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Scottish economy continues recovery from Q1 slowdown
Scotland's private sector continued to grow in June and the Scottish economy is making a "moderate recovery" from slowdown in the first quarter, according to a new Bank of Scotland report.
Published 13 July 2015
Greek crisis hits Scots business confidence
Business confidence in Scotland fell among the backdrop of uncertainty in the Greek and Chinese markets, according to accountants and business advisers BDO LLP.
Published 13 July 2015
Barclays offers compensation after data leak
Barclays has offered £250 in compensation to around 2,000 customers whose personal information was found on a USB stick recovered from a flat in England.
Published 13 July 2015
Average Scots rents hit all-time high
Average rents in Scotland reached a new peak in May, according to the latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move.
Published 10 July 2015
Glaswegians owe £13m in council tax
More than £13.2 million in council tax payments went unpaid to Glasgow City Council in the 2014/15 financial year, according to new figures.
Published 10 July 2015
Budget is a major assault on tax avoidance and evasion, says KPMG
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne yesterday promised to arm stretched HMRC tax investigators with a £800 million warchest of extra funding over the next five years to combat tax evasion and non-compliance.
Published 10 July 2015
900 Scottish jobs on the chopping block at fish giant
The futures of 900 workers at a major north-east employer were plunged into uncertainty yesterday after fish processing giant Young’s Seafoods unveiled plans to axe three of its factories.
Published 10 July 2015
Goals targets 2 million LA ‘soccer’ players as US expansion continues
East Kilbride-based five-a-side football venue specialist Goals Soccer Centres has said its ambitious American expansion plans are progressing strongly.
Published 10 July 2015
Aberdeen-Houston links celebrated at Saltire Foundation Houston golf day
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.
Published 10 July 2015
Hampden gets down to nuts and bolts with card maker deal
Hampden & Co, the brand new Edinburgh-based private bank, has appointed Norwegian IT firm Evry to provide its card services.
Published 10 July 2015
Aberdeen pushes Edinburgh into second place as Scotland’s richest city
Aberdeen is now Scotland’s richest city after overtaking Edinburgh for the first time.
Published 10 July 2015
West's house prices remain on the up -GSPC
The annual house price appreciation in Glasgow and west of Scotland has remained positive for six consecutive quarters, the longest growth stretch since 2008, according to the most recent quarterly report from the Glasgow Solicitors Property Centre.
Published 9 July 2015
Never mind Greece, China is real threat to the global economy, says Standard Life Investments
New research from Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments suggests that the biggest threat to the global economy is currently China.
Published 9 July 2015
Sin Bin: Scots entrepreneur hit with 11-year ban over VAT fraud
A Scots businessman has been banned from running a company for more than a decade after submitting false VAT returns and taking money out of his payroll and employment agency company to which he was not entitled.
Published 9 July 2015
UK Financial Investments in £25bn RBS sell-off proposals
UK Financial Investments, the body charged with managing the UK Government’s stake in the bailed-out banks, has revealed plans to raise £25 billion by off-loading three-quarters of the taxpayer’s near-80 per cent stake in Royal Bank of Scotland over the next five years.
Published 9 July 2015
