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Mark Harvey Scotland was second only to London last year in attracting inward investment projects from around the world, according to a new survey from global accounting firm EY.

Ross Mickel Skills shortages in the Scottish construction sector are becoming more acute as trained workers leave for higher wages overseas, a senior executive within the industry has warned.

Paul Marshall is a partner, and Niall McLean is an associate in the business ethics team at Brodies LLP Behaving ethically, and being seen to be behave ethically, is an increasingly important aspect of doing business. In a climate in which businesses are subjected to unprecedented scrutiny and growi

Creditors of Dundee building company Muirfield Contracts have agreed to continue with the firm’s winding down after a crunch meeting mediated by administrators Campbell Dallas.

Cash was overtaken by non-cash payments for the first time ever last year. Figures published today by the Payments Council show that payments made in cash by consumers, businesses and financial organisations in the UK fell to 48 per cent last year (from 52 per cent in 2013).

Royal Bank of Scotland has been hit with a double downgrade by ratings agency Fitch. The unwelcome news for the state-owned bank follows a similar blow for fellow Scottish lender Clydesdale, which had its downgrade announced last week by the same agency.

Philip Hogg The Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme is nearly fully subscribed due to a bumper level of sales reservations leading to calls from eager homebuyers and anxious builders to provide yet more funds.

Older borrowers who are falling foul of new strict lending rules are being refused mortgages and forced to rely on backing from their children, it has emerged. The phenomenon is a curious departure from the ‘bank of mum and dad’ which has characterised the mortgage market for young professionals

Stephen Welton The Business Growth Fund (BGF), an initiative designed to pick up the slack in funding for small firms since the financial crisis, has committed £100 million in Scotland, and a total of £500 million, since its inception four years ago.

A group of bell ringers at a church in Kent were forced to fill out a US tax form, hand over their personal bank details, and clarify their links with the nuclear power industry in order to open a bank account. Neil Campbell, 76, told The Telegraph that he filled out an 18-page application form to o

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is expected to issue Barclays with its biggest-ever fine as part of the penalties meted out to banks involved in a currency rigging scandal. The fine will pale in value against the massive payments to be made to US institutions.

Rathbone Investment Management has announced the opening of a new office and "important hub" on Glasgow's Nelson Mandela Place. The provider of discretionary investment management services for private clients, charities and professional advisers has moved into new premises at The Athenaeum, 8 Nelson

Markus Stadlmann Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has reported that UK household wealth has grown by £1.5 trillion or 19 per cent over the last year.

Don Peebles The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has called on the Scottish Government to seize the opportunity for fundamental change to the way it controls its finances.

Martin Watt and James Dickie. Aberdeenshire-based craft-beer group and crowdfunding pioneer BrewDog has raised £5 million in just 20 days as a result of its latest round of fundraising.