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A reduction in grant funding and additional pressures mean the Highland Council is facing a £31.2 million budget gap for 2019-20, the local authority has warned.

Dundee-based EQ Accountants have revealed that they claimed over £16 million of Research and Development tax credits for clients, ranging from a soft fruit grower and dental implants company to a manufacturer of bespoke automation systems tailored to a wide range of industries.

The total office market take-up in Edinburgh in the fourth quarter of 2018 was 208,029 sq ft, down from the Q3 figure of around 275,000 sq ft, according to the latest research from CBRE Scotland. The biggest Grade A deal was the new letting and part regear of Exchange Plaza, where Burness Paull took

Anderson Strathern has launched a commercially focused Brexit Group with director Neil Amner, former president of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and current board member of Scottish Chambers of Commerce, at its helm. The law firm was the first in Scotland to launch a dedicated

Business advisory and accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has expanded its Edinburgh premises, after the firm signed up to an extra 1,400 sq ft of office space at 5 Melville Street. The deal takes its overall office footprint in the capital to close to 15,000 sq ft&nbs

The Highland Hotel in Aberdeen has closed with the loss of 20 jobs, according to accountants and business advisers French Duncan. Brian Milne, a restructuring partner with the firm, was appointed on January 7 as a Trustee in the Trust Deed of the partnership of the Highland Hotel.

An accountant who pled guilty to embezzling more than £125,000 from two companies has been jailed for almost three years. Natalie Taylor scammed £88,226 from Motherwell-based McCann Electrical Limited, and while wanted by police, secured another bookkeeping job where she pocket

Specialist insurance law firm Horwich Farrelly has opened a new office in Glasgow in the firm's 50th year in business and just months after opening an office in Northern Ireland. Steven Smart will join as a partner to lead the Glasgow team, bringing Scottish expertise in motor, EL and

Investment group Mercia led investments worth £3.5 million in Scottish businesses in 2018, up from £1.5 million the previous year. The firm also increased investment in its team and its relationships with its university partners, highlighting its role as one of the UK’s most a

Figures published by the City of Edinburgh Council today appear to show strong public support for the introduction of a Transient Visitor Levy (TVL) - or tourism tax - in the Capital, with an overwhelming majority of respondents - and, significantly, the majority of accommodation providers - in fav

Permanent staff appointments increased at a marked rate at the end of 2018 while temporary billings also rose sharply, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Jobs Market Report.

Property sales in Fife boomed in 2018 due to its proximity to Scotland’s two principal property hotspots, Edinburgh and St Andrews, and the rejuvenation of Dundee, according to estate agents Galbraith. Galbraith reports that property sales from its Cupar office in 2018 were up 12 per cent on 2

In the face of an increasingly uncertain outlook over the UK’s relationship with the EU, financial services firms have continued to relocate staff and vast amounts of assets away from London to Europe, in a bid to protect their clients and investors from the impact of any Brexit outcome, globa

Perth-based energy giant SSE has announced that it has replaced KPMG with Ernst & Young as its new external auditor. The announcement follows a competitive tender selection process under oversight of SSE's audit committee as well as SSE chairman Richard Gillingwater and finance director Gregor A

Royal Bank of Scotland's digital bank Bó has invested £2 million in the digital current account Loot, following an initial investment of £3 million in July 2018. The fresh cash injection takes Bó’s total shareholding to around 25 per cent.Loot launched in 2014 to help