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Aberdeen accountancy and business advisory firm Infinity Partnership has been shortlisted for four national awards.

Half (50.4 per cent) of the British workforce would be open to relocating within the UK for work, with London, Manchester and Edinburgh revealed the most desirable places to live in the UK.

Maggie McGhee Women in finance and accounting take seven more years, on average, than their male counterparts to reach executive level, as they battle with a ‘two-tournament gender system’ throughout their careers, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has found.

Shona Campbell and David Smith of Henderson Loggie Accountancy firm Henderson Loggie has strengthened its restructuring team with the appointment of a new director in its Edinburgh office.

Michael Murray and Robert Winters Johnston Carmichael’s Capital Allowances team advised on £162m of commercial property projects last year, including the Radisson Red Hotel in Glasgow, as developers tune in to tax relief benefits earlier.

Barclays has today announced plans to develop a new campus at Buchanan Wharf, Glasgow, which its says will provide a state-of-the-art workplace for the bank’s functions, technology and operations teams.

Last year saw record-breaking numbers of tourists visiting the UK, but the number of those coming for business has fallen back, new official data has revealed.

The UK government has announced that it will make an annual payment to thousands of military personnel based in Scotland to make up the difference on their income tax bill that has resulted from recent tax changes north of the border.

Demand for banking & insurance professionals in Scotland rose by 24 per cent year-on-year to June 2018, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Employees and directors at Balhousie Glazing in Perth A Perth-based company specialising in the delivery of glazing projects has joined the growing number of employee-owned businesses in Scotland, with 12 staff becoming owners.

Scotland’s rural businesses are being held back by parcel delivery surcharges and poor broadband – according to new research published today by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).

Kenny Crawford The average price of a property in Scotland in May 2018 was £149,004 – an increase of 4.9 per cent on May in the previous year and an increase of 0.1 per cent when compared to the previous month.

Eileen Blackburn The recent controversy over the use of Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) by several High Street retailers has angered landlords but government and property owners are missing the point, according to a leading Scottish insolvency practitioner.

Lending Works CFO Matt Powell (left) and CEO Nick Harding Glasgow-based investment house Maven has led the £2.8 million investment in UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Lending Works.

Christopher Woolard Competition is working well for most consumers using investment platforms, according to the interim findings of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) market study into investment platforms, published today.