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Scottish football clubs have seen a dramatic improvement in their financial health according to Begbies Traynor’s annual financial fitness test for the sport. In just the second season in which the accounts of football clubs in the English Premier League and Football League have come under the scr

A third of Scottish pubs have reported a slump in business in the wake of the new drink-drive limit introduced north of the border late last year, leading to industry bosses to condemn the move that they say in costing jobs and livelihoods. The reaction has come in the wake of The Bank of Scotland�

Total, the French oil and gas giant, has been cleared by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to develop two gas fields north-west of Shetland. The company said the DECC had approved field development plans for its Edradour/Glenlivet project.

The latest figures from LMS have revealed that the value of monthly gross remortgage lending saw a decrease of 16 per cent in February to £3.5bn, down from the £4.1bn in January reported by the Council for Mortgage Lenders(CML) last week. LMS estimates the number of remortgage loans also fell by 1

Irn Bru has penned a three-year partnership with English The Football League to become its official soft drink partner. The deal spans clubs across the Sky Bet Championship, League One and League Two and will kick off during this year’s Play-Offs.

The Scottish economy slowed sharply in the three months to the end of February but expectations for the next six months remain elevated at levels only slightly below their pre-crisis level, and at their seventh highest quarterly level in more than seven years. The latest Business Monitor from Bank o

The UK inflation rate has fallen to a record low of 0 per cent. The official data for February reveals the lowest rate since records began.

Alliance Trust Savings has today announced that total assets on its platform have crossed the £7 billion mark. Currently 80 per cent of assets on the platform are invested and managed by customers directly, making the Dundee-based investment trust the 5th largest direct to customer savings platform

The number of cash sales on houses worth over half a million pounds was up 19.6 per cent in 2014, according to figures from Registers of Scotland (RoS). A total of 599 homes that were sold for upwards of £500,000 were paid for in cash last year, compared to 501 in 2013.

Edinburgh-headquartered business incubator Entrepreneurial Sparkhas opened its doors to more promising fledgling firms in another three cities. After securing multi-million pound backing from RBS and NatWest, Entrepreneurial Spark’s programme will soon be open for applications to their accelerator

Global accountancy firm Mazars, which has undertaken a considerable expansion in Scotland over the past 12 months, and accrues the bulk of its fee income from audit and actuarial services, has been rapped by the accountancy and audit profession's watchdog, the FRC. The £130.9m turnover firm was cri

Around 140,000 households in Scotland saved £9.8 million in the last six months by changing electricity supplier, according to new figures. The figures, released by the UK government as part of the ‘Power to Switch’ campaign, show that within Scotland:

The Greater Manchester Loan Fund(GMLF), managed by Aberdeen-based Maven Capital Partners has today announced a £250,000 follow-on investment in outsource contact provider Intelling Limited. The investment comes on the back of its continued growth for the business which is on track to report annual

The FTSE 100 Index climbed above the 7,000 mark on Friday for the first time in its history. It came as world markets were buoyed by a small recovery in the price of oil as well as hopeful signs over the Greek debt crisis.

Elliott Advisors, the US hedge fund group agitating for board changes at Alliance Trust has rebutted claims from the Dundee-based firm that its intentions are a threat to the company’s very existence. That claim was made on Friday by the 127 year-old Trust in a statement issued in response to Elli