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Peter Dean, Managing director of Carrington Dean accepts official accreditation to the Glasgow Living Wage from Bailie Philip Braat, Treasurer of Glasgow City Council. Glasgow-based debt advice and solutions company Carrington Dean has become the first debt solutions specialist and the latest employ

Alastair Rae Scotland’s hospitality sector saw occupancy and revenue fall during 2015 due to the dramatic collapse in activity in Aberdeen according to the latest report by accountants and business advisers, BDO.

The Scottish Retail Consortium has slammed moves to increase business rates in Scotland ahead of Friday's main poundage rate hike and the doubling of the extra rates supplement paid by firms occupying medium and larger sized commercial premises. The SRC said the plan was "out of step" while shop vac

Andrew Holloway Andrew Holloway is head of technology & emerging markets in Scotland for Grant Thornton

Rising house prices have driven a deterioration in home affordability in Scottish cities for a third consecutive year, according to a Bank of Scotland report. The bank’s Affordable Cities Review found that the average Scottish city house price has risen by three per cent, from £176,009 in 2015 to

The ‘No’ result of the independence referendum was worth almost £9 billion to Scotland last year, research commissioned by an anti-independence campaign group has claimed. Scotland in Union hired finance consultants Europe Economics to examine the fiscal position of the country based on the lat

Ken Patullo Insolvency and professional services firm Begbies Traynor has won a major insolvency services contract for the Northern Ireland government’s Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI).

Scotland’s private sector economy slipped into contraction last month, according to latest data released by the Bank of Scotland. Services and manufacturing activity both declined as output levels deteriorated for the first time in three months, driven by a marginal decline in new order levels, th

A bumper £4bn profits haul and special dividend payout from insurance giant Prudential has buoyed London’s top flight index. The market value of the UK’s biggest insurer, which employs 1,300 staff at its Stirling hub, climbed nearly 3 per cent, or 38.5p, to £13.65 after it shrugged off global

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.