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The Treasury has today announced the appointment of Graham Love as non-executive chair of The Royal Mint.

Scotland's finance secretary Derek Mackay said "now is not the time to cut tax for the highest earners at the expense of our public services" as he unveiled a Scottish budget yesterday in which he ruled out a tax break for higher earners similar to that handed out earlier this year by the UK c

The first Tim Hortons franchise company in the UK, Pizza Cake, is set to open three new Drive Thru Tim Hortons restaurants in Scotland after securing a multi-million pound funding package from HSBC UK. Tim Hortons, a Canadian fast food restaurant best known for its coffee and donuts, opened its firs

Yesterday, as part of Scotland’s 2019/2020 Draft Budget, Scotland’s Finance Secretary Derek MacKay announced cuts to rates aimed at boosting town centres as part of a £750 million package which have been welcomed by business leaders.

Uncertainty caused by Brexit is leading buyers and sellers in Scotland to sit tight in increasing numbers, according to the November 2018 RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

By Eilidh Black, Senior Consultant – Accountancy and Finance, HRC Recruitment  

Alan Meek, a partner in Morton Fraser’s corporate team, delves into the consequences of the Court of Appeal case that brought into question the status of a director's interim dividends when a company goes under  

Proposed reform of limited partnerships to tackle abuse by criminal gangs is likely to reduce money laundering without preventing their legitimate commercial use in Scottish business, according to law firm Addleshaw Goddard. 

Scottish taxpayers who pay their taxes through self-assessment face extra problems as a result of the continued divergence in income tax rates, tax technicians have warned. The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) said that Scottish taxpayers in self-assessment have been experiencing problems c

Music legend Neil Young has announced victory in his bid to have Barclaycard taken off the bill for his upcoming concert with Bob Dylan in London’s Hyde Park after he took issue with the financial giant’s sponsorship of the event. Canadian, Young, 73, had condemned Barclaycard's gre

Scotland’s leading economists are predicting steady growth in the event of an agreed Brexit deal, but urged that focus must remain on developing a growth strategy which boosts productivity, regardless of the outcome of political negotiations, says KPMG. Fraser of Allander’s latest econom

Media company STV Group PLC has announced the appointment of Lindsay Dixon to join the board as chief financial officer with effect from the second quarter of 2019. Ms Dixon will join the company from her current role at distillers William Grant & Sons Ltd where she covers the position of group

Martin Gilbert and Keith Skeoch, the co-chief executives of Edinburgh-based Standard Life Aberdeen, have both upped their stake in the financial giant this week. Stock exchange announcements shows Mr Gilbert purchased 50,000 shares in the company at 237.7p a share yesterday, while Mr Skeoch purchase

Tim Wishart, head of Scotland and the North of England at Psigma Investment Management, makes the case for investors to hold their nerve in uncertain times  

Between July and September the average price of a residential property in Scotland was £181,572, a 1.8 per cent increase compared with the same period the previous year, according to quarterly statistics released by the Registers of Scotland (ROS).