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Calum Macdonald The first school leaver appointed by accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has graduated as a chartered accountant.

The average price of a property in Scotland in January 2018 was £148,512 – an increase of 7.3 per cent on January in the previous year and an increase of 1.4 per cent when compared to the previous month.

Ambitious plans for a multi-million pound hotel, food and retail village on the A9 have been unveiled today.

Jamie Hepburn Scotland’s employment rate has fallen by 0.2 percentage points, with the employment rate below the UK average at 74.8 per cent.

Gordon MacLure Accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has been appointed administrator of Alan Grant Grampian and ACG Contracts which have folded with the loss off 33 jobs.

Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Money CEO Jayne-Anne Gadhia Aberdeen Standard Investments and challenger bank Virgin Money have agreed to establish a new joint venture for the provision of asset management service to customers.

Douglas Martin Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown has been named as the top dealmaker in Scotland for a 13th consecutive year after the firm completed the most deals in Scotland each year from 2005 – 2017.

The Church of Scotland is drawing up plans to create a contactless collection plate in a bid to boost donations.

Gordon McArthur Glasgow-based financial cloud provider Beeks has announced its entry into the cryptocurrency market via a collaboration with Gemini, a New York-based next-generation digital asset exchange and custodian.

Capital risk Residents of Edinburgh are the second-most likely in the UK to choose an adventurous investment portfolio for their ISA savings number, according to research on the saving and investment habits of Brits from investment platform Moneybox.

Scottish siblings are happy to share, and the Bank of Brother and Sister may be just as generous as the Bank of Mum and Dad, new research has found.

Graham Sharp A £1 million fraud perpetrated at Dundee City Council from 2009-2016 was the result of failures in fundamental controls within the council’s financial systems, the Accounts Commission has found.

Moira Kelly The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has welcomed a “practical and pragmatic” agreement between the UK and Scottish Governments on changes to tax reliefs following last month’s Scottish Budget.

Neil McLeod Challenger bank Metro Bank has today announced that from 5 April it will expand its mortgage business into Scotland, both direct — through its seven-day-a-week mortgage helpline — and via brokers.

Moya Rylands Demand for permanent professionals in Scotland rose by 25 per cent year-on-year to February 2018 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).