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Alasdair McKinnon, manager of the Scottish Investment Trust, discusses his recent trip to China and the different investment opportunities he sees in the region  

By Leon Hutchinson, senior manager at PwC  

Prolonged Brexit uncertainty will likely further damage the Scottish housing market, according to RICS UK Residential Market Survey, following Theresa May’s Brexit deal being thrown out of Parliament on Tuesday. The latest results from the February survey show a continued decline in activity a

By Jackie Waring, founder & CEO of Investing Women  

Latest research from global real estate advisor CBRE has revealed that the industrial market in Aberdeen continues to exhibit healthy signs of recovery, with a record number of transactions taking place in 2018. Take-up totaled 658,000 sq ft for the year – in line with the five-year avera

This year will mark the year businesses started taking seriously the notion of ‘working from home’ as standard practice within Scottish firms, says audit, tax and consulting firm RSM.

Dundee-based investment firm Alliance Trust has today published results disclosing that it underperformed against its benchmark index last year, citing a challenging period with failing markets. The platform, which has undergone a major management and structural overhaul in recent years, saw a negat

Scottish private client law firm Turcan Connell has appointed Pete Murrin as a partner in its Glasgow office. Last year, the firm more than doubled the size of its office space in the city with a move across St Vincent Street and at the time signalled its intent to continue to grow its off

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has responded to the UK government's announcement that it will introduce a new Digital Services Tax in April 2020. Westminster has said its plan is "designed as an interim response, pending global reform, to the challenges that digital busine

Business advisory and accountancy firm, Johnston Carmichael, has reported a 25 per cent increase in employee numbers at its Glasgow base and announced plans for a recruitment drive to meet demand. The firm, which took an extra floor of office space at its West George Street headquarters in 2017

The vast majority of Scottish SME’s are not ready for the ‘Making Tax Digital’ (MTD) revolution, according to research across a broad section of Scottish businesses undertaken by, accountancy firm Campbell Dallas. MTD affects VAT registered businesses including sole traders, partne

Still more than 60 per cent taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland has announced today it plans to pay embattled shareholders a special dividend as it posted a doubling of profits. The Edinburgh-based lender made the announcement as it revealed that operating profit rose 50 per cent to £3.

Lenders could find it much harder to enforce cross border debts in the event of a no deal Brexit, RSM has warned. Currently, European regulations facilitate the collection of cross border debts within the EU, notably through the use of European Enforcement Orders.

A survey of public bodies in Scotland has revealed that most board members would be reluctant to complain about their colleagues, though reported bullying and other kinds of 'disrespectful conduct' are in the minority. The problem of ‘disrespectful conduct’ is more widespread in loc

The combination of Brexit uncertainty, lack of investment and stockpiling is putting increasing pressure on cash, but Scottish businesses could unlock access to credit through improving credit scores - counterbalancing this burden, accountancy firm RSM has said. Reviewing and improving credit scores