gunn Sharp Edinburgh-based craft beer firm Innis & Gunn is this week launching a crowdfunding initiative with the aim of raising £1 million for two per cent of its share capital.

The new Living Wage rate has been set at £8.45 an hour.

Glasgow-based football club Rangers have posted a loss of £3.3 million in its latest annual report.

Mark Williams Royal Bank of Scotland has provided a financing package to help a Scottish waste and construction services company to further expand its business.

While the UK Commercial property market is showing some signs of a return to a more positive mood post the EU vote, London and Scotland are lagging behind the rest of the UK, according to the Q3 Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors’ UK Commercial Market Survey 2016.

Scotland had 218 corporate insolvencies in the course of the second quarter of the current financial year, down from the 258 in the previous quarter – a 15.5 per cent drop, according to latest data.