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First-time buyers have saved £284 million in stamp duty since November 2017, according to statistics from HMRC.

Alan Cook Alan Cook, Partner and commercial property specialist at law firm Pinsent Masons assesses plans for a new look business rates system

Barclays has announced that it is partnering with fintech business MarketInvoice, Europe’s largest online invoice financing platform, in a deal that is set to transform the way small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK manage cash flow and accelerate growth.

Almost a third of the UK working population – 10.4 million people – could be using smartphones to be more productive at work, according to new research from Deloitte.

Easter Road, Edinburgh (Image: Geni via Wikipedia) Average house prices close to Scottish Premiership football grounds have increased by 14 per cent over the last ten years, according to research by Bank of Scotland.

The number of debt decrees registered against Scottish businesses rose sharply during the first half of 2018, according to figures released today by Registry Trust.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has announced plans to pay its first dividend since it was bailed out by the UK taxpayer to the tune of £46 billion a decade ago.

Deloitte has bolstered its senior team in Scotland with the appointment of seven new directors.

Blair Nimmo The number of larger businesses failing in Scotland has fallen by more than half in the last quarter (April – June 2018) compared to the same period in 2017, according to new statistics from KPMG.

Mark Carney The possibility of a no-deal Brexit is "uncomfortably high" Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said today.

A Scottish couple who have been revealed as the winners of the huge £57.9 million jackpot in the EuroMillions have told how checking their ticket almost ended in disaster after it was torn in half and thrown in the bin.

Greg McNally and Alan Bird Campbell Dallas has appointed a second VAT Partner and a specialist customs international trade specialist within the firm’s fast-growing Indirect Tax practice.

Sebastian Burnside Weakening sterling and the current global growth acceleration has helped fuel the country’s economy during the first half of 2018, creating strong pickup in overseas businesses for Scotland’s exporters.

Assets under management and administration (AUMA) continued to fall at Edinburgh-based financial giant Standard Life Aberdeen in the first half of the year, with operating income lower as a result.

The Bank of England has identified an increase in the number of consumers defaulting on credit cards, raising alarms in the City of “an early warning indicator” of an economic downturn.