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An upturn of confidence following the gradual easing of Covid restrictions is fuelling an increase in investor confidence and sparked a record year for the Scottish Corporate Finance team at Grant Thornton. Over the last calendar year, the team completed 13 deals across the country, totalling £

Annual house price growth increased to 11.2% in January, from 10.4% in December, according to the latest Nationwide UK House Price Index.

Business confidence in Scotland rose by 13 points during January to 37%, the highest reading since September 2021, according to the latest Business Barometer from Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking.

A report on the gender pay gap at Big Four accountancy firm Deloitte has revealed the persistent gender pay gap within the sector.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, the Scottish vacancy rate decreased to 16.1%, from 16.4% in Q3, according to the latest figures published by the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and the Local Data Company.

Scottish property prices have increased by over 20% since the start of the pandemic according to an analysis of the latest data from real estate firm DJ Alexander Ltd. The firm said that between March 2020 and November 2021 (the latest month for which there is data) average property prices in Scotla

Retail sales volumes fell by 3.7% in December, but were 2.6% higher than their pre-coronavirus February 2020 levels, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Edinburgh has been listed as one of the least affordable areas to live in the UK in Nationwide's latest Local Affordability Report.

Housebuilder Persimmon has appointed Jason Windsor as its new chief financial officer as the firm noted a return to near pre-pandemic levels. Mr Windsor is expected to join in the summer and will become an executive director on the board at that time. He will succeed Mike Killoran, who announced in

Gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 0.9% in November 2021, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Finance ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have called on the Treasury to guarantee that money allocated to support Covid responses will be provided in full, following a meeting with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. They are also urging action to tackle the cost of living crisis a

UK Finance’s Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign is warning UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to be alert for scams targeting their companies.

Analysis of a decade of corporate insolvencies statistics collated by the Scottish Government from 2011 – 2021 has revealed that businesses are most likely to fail during the first six months of the year. The data, which was collated by accountancy firm Azets, reveals that during the decade th

The Scottish private sector recorded a further upturn in activity at the end of 2021, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI. The seasonally adjusted headline Royal Bank of Scotland Business Activity Index - a measure of combined manufacturing and service sector output - posted 52.7 in D

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the tech-enabled business-critical services group, has revealed that its 2021 mergers and acquisition activity exceeded its previous records. The successful completion of over 50 transactions, with a combined total deal value in excess of £750m, represents