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Martin Bell The Scottish Government has little room for manoeuvre as it publishes its spending plans in the 2017-2018 Draft Budget on 15 December, but likely changes to Income Tax and Land and Building Transaction Tax (LBTT) could have a significant impact, according to accountants and business advi

Eighty new affordable homes will be built in Dumfries as a result of a £6.8 million investment in charitable bonds.

  Martin Hagerty

Michelle Smith The winners of the 7th annual LUCA awards, the highlight of the bookkeeping calendar, has been announced at the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) Global Annual dinner.

One in five Brits are scared of being scammed at Christmas, new research by Nationwide has found, with many people failing to take simple precautionary steps.

A probe has been launched into Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank over whether it failed to heed warnings of a security flaw in its payment systems prior to them being targeted by hackers who made off with millions of pounds worth of customer deposits.

Edinburgh-based Hampden & Co, the UK’s newest private bank, has won a significant contract to look after the banking requirements for over 1,200 high net worth clients in relation to their Lloyd’s insurance underwriting.

The latest Disposable Income Index (DII) published today by savings and ISA provider Scottish Friendly has revealed that over half (55 per cent) of households are worried about an increase in the cost of food and more than four in ten (45 per cent) are anxious about petrol prices.

Al Rayan Bank has opened an office in Glasgow, establishing its presence as the only wholly Sharia compliant retail bank in Scotland.

A computer criminal collective has been blamed by a security firm of targeting ATM machines across Europe with malware that makes them spit out cash.

Moira Kelly The tax implications for Scotland of leaving the EU are ‘detailed and complex’ and could have significant consequences for Scottish businesses and taxpayers, the body representing the country’s tax professionals has warned MSPs.

Young finance professionals have their eye on a career promotion or a jump to a new job within the next two years, finds a global survey from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Joanne Brown Our current series of Just A Minute profiles continues with Joanne Brown, Head of Public Sector Assurance Scotland at Grant Thornton

Cat MacLean By leading commercial lawyer Cat McLean of MBM Commercial

Standard Life Investments believes that it is time for a reset of fiscal policy to address both short and long-term challenges in the UK economy.