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The average price of a residential property in Scotland has shown an increase of 0.6 per cent during the second quarter of financial year 2016/17 compared with the same period in the previous year, with the highest rise of 9.7 per cent being reported in East Renfrewshire.

Union Street, Aberdeen. Aberdeen City Council could be set to take a “more proactive” approach to struggling businesses that are contributing to the sixfold rise in unpaid business rates in the Granite City.

The Scottish construction sector is experiencing post-EU referendum stagnation as financial constraints and lack of investment continue to weigh on growth, according to a new survey.

Fears that headwinds from the UK vote to leave the EU in June could spread to the global economy appear not to have been realised, with confidence amongst UK businesses holding up relative to the previous quarter, according to the latest the latest Global Economic Conditions Survey published today

More than a million Scottish families will see their income fall by £360 a year by 2020 as inflation rises and welfare payments such as housing benefit are frozen, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.

UK inflation has exceeded forecasts after leaping 1 per cent in September from 0.6 per cent in August to reach its highest level for two years.

The EU referendum result is providing an unexpected boost to the property market on the west coast of Scotland, according to a local land and estate expert.

Average starting salaries for professional roles in the UK have grown by 3.68 per cent in the past three years and the upward trend is set to continue next year, according to Robert Half's 2017 Salary Guide.

Britons are taking on unsecured debt at a faster pace than any time in the last decade, according to latest data from financial capability charity The Money Charity.

Houses in South Queensferry have shown one of the largest increases in average house prices over the last three months, according to the latest analysis by estate agents ESPC.

A new Bank of Scotland plastic £5 bank note featuring a design produced by a Dundee schoolgirl has been bought at auction for a staggering £18,600.

Monthly contactless card spending has passed the £2 billion mark, new figures from The UK Cards Association show.

September saw the accounting deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes for the UK’s 350 largest listed companies reduced slightly from £160 billion at the end of August to £152 billion by the end of last month.

A Danish billionaire is homing in on the Duke of Buccleuch to become Scotland's biggest private landowner after his latest £8 million double estate swoop.

Edinburgh-based fund manager Walter Scott & Partners has announced a profit rise of 86 per cent in the year to December 2015.