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Coll Murchison-MacDonald In just over 12 months it is expected that the first phase of HMRC’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) project will come on stream and Scottish acountancy firm Saffery Champness is warning rural businesses to be ready.

Gross mortgage lending in the UK reached £18.9 billion in January, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Demand for farmland in Scotland has further decreased, having now been declining for the last 24 months, according to the latest RICS / RAU Rural Land Market Survey.

Antonio Horta-Osario Lloyds Banking Group has today posted pre-tax profits for 2016, double that of the previous year.

New research from Bank of Scotland has concluded that first-time buyers in Scotland are on average £860 a year better off than those who rent.

Brian Milne French Duncan have been appointed administrators following the collapse of a Fife building firm.

John Anderson Scottish entrepreneurship and growth specialist John Anderson has been appointed to chair the investment arm of Scotland’s first social enterprise letting agency, Homes for Good, as the business enters the next phase of an ambitious growth plan.

Fraser Nicol As part of a significant investment in its business technology consulting (BTC) practice, business advisers and accountants Scott-Moncrieff has appointed Fraser Nicol as partner to lead the BTC team.

Peter Fraser Office take-up in Glasgow and Edinburgh’s out-of-town markets were well above the five-year quarterly average in the final quarter of 2016, according to new figures released today.

Legal firm Pinsent Masons has joined with the British Banking Association to clear hurdles to the banking industry’s widespread adoption of cloud technology.

The aggregate total wealth of private households in Scotland has increased to £856.6 billion but the wealthiest 1 per cent of Scots now own more wealth than the bottom 50 per cent of households combined.

Members of Parliament believe accountants will be increasingly in demand during the Brexit process, according to a new study commissioned by Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

RBS CEO Ross McEwan announces the new hub at RBS HQ in Gogarburn. A new specialist fintech hub, backed by the UK and Scottish governments and based at Royal Bank of Scotland’s headquarters in Edinburgh, will open its doors to entrepreneurs in May 2017.

Torsten Bell Millennial men are falling behind the generation before them in their early careers, reflecting a shift towards young men doing low paid work traditionally carried out by women, according to the Resolution Foundation.

Vickie Sheriff Charges imposed by big high street banks could cost up to 180 per cent of the amount borrowed, with Royal Bank of Scotland and the Bank of Scotland amongst those hitting customers hardest, according to new research.