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Edinburgh City Council is to consult the public about on its plans to charge a tourist tax of £2 per room, per night.

A group of activist nuns is buying stock in gun companies in an effort to compel manufacturers to detail how often their products are used in mass shootings. Sister Judy Byron, of the Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment, based in Seattle, told CTC News: “The only group that isn’t invo

West Dunbartonshire Council has approved plans to publicly name businesses who fail to pay their taxes.

Alison McGregor HSBC has said it will not hire a new Scottish chief executive following the announced departure of Alison McGregor at the end of this year, The Herald reports.

This month sees a team of four accountants from William Duncan + Co undertake a gruelling “500 miles in 5 days” cycling challenge, from John o’Groats, along the north, and down the west coasts, via Skye and Arran to Ayr.

Impact First, the ‘profit with purpose’ fund launched by social impact investor SIS Ventures, has secured 50 per cent of target capital commitments within the first two months of launch.

Interest rates have been increased by the Bank of England for only the second time in a decade.

A quartet of high-flying accountancy staff have smashed their fundraising target after jumping out of a plane for charity.

Four senior members from accountancy firm William Duncan’s senior management team are to undertake arguably their most challenging fundraiser to date when they attempt to cycle 500 miles in 5 days from John o'Groats to Ayr via Skye and Arran next month.

Scottish homeowners looking to sell their first property and buy their second property are less reliant on the Bank of Mum and Dad than those in the rest of the UK, according to a new report. Despite one in five Second Steppers in Scotland borrowing from family and friends in order to make their nex

Andrew Haldane The Bank of England has held interest rates at half a per cent but hinted that an August rate rise has become more likely.

Paul Stockton Scotland’s largest independent wealth manager, Glasgow-based Speirs & Jeffrey, will change its name having been acquired by Rathbones in a £104 million takeover.

Bill Crossan and Thomas Gillan SIS Ventures is launching its first £5 million fund to back Scotland’s high impact enterprises.

A quartet of high-flying accountancy staff are preparing to face their fears by jumping out of a plane for charity.

Ross McEwan The UK government has announced plans to sell 7.7 per cent of its stake in Royal Bank of Scotland.