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Artist’s impression of an Argyll landscape with the planned turbines A £11.4 million investment from Triodos Bank has provided funds to Fyne Homes to build a three-turbine development in Argyll and Bute that aims to generate £15.6 million of community and charitable benefit over the next 20 year

Brian Souter Current pensions policy and the investment approach of many pension schemes is overly cautious, risks leaving us stuck in a rut of low aspirations and is not giving our young people an even chance to succeed, writes ICAS President, Sir Brian Souter

Seven in 10 couples don’t consider pensions during divorce proceedings, leaving women short-changed by £5bn every year, according to new research from Scottish Widows. The research shows that more than half of married people (56 per cent) would fight for a fair share of any jointly owned property

Ken McEwan Ken McEwan, chief executive of Edinburgh-based estate agency, McEwan Fraser Legal says we all face having to pick-up the tab for what he has condemned as the Scottish Government’s "botched" Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) as he appeals for urgent reform.

The UK has witnessed a rapid rise in the number of start-ups in recent years. But the number of new female entrepreneurs in the UK has risen far faster than men in the past decade.

Lloyds Banking Group has announced a series of new pledges to help businesses export for the first time, improve their digital skills, and fulfil their growth ambitions.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has welcomed today’s announcement by HMRC that businesses will be able to continue to use spreadsheets for record keeping under the new quarterly reporting regime, and confirmation that no penalties will be levied for late submissions in the new regimeâ€

Alan McIntosh Scottish consumers are not getting a fair deal. Their homes are being placed at risk because they are being denied solutions that are enshrined in legislation. Alan McIntosh, project manager of Govan Law Centre’s Personal Insolvency Unit, explains why.

Converge Challenge Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) : Dr Olga Kozlova, Director, Converge Challenge (front row second from left) Sandy Finlayson, Chair, Converge Challenge (front row middle). Converge Challenge, Scotland’s creation competition and entrepreneurship development programme for students,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi94a2xxG5E The UK economy has shown greater resilience than many had anticipated since the EU referendum vote, but a slowdown in consumer spending on the back of higher inflation and falling business investment will result in much slower growth rates over the next co

(Image: The Car Spy) They may be better known as 'Chelsea Tractors' because of their incongruous ubiquity in plush west London, but new research has revealed that 4x4 cars are now more popular in Aberdeenshire than anywhere else in the UK.

Scotland’s economic growth is set to hit the skids next year following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, in a slowdown that will see business investment slashed and house prices tumbling, according to PwC.

Gavin McEwan Gavin McEwan is a partner and head of charities at Turcan Connell.

Over half of Scottish farmers surveyed by Johnston Carmichael are pessimistic about the outlook for 2016 and beyond, in contrast to the accountancy firm’s 2015 survey which revealed a broadly upbeat mood. Of the farm businesses who responded to the questionnaire, 69 per cent highlight output price

Glasgow-based private equity house Maven Capital Partners has supported the management buy-in of Prime Document, a specialist provider of outsourced document management services. Maven said its backing for the move will help the Prime team strategically grow the sales and marketing capability of the