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Scottish house prices were up 3.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2015-16 compared to the same period last year, according to new figures from Registers of Scotland (RoS). Between April and June, the average house price in Scotland reached a record high of £167,765, the highest recorded for this q

Scottish Equity Partners has further expanded its infrastructure team with the appointment of Romain Keyen as associate and Adam Delaney as director of finance. Mr Delaney is based in SEP’S newly opened Edinburgh office and will take responsibility for infrastructure fund accounting, as well as as

Ian Smith, operations manager at Central Investment and non-executive director Gillian Hasting. Aberdeen-based financial Advisory firm Central Investment has added two new senior appointments to its team.

The average house price in Scotland could exceed a quarter of a million pounds by the end of the decade, economists have predicted. While house price growth has slowed across the UK over the past 12 months, the latest UK Economic Outlook from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) predicts that prices in Scot

Gavin Hood Deloitte has announced the promotion of one of its partners to lead the firm’s advisory corporate finance practice in Scotland.

Iberdrola chairman Ignacio Galán Scottish Power expects to pay a £150 million carbon tax bill this year, prompting Spanish owner Iberdrola to complain about the tax's impact on fuel prices.

The Scottish Government has lent a total of £10.8 million to the embattled state-owned Glasgow Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire. The figure was included in a new annual report that showed the airport's losses increased from £3.9 million in 2013/2014 to £4.1 million in 2014/15, raising questions abou

Drivers who are charged unfairly by private car parks have grounds for legal challenge — according to a new legal opinion obtained by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), and published today. CAS has been campaigning on the issue since last year, when the It's Not Fine campaign found that many Scots ar

The replacement of the bank levy with an eight per cent profits tax will have a substantial impact on the sale of Clydesdale Bank, according to a Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) analyst. National Australia Bank (NAB), owner of Clydesdale Bank, plans to demerge the Glasgow-based institution, han

Average rents in Scotland reached a new peak in May, according to the latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move. The report by one of Scotland’s largest lettings agent networks said the average Scottish rent reached an all-time high of £544 in May 2015, an increase of 1 per cent on the prev

Scotland is becoming increasingly generous, according to new research which shows Scottish consumers are anticipating a 5 per cent increase in spending on gifts this year. In 2014, the average Scot spent £466.50 on presents outside of birthdays and Christmas - but, according to the One4all Gift Car

Latest data has revealed current accounts have this year overtaken mortgages as the number one target for Britain's financial fraudsters. According to monitoring company Experian, 0.89 per cent of applications for UK current accounts came from criminals during the first quarter of 2015.

Brian Ashcroft One of Scotland’s leading economists has described as a “red herring” claims made by the SNP that “full fiscal autonomy” can deliver such growth that the process would require neither tax rises nor spending cuts.

Aberdeen City Council has improved how it is run in recent years and has plans for further changes but a great deal more work is needed to deliver these, according to the Accounts Commission. A new report out today examines progress at the council following changes in management structures and polit

The amount of time UK workers spend dealing with customers outside traditional office hours has increased by more than 41 per cent over the past three years, meaning the working day now begins at 8am and runs until 8pm, according to new research. The death of the ‘9-to-5’ was revealed by a recen