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The UK workforce is facing a continued skills shortage, according to a new study conducted by the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) in partnership with Totaljobs ahead of the UK Government's first budget next month.

Scotland’s labour productivity, as measured by output per hour worked, has increased by 0.8% over the year to the third quarter of 2019, according to statistics announced today.

Many high street banks are still unable to officer online currency services due to the hack of Travelex.

Accountant, business and financial advisor Armstrong Watson has acquired Eura Audit Northallerton. The merger took effect on 3rd February and comes after Eura Audit partner, Peter Tarren, made the decision to retire and carefully sought a practice that would provide a good cultural fit for his

Glasgow-based Russell & Russell, the long-established family-owned accountancy and business advisory firm, has restructured its senior management team from outside the family as it prepares for a new phase of growth. Stuart Clark has been appointed managing director of the Glasgow-based firm, wh

Barratt Developments announced today that it will pay shareholders a £350 million in special returns over the next two years as the housebuilder recorded the highest half-year home completion rate in 12 years. The firm said a further extension to its capital return plan will see proposed speci

Aberdeen gin producer Raven Spirits has begun exporting its products to select Asian markets after receiving funding from Scottish Enterprise. Raven Spirits will now ship its products to HongKong, Taiwan and Macau, allowing it to target the £730 million export market for British gin.

Shirley McIntosh, tax partner at RSM, discusses the new challenges facing the legal sector amid changes in property tax. The start of the new tax year on 6 April 2020 will see the latest in a long line of changes in the taxation of property introduced since April 2013, from new and abolished rules,

A student loan company has sent an Ohio man 55,000 copies of the same letter.

Pinsent Masons has advised Aberdeen-based John Wood Group PLC on the sale of its industrial services business to KAEFER, a technical services provider, for $104 million (£80m) and a further payment of up to around $14m (10.8m) pending achievement of agreed financial goals. The divestment is an

Law firm Murray Beith Murray has announced a number of internal promotions across its asset protection and property groups. Fraser Scott, who has been with Murray Beith Murray since 2015, has been promoted from senior solicitor to associate. He works in the firm’s asset protection group and sp

Men who stole prized racing pigeons worth more than €700,000 have been caged for three years.

Edinburgh-based investment firm Equity Gap invested £3.9 million last year in what the firm's directors hailed as a "strong performance".

The general election has provided some clarity for Scottish businesses amid continued growth, albeit weak, according to one of the first major post-election surveys of Scotland’s business community. The latest Scottish Business Monitor, produced in a partnership between the Fraser of Allander

Invizius, the University of Edinburgh spin-out which is developing potentially lifesaving products for dialysis patients, has announced the appointment of James Robson as its chief financial officer.