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A new boutique financial planning and wealth management firm has launched this week with Bryan Innes, formerly executive partner at Tilney (Towry) heading up its Aberdeen office.

Accountancy firm French Duncan has assisted Leonardo Hotels, the European division of Fattal Hotels Group, in its acquisition of a portfolio of five properties in Scotland; increasing the company’s presence in Edinburgh and gaining presence in Glasgow, Perth and Aberdeen.

Police Scotland has revealed that almost £2.5 million has been lost to fraudsters in so-called vishing and spoofing scams targeted at Highlands businesses.

Martin Gill More than three fifths of Scottish legal firm leaders believe that current compensation structures and incentives need to change and will not be fit for purpose in five years’ time.

In response to continuing strong demand from investors and occupiers, Buccleuch Property has completed the acquisition of its second speculative industrial development in three months.

Scottish pubs tied to large pub companies should get the same legal protections as their counterparts in England and Wales, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Beggars and rough sleepers in Glasgow city centre are damaging trade and putting shoppers off visiting the city, according to a leading Scottish business figure.

Ken Ferguson Angus-based wealth management firm Ferguson Oliver Limited has announced the launch of a new mortgage trading division.

A former Dundee City Council IT officer specialising in financial IT systems is facing jail after admitting to fabricating invoices in order to steal more than £1 million from the authority in a long-running scam lasting seven years.

Royal Bank of Scotland has dropped out of a major ranking of the world’s largest 500 companies while fellow Edinburgh-based financial giant Standard Life has returned.

Mark Carney The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has voted 6-2 to keep interest rates on hold at 0.25 per cent.

Party loving Edinburgh residents spend more on having a good time than any other city in Scotland, according to new research from Barclays.

Miles Celic The UK-based legal and accountancy sector generated an estimated £15.5 billion in tax in 2015/16 – comprised of taxes borne (£6.4 billion) and taxes collected (£9.1 billion) – representing 2.5 per cent of all UK tax receipts.

Alison Thewliss The number of new firms being registered as Scottish Limited Partnerships, the entity identified as widely used by tax-avoiders and organised crime, has plummeted since new UK rules closed the legal loophole that had made them so attractive to nefarious elements.