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Matt Strachan Thorntons Investments’ AIM IHT Portfolio Service has been shortlisted for three major industry awards.

Middle-class Scots are on course to pay at least £1,000 more income tax next year than if they lived south of the border, following Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond’s decision to bring forward tax cuts in the rest of the UK.

Eileen Blackburn HMRC will be made a preferred creditor in insolvencies, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in his budget yesterday, but the decision could lead to an increase in corporate failure numbers, according to a leading Scottish insolvency practitioner.

Sue Dawe EY has increased revenue by 2.7 per cent in the UK and by 5 per cent in Scotland during a financial year ending 30 June that also saw total UK fee income rise from £2.35 billion to £2.41 billion with a five year compound annual growth rate of 7 per cent.

Ireland has emerged as the favoured location for London-based insurance market players wanting to secure access to EU customers after the UK leaves the EU, according to the latest London Company Market Statistics Report published by the International Underwriting Association of London (IUAL).

Lloyds Banking Group is to pay up to £150 million to female pensioners following after the high court ruled the bank should equalise pension payments for men and women.

Owners of a highly successful hotel in Moray have purchased a second premise with support from Royal Bank of Scotland.

Alan McIntosh Senior Money Adviser Alan McIntosh (LLB Hons), investigates the implications of today's changes to the Scottish Debt Arrangement Scheme

A charity boss has admitted using blank cheques to steal from the organisation she ran for more than a decade.

Refurbishment work has commenced on 30,977 sq ft of office space at 2 Central Quay, the next stage in a large scale development at the western edge of Glasgow’s Central Business District.

Demand for IT professionals in Scotland rose by 24 per cent year-on-year to September 2018 leading a general rising trend for demand for professionals across the country, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Ice Factor Group, the owner of two of Scotland’s leading adventure tourism attractions Ice Factor and Snow Factor, is to host the country’s biggest Santa experience after securing a £225,000 loan from HSBC UK.

Europe’s family businesses are embracing innovation as they plan for expansion by capitalising on past growth and reinvesting profits into the business, a new survey carried out by KPMG has found.

Caroline Connellan Edinburgh-based investment management firm Brooks Macdonald has today published its quarterly update showing its discretionary Funds Under Management (“FUM”) for the first quarter ended 30 September 2018 totalled £12.8 billion, an increase of 3.0 per cent over the prior quart

Ross McEwan Bailed-out lender Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is setting aside £100 million to deal with "the more uncertain economic outlook" as it reported another rise in profits.