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Oil and gas sales value in Scotland has risen by 18.2 per cent between 2016-17 and 2017-18, according to new figures.

Alfredo Alongi Landmark Perth Hotel, The Lovat, has announced it will start accepting a recently launched cryptocurrency as payment from customers, with the aim of future proofing the hotel.

Alasdair Ronald Alasdair Ronald, senior investment manager, Brewin Dolphin separates the wheat from the chaff when it comes to investment advice.

Scottish commercial law firm Burness Paull has been named Legal Advisor of the Year at the 2018 Scottish Deals & Dealmakers Awards.

More than one-in-five (22 per cent) of adults in Scotland has had an outstanding credit card balance for at least six months, according to a survey by R3 in Scotland, the insolvency trade body.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Sheldon Mills as its new director of Competition.

Mark Brown A digital deadline is looming for businesses above the current £85k VAT registration threshold, writes Mark Brown, partner at Aberdeen-based chartered accountancy and business advisory Meston Reid & Co

Ian Williams Taxpayers with undeclared income generated from offshore assets and investments have September in which to declare their earnings, or potentially face a standard penalty of 200 per cent of underpaid taxes, a surcharge of 50 per cent for deliberate avoidance, and the prospect of being na

(L to R) Ivan McKee MSP - Jim Tomaney, COO Renovite Technoliges - Cllr. Altany Craik Renovite Technologies, the Fife-based fintech firm which has seen the number of specialist staff it employs in Scotland more than triple since January, has received a £250,000 RSA grant to help grow its Dunfermline

People begging in Glasgow city centre will be helped to open bank accounts and apply for benefits by a new roving digital inclusion officer.

Graham Sharp Graham Sharp, Chair of the Accounts Commission says the implications of the current equal pay storm engulfing Glasgow City Council should be viewed within a wider context

Naeema Sajid New research has revealed that the vast majority of Scotland’s family business owners say that running the firm is putting a strain on family relationships.

Blair Nimmo Blair Nimmo and Geoff Jacobs of KPMG LLP have been appointed as joint provisional liquidators of Glasgow Solicitors Property Centre Limited (GSPC) after the firm went to the wall this week with the loss of nine jobs.

Stuart Petrie Stuart Petrie, senior tax manager at Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP, addresses the looming deadline to disclose overseas assets or income, using beneficial HMRC terms under its Worldwide Disclosure Facility

UK investors would like see more of their money used to support good causes, adding value to communities and local economies, according to a new report.