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The Office of Tax Simplification, the independent adviser to the UK government on tax simplification, has called for a wide-ranging look at the potential for paper stamp duty to be reformed, digitised and simplified.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has announce the finalists of the 2017 ICAS 35 CAs under 35 competition, held in association with Investec Click & Invest.

Colin Ben Nathan Whilst welcoming the Taylor Review’s proposals to bring greater fairness in rights to certain workers in the ‘Gig Economy’, the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) advises that the suggestion in the Taylor Review to keep the three categories of workers under employment law

Lloyds Banking Group has announced a simplification of overdrafts for its personal current account customers that will include charges for unplanned overdrafts being scrapped.

Gareth Hancock, Paul Cowley, Daniel Barry and Mark Pool. Deloitte has continued to invest in its Scottish operations with the appointment of five new directors in its central belt operations.

Major financial firms have until Friday to inform the Bank of England about the contingencies that they intend to make in order to deal with any fallout from a hard Brexit.

Plans for two new bridges are to form the centrepiece of infrastructure projects totalling £90.7 million to regenerate part of the Clyde waterfront and improve the area around Glasgow Airport.

Matthew Taylor The Federation of Small Businesses in Scotland has cautiously welcomed the findings of The Taylor Review into the current state of the UK labour laws and working conditions.

Edinburgh Airport has unveiled plans to sacrifice its secondary runway to build a business and housing complex.

A new community-owned Highland distillery has announced a new share offer set to launch in August.

The universities of Dundee and Stirling are among eleven UK universities to partner with insurance giant Aviva in a new international scholarship programme which aims to promote British education in Asia, and assist outstanding students in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam

Hugh Lightbody Scotland’s national business advice service Business Gateway saw first time users of its services hit a record 33,237 last year, with first time approaches up by 26 per cent.

Two directors of a groundworks company in the Highlands have been banned from running or controlling any further companies after failing to properly keep their accounts in order.

Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank is facing a class action law suit that could run into hundreds of millions of pounds over allegations that it mis-sold loans to small businesses (SME) without properly explaining terms that would eventually see many customers’ firms forced out of business by spiralli

A new study has revealed that Scottish firms are saving 40 per cent less than in the run up to the EU Referendum, the biggest percentage drop in any region.