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EY has intensified its redundancy efforts in the UK with the planned the termination of an additional 150 jobs, bringing the total number of redundancies this year to 300.

Councils are key to unlocking both the potential and the best outcomes for local communities but require proper funding to do so, COSLA has said today.

Scottish TV presenter Kaye Adams has won a nine-year battle with HMRC over her income tax and national insurance contributions while working for the BBC. The First-Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber yesterday ruled that Ms Adams was correctly classed as a self-employed worker rather than as a BBC employee.

Johnston Carmichael's chief people officer Martin Osler discusses career progression at the firm, and how it is working hard to promote social mobility in the profession. Given all of the conversations about how allegedly challenging it is to engage millennials in the workplace you’d be forgiv

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has led an €83 million investment in Braincube, a manufacturing data software platform with specialist industrial applications. Braincube’s industrial-internet-of-things (IIoT) platform helps manufacturers increase their profits using data insights to improv

Scottish property portal ESPC has revealed that property sales in Scotland fall through far less frequently than in England, according to the latest data, which shows one in four sales collapsing in England, compared to around one in 12 across Scotland.

Avison Young UK has released two reports shedding light on the economic and real estate landscapes of Glasgow and Edinburgh.

In recent days Colombian pop star Shakira has settled a long running dispute with the Spanish authorities on her tax residence between 2012 and 2014. The singer has paid over 7.5 million euros to bring the case to an end, writes Kevin Winters. The Spanish authorities reportedly argued that Shak

In its latest review for the third quarter Experian reported a notable downturn in M&A activity across Scotland, with deals totalling £4.9 billion in value, marking the fourth consecutive period of decline.  

The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) is appealing directly to business in Scotland to see if their unresolved banking disputes can be tackled.

Resilient consumer spending may have helped the Scottish economy avoid a recession, but economic growth has been flat since Q2 of 2022 and will remain into 2024 when GVA is expected to rise by 0.3%, according to the EY ITEM Club Scottish Autumn forecast. The forecast adds that sentiment among busine

A commercial judge has removed the joint administrators of a London Stock Exchange listed company operating football centres across the UK after the company’s largest shareholder, owed approximately £2.4 million by the company, made an application to the Court of Session. The application

Stephanni Houston, a 39-year-old administrative worker from Ayr, has been sentenced to 38 months in prison for embezzling over £516,000 from two companies in a span of four years. The embezzlement followed a previous conviction at Ayr Sheriff Court where Houston, then known as Bryden, was

Scotland's average monthly house prices have reached record highs, contrasting with the static or falling prices in other parts of the UK. Estate and lettings agency DJ Alexander Ltd reported that average prices were at £194,156 in August which is the latest month for which there is offic

Finances in Scotland's social housing sector remain resilient, but landlords continue to face significant challenges, the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) said yesterday.