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Demand for properties in Scotland dropped again in May, with the number of new buyer enquiries remaining negative for the fourth consecutive month according to the RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

Peter Young, Partner, head of Private Client Tax at Johnston Carmichael, highlights the tax pitfalls facing many people with personal pension schemes, as an important deadline looms into view and the NHS finally makes a move to address the situation  

The UK held more inwards Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stock than Germany and France combined by the end of 2018, according to the latest United Nations data released today.

The Highland town of Lossiemouth has seen its cash machines run dry in its first weekend without a high street bank.

Deloitte has bolstered its team across Scotland after announcing a number of senior promotions. Tim Corfield has been appointed to partner in Glasgow while Kris Keane, Claire Robb and Gareth Edwards take up director roles in Edinburgh.

Having been appointed joint administrators of Wakefield-based Redhall Group, and its two subsidiaries including Redhall Jex Limited (Jex Engineering) on 10 June 2019, Chris Petts and Sarah O’Toole of Grant Thornton have executed a sale of Jex Engineering as a going concern to Glasgow-headquart

Donald McNaught, restructuring partner at Johnston Carmichael, has been appointed provisional liquidator of Rocksevents Limited. The company, which ran the Electric Fields festival, confirmed the cancellation of the event following the relocation from Dumfries to Glasgow, earlier this week

Thorntons has opened a dedicated office in Glasgow to service growing demand.

The latest statistics from Registers of Scotland’s Property Market Report 2018-19 show that the value of residential property sales in the financial year 2018-19 was £18.2 billion, an increase of 1.6 per cent when compared with 2017-18.

Between March and May 2019, the volume of property sales in east central Scotland increased by 14.3 per cent compared to last year. Within Edinburgh, the sales volume increased by 18.9 per cent year-on-year. This is a result of more properties coming to market in recent months which has helped to me

One in five UK investors is considering debt investment amidst low interest rates and Brexit uncertainty, according to new research from FJP Investment. The company commissioned an independent survey of more than 950 UK-based investors.

Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Infinity Partnership has the opportunity to win a double after being shortlisted in two categories at a prestigious national accountancy awards event. The Aberdeen accountancy and business advisory practice has been named a finalist in the Small Firm of the

Edinburgh has become a hotspot for investment in student accommodation, according to Knight Frank’s Global Student Property 2019 report. The independent commercial property consultancy found the Scottish capital was the third most popular destination in the UK for investment in

Scottish business confidence has bounced back into the black for the first time in a year, according to new figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). In the second quarter of 2019, FSB’s Scottish Small Business Index (SBI) increased by a record 37.5 points to +3.3. This is only th

M-Brace Orthodontics has opened a new practice in Airdrie as it expands its business and creates new jobs with support from Royal Bank of Scotland. Launched in Glenrothes in 2009, the dental business has since opened a further two practices, with the latest Airdrie high-street branch bringing five j