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The average price of a property in Scotland in February 2018 was £144,377 – an increase of 6.2 per cent on February in the previous year and a decrease of 2.7 per cent when compared to the previous month, according to the Registers of Scotland’s latest publication of its monthly UK House Price

Peter Lawson and Tamar Tammes Burness Paull has announced a new management team as long serving chairman Philip Rodney stands down.

The director of a Scottish freight transport firm has been banned from acting as a director for 9 years after he illegally used red diesel to fuel his fleet.

TSB is partnering with start-up ‘LOQBOX’ to provide UK consumers with alternative options to build their credit history that doesn’t rely on spending and paying off debt but instead building their savings.

Simon Capaldi Live requirements for Grade A office space in Edinburgh fuelled significant occupier demand during the first quarter of 2018, according to analysis by property consultancy, Knight Frank.

Stewart Taylor Edinburgh’s office market has experienced a challenging start to 2018 with over 115,000 sq ft of take-up, according to the latest research from commercial property consultancy CBRE Scotland.

Vince Smith-Hughes Three years on from the Pension Freedoms revolution people are saving more for their retirement while the over 55s are working longer to fulfil their retirement plans, new exclusive research from Prudential shows.

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Veronica Donnelly Experts at Scottish accountancy firm Campbell Dallas are marking the 45th anniversary of the introduction of VAT in the UK with a stark warning that Scotland’s owner-managed businesses are struggling to manage VAT, a problem that is costing Scotland’s economy millions of pounds

Paul DeMarco Marco’s Leisure, a third-generation Edinburgh family business, has exceeded expected footfall and attracted major new businesses as a result of a £1 million funding package from HSBC.

Peter Truscott Galliford Try has completed a rights issue to raise £157.6 million of new equity capital to cover over-run costs on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie to Tipperty (AWPR) project.

A top banker at Coutts, the private bank used by the Queen which is part of 72 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland, has been forced to resign following allegations that he sexually harassed female colleagues.

Travis Sinclair Travis Sinclair, a consultant in HRC Recruitment’s accountancy and finance team explores a Scottish accountancy labour market characterised by limited supply and high demand

The world’s first Blockchain-based investment product has been launched by a UK fintech firm using Microsoft’s cloud technology, the global technology giant has reported.

A new cryptoassets task force, the next steps in ‘robo-regulation’ to make it faster and easier for fintech firms to follow complex regulations, and a new UK-Australia ‘fintech bridge’ to help UK firms expand internationally, are some of the innovations expected to be announced by the Chanc