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Scotland’s SMEs and micro businesses are being urged to apply for Scottish Government funding aimed at helping them attract, develop and retain young employees aged 16-24.

Graeme Hartop Edinburgh-headquartered private bank Hampden & Co has announced that it has now started lending to SIPPs, a service unusual amongst Private Banks.

John Murray Scotland Food & Drink has appointed an Inverness-based business development manager to help strengthen its support for Highlands & Islands food and drink businesses.

Simon Brown Closing dates have made a welcome return to the middle segment of the Scottish property market, according to estate agents Galbraith.

Hew Edgar Demand remains strong for residential properties in Scotland, but there are concerns the market is being “restricted” by the effect of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, the latest survey by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has found.

Hans Rissmann and his wife Lydia at Strathaven A country house hotel in South Lanarkshire has been given a £1 million makeover as its new owners set out to build a hospitality group with a distinctive Scottish welcome, with support from Bank of Scotland.

Frank Woods Only 12 per cent of people in Scotland have confidence in the European food chain and just 3 per cent in the global chain, fewer than one in every ten people, according to new research from commercial insurer NFU Mutual.

Only 15 per cent of people in Scotland have included a charity in their Will, according to a new survey.

The Bank of England this morning said that it will again hold interest rates at 0.25 per cent but noted that higher inflation and a pick-up in growth could lead to a rate hike in "the coming months".

With the refurbishment of 191 West George Street, NFU Mutual’s landmark office development in Glasgow city centre, making significant progress, we take a sneek peek at what it will look like when the project completes in three months time.

Glasgow-based independent chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has been celebrating after winning a charity football tournament to raise money for Radio Lollipop at the Royal Hospital for Children in the city.

Chris Cummings Assets under management in the UK increased by 20 per cent in 2016 to a record £6.9 trillion (£5.7trn in 2015), according to the Investment Association’s first annual Asset Management Survey since a majority of the UK voted to leave the EU.

Catherine Burnet KPMG’s 2017 recruitment drive will boost the firm’s Scottish offices after the number of apprentice hires doubled from six in 2016, to 12 this year, the firm has said.

A survey of Scottish law firms’ finances has shown improving fortunes for smaller law firms.

Keith Brown Economy Secretary Keith Brown has confirmed an interim partnership, bringing together organisations to support economic growth in the South of Scotland, will be in place by the end of 2017.