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Aberdeen headquartered, employee-owned oil and gas consultancy Accord Energy Solutions is heading towards a decade in business with continued growth and industry recognition. The business was launched in 2010 as the first employee-owned start-up business in Scotland and is gearing towards

The number of first-time buyers in the UK has reached its highest level since 2007 as numbers reached an estimated 353,436 in 2019, according to data gathered by the Yorkshire Building Society.

Self-proclaimed "sushi-king" Mr Kiyoshi Kimura paid £1.37 million for a giant bluefin tuna at the main fish market in Tokyo yesterday.

In the wake of several closures of golf clubs, committee members have been warned to treat their clubs more like a business by insolvency experts MLM Solutions. MLM Solutions recently managed the sequestration and sale of Eastwood Golf Club in East Renfrewshire and of Mount Ellen Golf Club in Gartco

Jersey-based investor Rhodora, which has links with the creator of James Bond, has taken up an option to acquire a £700,000 stake in goldminer Scotgold Resources. Scotgold Resources is the firm which is developing a gold mine near Tyndrum and looking to expand into other sites in Scotland

Amid rising concerns over the levels of problem debt in Scotland, the Scottish Government has revealed plans to create a new debt advice service. This year, Citizens Advice Scotland has issued 100,000 pieces of debt advice to people living in Scotland, whilst more than 600,000 Scots - 14.2% of the p

Callum McInnes of BTO solicitors discusses the pros and cons of bridging finance. Over the past five years or so, mainstream lenders have cut back and in many cases withdrawn lending altogether. This has made way for an alternative form of funding in the form of bridging finance.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has prevented over £11.64 million of fraud in the run-up to Christmas.

There is still life in the buy-to-let (BTL) market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years, according to Apropos by DJ Alexander. The firm believes that while there has undoubtedly been a number of landlords who have exited the market due to reduced profitability and more string

John Moore, senior investment manager at Brewin Dolphin, highlights the company's predictions for the year ahead. After a choppy 12 months for markets, investors will be hoping 2020 will be the year for resolutions – not necessarily in terms of promises kept, but conclusions to a variety of lo

The third decade of devolution will see Scotland - and its business community - wrestle with an unprecedented period of change, Andrew McRae, of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Scotland has underlined in his festive message. Over the last two decades, Scotland’s smaller firms have rev

Dundee's local economy received a boost this weekend after 100,000 people headed to the Overgate Shopping Centre this past weekend.

As 2019 comes to an end, Scottish Financial News runs through the top ten most read stories of the year. First up, ranking at number 10, a multi-million-pound mistake made by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) was blamed for the financial problems which caused the downfall of R

A mum from Essex is charging her Christmas guests £40 a head for their meal.

It is likely that the British Treasury will have to refund billions of pounds to freelance workers after it announced that it was minimising its crackdown on tax avoidance after it faced criticism in an official report.