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Sean McGinness A recent case in the Court of Session in Edinburgh has found in favour of an Aberdeenshire farming business against HMRC.

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.

Linda Barr Redundancy is leading to rise in personal insolvency in upper income bracket, writes Linda Barr, director and insolvency practitioner at French Duncan

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.

Graham Blair One in five Scottish homeowners plan to take their next step on the property ladder within the next five years but face a number of barriers, and a fifth say that the inability to find the right property within budget is the key blocker for buying their next home.

Stewart Henderson The charity regulator has launched an investigation into the finances and governance of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), according to reports.

Retirement has meant a new lease of life for millions of people who have given up work in the last 10 years, with more than one in four (26 per cent) saying they are fitter and healthier since they stopped working, according to new research from Prudential.

Chris Thompson Edinburgh is the second most attractive city in the UK for entrepreneurs and Aberdeen also ranks in the top ten, according to new research commissioned by wealth manager Kleinwort Hambros.

Gregor Colquhoun A six figure funding package from HSBC has provided Alex Colquhoun Ltd, a third generation family owned 840 acre dairy farm in Montrose, with the financial backing needed to purchase ground source heat pumps and a biomass boiler in a move that is expected to save the business tens o

A fund to help smaller firms upgrade older vehicles should be introduced at next week’s Scottish Government budget, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Pauline Hinchion Scottish Communities Finance Ltd – a new Community Benefit Society based in Edinburgh that aims to mobilise ordinary people across Scotland to reinvest in their communities – will launch today.

Derek MacKay Scotland faces "the most challenging budget in the history of the Scottish Parliament", Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has said.

Richard Gardiner Dunfermline-based accountancy firm Thomson Cooper has been appointed liquidator at a Fife motor recovery firm which picked up crashed and stolen vehicles for the police.

Sean McCann Family businesses could well be included as part of a multi-million pound tax crackdown on “mid-size businesses and wealthy individuals” set to begin next year.

Jobs typically associated with London and ‘the City’, are now widely recognised as a vital part of the Scottish economy, according to new research by TheCityUK.