Ken Milliken Businesses in Scotland suffered losses of £1.8 million in the first half of the year as a result of fraud, a significant decline on the figure of £3.8m in the same period last year.
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Authorities in Russia have launched a probe into export tax fraud involving Scottish Limited Partnerships (SLPs), The Herald reports. Prosecutors in a port near the Estonian border say they are looking into an attempt to avoid more than $200,000 in duty on a tanker carrying fuel oil.
Derek MacKay Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has been criticised for advising one of Scotland's top boarding schools on how to apply for tax relief after new Scottish Government reforms increase their tax bill, The Scotsman reports.
Kevin McCallum Edinburgh-based accounting software vendor FreeAgent has become one of the first companies in the UK to secure Open Banking registration from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The world's most valuable whisky - described as "the Holy Grail of whisky" - is set to fetch up to £900,000 at auction in Edinburgh in October. Only 12 bottles of the The Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 were produced and it is not known how many still exist.
Councillors in West Dunbartonshire are considering measures to prevent companies from dissolving or going into administration and then reappearing under a new name to avoid paying tax debt. Stephen West, chief finance officer at West Dunbartonshire Council, will recommend a "naming and shaming" appr
Royal Bank of Scotland has withdrawn its planning application for a residential-led mixed-use redevelopment of land it owns in Edinburgh’s New Town. The bank had applied for permission to demolish the existing office buildings at at Dundas Street/Fettes Row to create up to 400 flats as well as ret
Chief Superintendent John McKenzie, Cabinet Secretary Derek Mackay MSP, Royal Bank CEO Ross McEwan and Mandy Haeburn-Little CEO SBRC In a step to stop scammers in their tracks and keep the public’s money safe, senior politicians, security specialists and Police Scotland have joined Royal Bank of S
1825, Standard Life’s restricted national advice arm, has had the team that supported the transition of acquired IFAs disbanded by its parent company.
View of Pacific Drive from across the Canting Basin Drum Property Group has progressed its development plans for a Pacific Quay waterfront site with the submission of a major planning application to Glasgow City Council.
Fewer than half of Royal Bank of Scotland's customers would recommend its customer service to friends and family, according to rankings published for the first time.
The average price of a property in Scotland in June 2018 was £150,472 – an increase of 4.8 per cent on June in the previous year and an increase of 0.8 per cent when compared to the previous month.
The annual High Pay Centre/CIPD assessment of FTSE 100 CEO pay packages has found that CEO median pay rose by 11 per cent between 2016 and 2017, despite prominent criticism from the investor community and the Government over excessive CEO pay awards in the past year.
The latest UK inflation figures for October show that consumer price inflation (CPI) has increased from 2.4 per cent in June to 2.5 per cent in July 2018.
Derek Mackay The latest Quarterly National Accounts for Scotland have brought welcome news, with Scotland’s GDP revised to higher levels from the initial estimate provided in June 2018.