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Alasdair McKinnon, manager of the Scottish Investment Trust, discusses his recent trip to China and the different investment opportunities he sees in the region  

A team who developed a concept for personalised, accessible and incentivised mental health support in the workplace have been announced as the overall winners of Datathon, an intensive 24-hour open and financial data competition hosted by Deloitte and featuring some of Scotland’s top data scie

The Chartered Institute of Taxation has welcomed the publication of a Scottish Government consultation aimed at improving devolved tax policy making. With a CIOT poll last year finding that four-fifths of Scots need better information over how taxes are decided in Scotland, the Institute added that

More than half of all residential mortgage products currently available in the UK have a standard maximum mortgage term of up to 40 years. The latest research from Moneyfacts.co.uk shows that the number of mortgages spanning four decades now stands at 50.89 per cent up from 35.93 per cent five years

Property investment and development company, Buccleuch Property has unveiled children’s charity, Seamab as its fundraising partner for the 2019 Buccleuch Property Challenge. Seamab provides care and education for children in Scotland that have experienced significant trauma in their lives and

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar entitled “BPR: The Pawson Problem - Wholly or Mainly Holding Investments?” on Thursday 28th March 2019 at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. The speaker will be Derek

Scots’ thrifty reputation is in doubt after research from ISA provider, Scottish Friendly, revealed that households in Scotland spend more freely than many others across the UK.

The owners of the former McEwens of Perth department store will not have to disclose the legal advice they were given before signing a personal guarantee granted to them by a bank in their action for reduction of the contract, a judge has ruled.

Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the former chief executive of Virgin Money, has had her appointment to the financial policy committee of the Bank of England pushed back for a year after The Treasury was forced into a postponement to avoid “conflicts of interest”. Dame Jayne-Anne, 57, had been du

Tim Allan, the president of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce, is to join the board of Edinburgh-based business angel syndicate Archangels. Mr Allan succeeds Alastair Salvesen, whose retirement from the Archangels board, on which he has served for 10 years, is being announced at our annual

Edinburgh-based active equity specialist Martin Currie has announced the appointment of Julian Ide as chief executive officer. The firm's announcement also stated that Willie Watt, who has served as CEO for the past 18 years, will remain chairman of Martin Currie, which is an affiliate of

Shaun Millican, partner and head of technology at Johnston Carmichael, explains how analytics for all could be one of the biggest benefits of MTD  

Overseas Scottish food and drink exports were worth approximately £6 billion in 2017 - almost £570 million more than 2016.

Scotland’s space sector could be worth £4 billion by 2030, Innovation Minister Ivan McKee said today.

Drum Property Group and Stamford Property Investments have today announced a joint venture to develop a significant mixed-use development site at the heart of Glasgow city centre’s Merchant City following their successful acquisition of the site. Candleriggs Quarter, bound by Hutcheson Street,