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Demand for permanent accounting & finance professionals in Scotland increased by 17 per cent year-on-year in May 2019, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

The UK's automotive sector manufacturers continue to play an outsized role in the trajectory of regional economies and the outlook for international trade, according to the new Royal Bank of Scotland UK Automotive PMI® report published today.

New analysis of the 2.1 million people that work in the UK digital tech sector and live job adverts has captured the extent to which the digital tech sector is spreading beyond its stronghold in London and the South East.

Clydedale Bank owner CYBG’s latest SME Health Check Index dropped by 6.6 points to 48.5 at a national level in the first quarter of 2019, its lowest rating for a year, driven by lower SME borrowing and an increase in businesses operating below capacity. Scotland experienced a 7.9 point decline

Edinburgh is the city with the best prospects for UK economic growth, with Cambridge and Manchester coming in second and third place, according to the 2019 Vitality Index by Lambert Smith Hampton.

Demand for properties in Scotland dropped again in May, with the number of new buyer enquiries remaining negative for the fourth consecutive month according to the RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

The latest statistics from Registers of Scotland’s Property Market Report 2018-19 show that the value of residential property sales in the financial year 2018-19 was £18.2 billion, an increase of 1.6 per cent when compared with 2017-18.

Scottish business confidence has bounced back into the black for the first time in a year, according to new figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). In the second quarter of 2019, FSB’s Scottish Small Business Index (SBI) increased by a record 37.5 points to +3.3. This is only th

Scotland's enterprise agencies, Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), have launched their new three-year strategy documents.

Over two fifths (44 per cent) of adults in Scotland are worried about their current level of personal debt, a new survey of over 2,000 British adults by insolvency trade body R3 in Scotland and ComRes has found. This is notably higher than in April last year, when 35 per cent of adults in Scotland s

The growing range of video streaming services available to viewers; demand for internet access and business spend on internet advertising will drive the UK’s entertainment and media sector to grow by £10bn over the next five years.

Business Confidence Index in Scotland is in negative territory for the third successive quarter, according to the latest ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor (BCM). The Q2 Scottish score of -17.6 is marginally below the UK Q1 average score of -16.6, and down on Q2 2018 Scottish score of +10.6

Three-quarters of Scots believe Brexit will increase the cost of living, according to new research by PwC, which also found that the number of Scots who believe they will be better off over the coming year has fallen. PwC’s latest Consumer Sentiment survey shows that more than a third of Scots

The Highland Council has secured a £3.5m interest-free loan from Salix Finance to invest in energy efficiency measures across the Council estate.

Chris Campbell, tax senior manager at Johnston Carmichael, considers the benefits of going electric. Climate change has featured heavily in the news headlines recently, with various political parties renewing their commitment to reducing carbon emissions. This comes amidst the backdrop of protests i