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Sybille Steiner According to UK government data published this week, there has been a 64 per cent overall increase in the number of employment tribunals in the two months since fees were abolished.

A Japanese company has announced that it is to start paying part of its employees’ wages in Bitcoin in an attempt to gain greater understanding of the virtual currency.

Robert Fraser The average home in Scotland is now setting back buyers £209,922, according to estate agents Aberdein Considine’s latest Property Monitor of Scotland’s housing market, which shows more than £5 billion worth of property changed hands between July and September.

Ian Blackford SNP MP Ian Blackford MP has written to Prime Minister Theresa May urging her to step in to prevent Royal Bank of Scotland from closing 62 branches across the UK as the controversy over the plans rumbles on.

David Milroy Glasgow-based private equity house Maven Capital Partners has led a £1.8 million investment into Curo Compensation Limited in a move that it says will support the continued growth of the business.

Calum Bennie Many British families feel pressure to create the perfect Christmas and are taking out loans or spending more on credit cards in order to buy gifts, according to new research from Scottish Friendly.

Bruce Evans Edinburgh property group Lomond Capital has announced its second acquisition in two weeks after the purchase of South Manchester sales and lettings agent, Hallmark Residential.

Bill Kane Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown has announced that its rapidly expanding consulting division has formed an 'Associate Network' to assist in delivering a full service consulting offering to clients.

An Irish man is to marry his male carer in order to avoid paying inheritance tax.

Martin Gilbert Standard Life Aberdeen’s investment arm has seen outflows continue, according to the first trading update for the Edinburgh investment giant since it was created as a result of August’s £12 billion merger of Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management.

Police Scotland has confirmed it is making enquiries into allegations of financial irregularities at the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).

(Source: R3/Bureau van Dijk) The number of Scottish companies at higher than average risk of insolvency rose markedly over the course of 2017, according to insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.

Bill Michael KPMG partners in the UK are to have had their average pay slashed by around 10 per cent after the firm’s annual profits were hammered by a series of write-offs on investments.

Chris Cummings The UK’s listed companies are being urged to start acting on shareholder concerns around issues like excessive pay after a new Public Register published today for the first time revealed that more than a fifth suffered investor revolts this year.

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has surpassed $8bn this year in a clear sign that confidence is gradually returning to the basin, says Oil & Gas UK’s newly launched Market Insight.