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Julie Hesketh-Laird Scottish whisky distilleries are attracting more visitors from the UK and across the globe than ever before after more than 1.5 million people came to see how the iconic product is made last year - and spending £50 million in the process.

Nitesh Patel Three seaside towns in Scotland have recorded at least a doubling in house prices since 2005, according to research from Bank of Scotland.

Paul Marshall is a partner, and Niall McLean is an associate in the business ethics team at Brodies LLP Behaving ethically, and being seen to be behave ethically, is an increasingly important aspect of doing business. In a climate in which businesses are subjected to unprecedented scrutiny and growi

Perth-based energy supplier SSE, the UK's second biggest company, has reported a 39 per cent increase in profits to £456.8 million for the year to March 31. The performance comes despite the firm admitting that it lost more than 500,000 customer accounts in the last year and its pledge to freeze bi

Scottish pharmacy chain Lindsay & Gilmour is eying expansion after securing a £8.5 million finance package with HSBC. The move will see the 189-year-old business switch its banking affairs from Clydesdale to the UK’s biggest bank.

Fergus Ewing The number of tourists visiting Scotland rose 5 per cent to more than 15 million last year, according to new figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Great Britain Tourism Survey.

Martin Darroch Law firm Harper Macleod has revealed plans for expansion after announcing that its fee income for the latest financial year hit £22 million.

Pre-tax profit at Clydesdale Bank increased 53 per cent to £133 million in the six months to March according to new figures released as the Glasgow-based bank searches for a new owner. The bank is to be demerged from its parent, the National Australia Bank (Nab), through a flotation on the London S

Markus Stadlmann Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has reported that UK household wealth has grown by £1.5 trillion or 19 per cent over the last year.

C&C, the Irish owner of Tennent’s lager, has become the latest drinks maker to claim that its profits are being impaired due to Scotland’s new lower drink-drive limit. C&C has reported a 1.8 per cent rise in Scottish operating profits to €39.2 million (£28.3m) for the year to 28 Febru

Hugh Boyle Hugh Boyle has been appointed as head of hospitality and tourism at Johnston Carmichael.

UK house prices rose 1.6 per cent last month, according to the latest survey from the Halifax. The bank also recorded an annual rate of increase rising slightly to 8.5 per cent.

The Law Society of Scotland’s financial benchmarking report shows improving fortunes for smaller law firms. The annual survey of law firms’ financial performance in 2013-14 has shown an overall increase from £64,000 to £69,000 in profits per equity partners. (Profits per equity partner are bef

Thomas Ashdown The removal of no fault grounds for repossession and the spectre of rent controls in city hotspots will result in an exodus of landlords from the Scottish private rented sector (PRS), new research has suggested.

Campaigners have called for the reintroduction of private rent controls as new figures reveal a massive increase in rents in Scotland’s biggest cities. New statistics released this week by Citylets, show that rents in Glasgow have increased faster than anywhere else in Scotland, up by 9.2 per cent