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The average pristine Lego set has increased in value by around 12 per cent since 2000, outstripping the return on investment in the stock market, gold or traditional bank accounts. While the value of the FTSE 100 is no higher than it was in February 2000, meaning the average annual return to savers

Law firm Burness Paull has reported strong full-year results with revenue up 11 per cent to £51m, in the year to July with profits up by 12 per cent in the same period rising to an impressive £23 million. Staff are sharing in the good news with a bonus of 7.5 per cent of pay.

The Standard Life Investments-run UK Commercial Property Trust has revealed a £130 million war chest for investment. The £1.1 billion trust, which is the biggest in the sector and came under the control of the Edinburgh-based investment arm of insurance giant Standard Life following its takeover l

Scotland’s workforce are caught in a cruel trap of low incomes and poor working conditions, according to new evidence published today by Citizens Advice Scotland. In a report to the Scottish Parliament’s Economy, Energy and Tourism committee, CAS reveals that the numbers of employment cases seen

Sarah Speirs An increase in the supply of commercial farmland coupled with a tailing off in demand growth across Scotland has resulted in a significant reduction in price growth expectations, according to the latest RICS/ RAU Rural Land Market Survey H1 2015.

Scotland's last coal-fired power station to close Scotland's last coal-fired power station, Longannet in Fife, is to close on 31 March next year.

Latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that low interest rates have kept the number of homes repossessed in the UK falling during the course of the second quarter of the year. The CML said that 2,500 homes were repossessed in April, May and June, down from 3,000 in the p

Aberdeen’s hotel sector experienced double digit drops in both occupancy and revenue in May as the low oil price continued to take its toll, according to the latest report by accountants and business advisers, BDO. The firm’s monthly hotel survey found that year-on-year occupancy in Aberdeen dro

While this summer’s weather has left the country largely underwhelmed, two separate reports published today have described a Scottish economy that is looking bright. The Bank of Scotland’s latest Private Market Index report has revealed private sector companies reported further growth of output

Seasonal factors have been cited by motor industry bosses as the cause of a reversal in Scottish car sales last month. Latest data from the industry showed a 5.8 per cent year-on-year fall in new car registrations north of the Border.

Charles Barnett Scottish football has finally got its finances in order according to the latest football survey by accountants and business advisers BDO.

New research from accountants KPMG has revealed that the amount of money lost in high-value fraud cases in Scotland has fallen sharply during the first half of 2015. The first six months of this year saw the total value of fraud north of the border hit £3.8m, compared with £6.2m for the same perio

A new survey carried out by Edinburgh-based banking giant Lloyds Banking Group has revealed confidence levels among those paying off unsecured debt remain high, with four in five (83 per cent) of respondents feeling confident or very confident that they will meet their future repayments. The lenderâ

Graeme Allan Aberdeen-based independent accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP is now ranked among the top 30 accountancy firms in the UK following annual growth of 30 per cent, according to a new poll.

Malcolm Hurlston The number of business debt judgments recorded in Scotland rose sharply in the first half of 2015, according to new Registry Trust figures.