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Chartered accountants firm Wylie & Bisset has urged Scottish charities to be aware of the issues raised by the unpredictability of legacy giving, following figures revealing a sharp increase in legacy gifts. Annual legacy income to UK fundraising charities now amounts to £2.23 billion, wit

Scotland faces a "property exodus" if Boris Johnson's proposals for stamp duty are put in place in the rest of the UK, property management company Apropos by DJ Alexander has warned. Johnson has proposed removing all stamp duty land tax (SDLT) for properties valued below £500,000, which the fi

Advisory firm Begbies Traynor has unveiled revenue of £60.1 million for the year to April 30, up £52.4m on a year ago. Pre-tax profits increased by more than 50 per cent to £3.5m as the higher numbers of business failures in the UK boosted results.

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar entitled “Construction Industry VAT – an Update: including Reverse Charge on Construction Services (Goods?)?” on Thursday 25th July 2019 at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Clo

Wylie & Bisset has appointed Gerald McLaughlin, former corporate finance director at Campbell Dallas, the Galsgow-based accountancy firm's first ever corporate finance partner. The strategic appointment brings McLaughlin’s career full circle, having qualified with Wylie &

Dundee has been named among the UK’s 29 ‘credit deserts’ in a groundbreaking report from Demos which for the first time has mapped Britain’s credit environment.

Housing land values showed small signs of growth in the first quarter of 2019, with the Midlands and Scotland continuing to outperform London and wider South East, according to latest analysis fromSavills residential development land index. UK greenfield and urban land both saw small increases

Start-up businesses in the Outer Hebrides could receive a welcome injection of capital thanks to a new joint initiative launched by Business Gateway Outer Hebrides and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The Outer Hebrides Young Entrepreneur Start-Up Scheme (OHYESS) will provide grants of up to

New research from wealth manager Willis Owen has revealed 34 per cent of UK retail investors have made at least one change to their investments over the past 12 months as a result of announcements made via social media channels.

Edinburgh is to host the world summit on ethical finance, bringing together global leaders in business, politics and banking to shape a fairer finance system. Ethical Finance 2019 will be hosted by the Scotland-based Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI), which oversees, organises and coordinates

Chartered Accountants Wylie & Bisset has said that new entrants into the market, coupled with the adoption of cloud-based accounting systems, are helping reduce the funding gap for Scottish SMEs. Recent research found that the total overdraft limit available to Scottish SMEs had declined, result

A major new report on the south of Scotland has found the region is at a ‘watershed moment’ for its economic future. 

The number of business failures in 2018 in the Scottish construction sector was the highest annual figure since 2014 and this year looks on target for a similar number, according to new analysis of the sector by leading accountants and business advisers French Duncan. In 2018 202 businesses in the c

Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary NatWest has revealed a divide in attitudes between business people and consumers towards the major technological changes that are going to transform the way people live their lives in the coming years.

Barclays has teamed up with the nation’s oldest grime artists, Pete & Bas, to release a track - Bank Account Details Please – calling for the scammers to ‘jog on’.