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Dr Jane Atterton Rural businesses in Scotland are embracing the digital economy but face barriers to digital adoption due to a lack of skills and access to training in rural areas, according to new findings from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and Rural England, commissioned by Amazon.

Three fifths of business owners don’t want the Scottish Government to change income tax rates, while two thirds believe an increase would be detrimental to the economy, according to a poll by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Fraser Sime Output in the Scottish private sector increased in November, albeit at the softest pace since March. Weak activity growth coincided with a softer rise in new business.

One of Europe’s biggest banks has announced that is to close four of its Scottish branches, including its premises in Edinburgh’s Princes Street.

New deal to increase the number of passenger services allowed per week specifically for airports outside London

A man in Switzerland has been reunited with the wallet he lost a decade ago complete with all of its contents, including the cash and a special 20 franc bill he’d kept for sentimental reasons for more than twenty years.

Experts at global accountancy giant EY have today said that City firms plan to move 10,500 jobs out of the UK on “day one” of Brexit.

Alasdair McKinnon The Scottish Investment Trust has reported that net asset value per share increased to 924.40 pence at October 31, from 854.90p at the same time the year before.

Inflation rose to 3.1 per cent last month, the highest in nearly six years, in a development that will be seen as unwelcome early Christmas news for consumers as the squeeze on households continues.

Professor Graeme Roy The expected tax hikes for Scotland’s higher earners, which are expected to be announced as part of the Scottish Government’s latest Budget this week, could go for naught and simply be used to fill a black hole in the nation’s finances, according to the Fraser of Allander

The average selling price of two bedroom flats in Edinburgh’s New Town and West End have rocketed by 26.9 per cent over the last three months, according to the latest house price report from estate agents ESPC.

Matthew Callaghan Matthew Callaghan, Ian Green and Zelf Hussein of PwC, who had been appointed joint administrators of wholesaler Palmer & Harvey McLane after the firm was placed in administration, have announced the business is to be liquidated with the loss of 404 jobs across the UK and 23 in

Communities in Scotland own more than 500,000 acres of land, according to new statistics released by the Scottish Government.

Offices and car parks are shrinking, whilst barista coffee and yoga space are rising in popularity in a shift change of what companies want from their office space in a bid to cut sick days and boost productivity, Edinburgh-based global asset manager Aberdeen Standard Investments has reported.

Royal Mail’s only distribution centre in Scotland has changed hands in an £8.76-million deal, brokered by Knight Frank.