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Alan Flower New UK Government legislation into payment practices is being overlooked by many Scottish businesses, analysis from KPMG in Scotland has found.

Justin Cooper UK dividends soared 14.3 per cent to £28.5 billion in the third quarter, according to latest data.

The impact of the liquidation of Carillion could cause a potential domino effect on Scottish businesses resulting in further insolvencies in the months to come, according to accountants and business advisers French Duncan.

Tim Cooper The number of personal insolvencies (bankruptcies and protected trust deeds) in Scotland rose by 9 per cent in between October and December compared to the previous quarter, and by 2 per cent year-on-year, according to latest Accountant in Bankruptcy figures.

Gerry Mallon Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank has announced the appointment of Ulster Bank boss Gerry Mallon as its new chief executive.

A long-running call by the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) for the use of project bank accounts is now being backed by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Computer scientists at the University of Edinburgh have identified security weak spots in gadgets that manage personal accounts crypocurrency Bitcoin and have called for improvement to provide better protection against hackers.

Graeme Davidson EQ The role of research and innovation in farming in an uncertain future is due to be explored at a major agriculture conference taking place in Carnoustie, Angus, on 8 February and chaired by Graeme Davidson, partner at Dundee-based EQ Accountants LLP.

Bank of England bosses have written to High Street lenders calling on them to “remain vigilant” about the heightened risks linked to rising consumer debt levels.

Kenny Crawford The latest publication of the monthly UK House Price Index (UK HPI) shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in November 2017 was £145,992 – an increase of 3.6 per cent on November in the previous year and an increase of 1.1 per cent when compared to the previous mont

Ian Blackford Politicians, business leaders and unions have this week united in their fury against Royal Bank of Scotland’s programme of brutal branch culling as the pressure builds on the majority state-owned bank over the affair.

Ed Molyneux New research released conducted by an Edinburgh-based cloud accounting software provider has found that more Brits than ever before want to start their own business in 2018.

Gilson Gray marketing director, Vanessa Kennedy and her colleague, HR director Lesley Naylor One of Scotland’s most prominent law firms is shaking off the traditional ‘stiff-shirted’ corporate image of a legal business by introducing a modern dress code across both its Edinburgh and Glasgow of

The Scottish Government has today appealed for the UK to remain within the EU Single Market after a new economic impact analysis found that a so-called 'Hard Brexit' would mean a loss equivalent to £2,300 per year for every person in Scotland.

Kaley Crossthwaite The value of fraud in Scotland dropped 76.8 per cent in 2017 to £16.2m having recorded a four-year high in 2016 following a 283.1 per cent increase to £69.6m, according to new research published by accountancy firm BDO.