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Kenny Crawford The average price of a property in Scotland in May 2018 was £149,004 – an increase of 4.9 per cent on May in the previous year and an increase of 0.1 per cent when compared to the previous month.

Eileen Blackburn The recent controversy over the use of Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) by several High Street retailers has angered landlords but government and property owners are missing the point, according to a leading Scottish insolvency practitioner.

While the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) latest survey published last week reported that properties are taking longer to sell due to the “uninspiring” UK housing market, Scottish estate agents have now stressed this trend is not representative of the market north of the border.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced "good" pass rates for the final session of the P1 Governance, Risk and Ethics and P3Business Analysis exams, notably in the P1 exams where 54 per cent of students were successful.

Investment and financial planning firm Brewin Dolphin is to join the Law Society of Scotland’s partnership programme, providing expertise and support for Scottish solicitors and their clients.

Veronica Donnelly One of the UK’s leading experts on tax rules in the aesthetics sector is warning that HM Revenue and Customs Hidden Economy Team is targeting the growing aesthetics sector to ensure correct taxes are being paid, particularly VAT.

Scotland’s growing food and drink industry will suffer if access to skilled labour is adversely impacted by Brexit.

Lindsay Wake Responsible finance provider, Social Investment Scotland (SIS), has appointed three new members to its commercial team, following continued growth in customer lending.

Tim Cooper Around 17 per cent of companies in Scotland may have suffered a financial hit following the insolvency of a customer, supplier or debtor in the last six months, according to new research from R3 in Scotland, the insolvency and restructuring trade body.

Lending Works CFO Matt Powell (left) and CEO Nick Harding Glasgow-based investment house Maven has led the £2.8 million investment in UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Lending Works.

Workers in Scotland do 115 million hours of unpaid overtime a year, new figures released from Scottish Labour have revealed.

David Brown Artificial Intelligence is expected to create a net benefit of 15,000 jobs in Scotland by 2037, according to new research by PwC.

Alasdair Ronald Alasdair Ronald, Senior Investment Manager, Brewin Dolphin, Glasgow explores whether UK shares are fairly valued, or whether there’s a discount compared to their US and European counterparts

Fraser Sime Business confidence in Scotland rose three points to 20 per cent in the first six months of the year in spite of uncertainty over Brexit, according to the latest Business in Britain report from Bank of Scotland.

Robert Graham-Campbell Gillespie Macandrew has reported a sixth year of positive growth with an almost six per cent rise in turnover for the financial year 2017-2018. Turnover for the year to 28 February 2018 was £12.01 million compared to £11.36m for the previous year. The firm reported an eight