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Oil and gas firms need to expand their focus beyond short-term issues such as tumbling oil prices and over supply if they are to successfully navigate the growing range of disruptive forces that will shape the industry, according to accounts PwC’s New Energy Futures report. In the wake of December

Scottish Government business minister Fergus Ewing The Oil & Gas Industry Leadership Group (O&G ILG) has published a refreshed oil and gas strategy for 2016-20.

Rural land and property experts have issued a warning about a hidden potential time bomb for Scotland in George Osborne’s latest budget. Perthshire-based rural land and property agent Bell Ingram say the Chancellor’s tax hike for second home owners in England is likely to have repercussions in S

The Government-backed National Savings and Investments (NS&I) is to reduce the rate paid on its Direct ISA from 1.5 per cent to 1.25 per cent in a move that will affect about 400,000 savers UK-wide. The move will be a blow to Scottish savers and likely exert additional pressure on many elderly p

Twenty years after Amazon's website first went live -and seeming to usher in the terminal decline of the traditional bookshop - the online retail giant has now opened its very own bricks-and-mortar outlet.

Philip Argo Oil and gas specialist lawyer Philip Argo has joined HBJ Gateley’s Aberdeen office as a consultant, as the firm further strengthens its offering to the energy sector.

Alliance Trust has announced that Chris Samuel and Karl Sternberg have been appointed non-executive directors at the Dundee-based wealth manager. The pair will join the firm's board with immediate effect, with both appointments made following consultation with the firm’s largest shareholders, some

David Robertson Single malt whisky distilling is poised to return to Scotland’s capital after a 90 year absence, following the City of Edinburgh Council’s decision to enter into a lease with a new distillery at the Engine Shed near Holyrood Park.

People who are running online businesses through an app store or listings site such as online auctioneer eBay or lettings portal Airbnb, could be about to be hit by a new government crackdown on tax evasion. Under new rules, Airbnb, Apple, Amazon, eBay and Gumtree could all be required to hand over

Furniture chain Ikea is the UK's first national retailer to become an accredited Living Wage Employer, meaning it will pay workers at least £7.85 an hour from next April. The Living Wage Foundation hailed the move as a "huge step for the British retail sector", while around half of Ikea's 9,000-str

Senior figures from the Aberdeen and Houston oil and gas communities will be representing Scotland at the second annual Swing4Saltire Golf Fundraiser next Friday at the River Ridge Golf Course in Houston, Texas. The event, in support of the Saltire Foundation, whose mission is to "find, fuel and spa

Continuing political uncertainty in Scotland has left the nation’s businesses as the least confident area in the UK, according to a new report. The latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor has revealed that the political convulsions of the Independence Referendum and General Elec

Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has announced two further key senior appointments. Tracy Lowe and Catrina McRobb.

Mark Tanzer A new report issued by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NGIB) has revealed that around 70 people fell victim to an accommodation scams centred around last year’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

MHA partner Alan Stewart and customs duty & indirect tax consultant Andrew Thurston discuss President Donald Trump’s latest statements on potential US trade tariffs, which have introduced fresh uncertainty for Scottish exporters, particularly those with significant exposure to the US marke