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Sarah Speirs Activity in the Scottish housing market is set to see slower growth over the next three months, following a short-term rush for buy-to-let properties, the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has revealed.

Martin Darroch The corporate team at Harper Macleod enjoyed a record year in 2015, seeing it ranked in the top three dealmakers in Scotland.

Max Ward Veteran fund manager Max Ward, has bought a further 50,000 shares in Edinburgh-based Independent Investment Trust, the company he manages and created, taking his holding in the firm to 5.2million shares.

Two sets of latest figures released by the Halifax and Nationwide have revealed that UK house prices are continuing to rise at a "robust pace". The Halifax, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said property values were up 9.7 per cent in February compared with a year ago, but down slightly on January.

The latest quarterly barometer that measures the outlook for growth and nationwide levels of business confidence has rallied after a 7.1 percent drop in Q3 2015. Q4 2015 of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management’s (CICM) UK Credit Managers Index (CMI) reported growth in both the Manufacturin

Scott Baxter and Phil Anderson A north-east financial services firm is pledging its support to a local charity, to help fund key projects for those affected by homelessness in Aberdeen and the surrounding area.

Property investors have warned that the UK would be a less attractive place to invest were it to leave the European Union, according to findings of a new survey by global property adviser CBRE. As part of a CBRE special report Heading For The Exit? published today, the survey of CBRE's investor clie

Martin Gilbert Martin Gilbert, co-founder and chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management has warned that should British voters decide to leave the EU it could spark a second Scottish independence referendum.

Gross mortgage borrowing of £13.6 billion in January was 38 per cent higher than a year ago and the highest since mid-2008, according to latest data from the British Bankers Association. The number of mortgage approvals in January was 33 per cent higher than a year ago, with remortgaging up 42 perc

Scotland is investing twice as much per person on transport as England and has spent more per head on improving infrastructure than all other nations in the UK since 2007, according to new independent analysis. The figures, compiled by researchers from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPI

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has pressed for a further 2 per cent cut in excise duty in next month's Budget as the trade body pointed out that whisky exports are worth almost £4 billion a year. SWA said the UK’s trade deficit of almost £35 billion would be 11 per cent larger without whisk

UK inflation edged up to a 12 month high in January, according to latest official figures released today. An easing in the recent dramatic fall in petrol prices saw inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, rise by 0.3 per cent, the Office for National Statistics said.

Susannah Simpson Scotland’s ‘generation rent’ is expected to continue throughout the next decade as the country is predicted to be one of UK’s fastest growing private rental markets.

Scottish footfall in January rose 1.5 per cent year-on-year and were up on the 0.2 per cent rise recorded in December, according to latest data from the Scottish Retail Consortium. The result was the best performance since March 2015 and is ahead of the UK average.

Banking giant HSBC, which employs more than 3700 people in Scotland, has made a U-turn on plans to freeze staff pay. The bank, which is set to release its full year results later this month, has recently been under pressure from shareholders to cut costs and improve its lacklustre performance.