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Caroline Gardiner The legacy of an IT programme set up to deliver financial support to rural businesses still presents significant risks and costs for the Scottish Government, according to Audit Scotland.

Adam Drummond and Graham Waddell. Glasgow investment management firm Speirs & Jeffrey has announced the appointment of Adam Drummond as a director.

The number of households in Scotland has continued to increase with single person households now accounting for over a third, according to figures published today by National Records of Scotland (NRS).

Commercial property advisor GVA has been appointed by Falkirk Council to help attract local, national and international investment for its Falkirk Gateway development.

https://youtu.be/VWPtGACWx1w PwC is taking to the Scottish roads over the next week as part of the Ride the Nation event.

Keith Skeoch Standard Life chief executive Keith Skeoch has revealed that he is ready to sell-off the Edinburgh insurance giant’s £16.1 billion annuity book once shareholders have rubber-stamped its mega merger with Aberdeen Asset Management.

The average price of a property in Scotland in April 2017 was £145,734 – a 6.8 per cent year-on-year rise and an increase of 5.4 per cent when compared to the previous month.

Thomas Davies Seedrs has closed its inaugural round of secondary trades.

David Ovens and Nick Psaila Livingston-based Optoscribe, a global supplier of glass-based integrated photonics components, has closed a series B investment round of £1.8 million in line with its expansion and product supply plans.

A financial adviser and his wife have been jailed over a £1.6 million property fraud following the longest trial in Scottish legal history.

May saw Scottish retail sales increase by 0.8 per cent on a like-for-like basis compared to May 2016, when they had decreased by 0.6 per cent, according to the latest analysis from KPMG and the Scottish Retail Consortium.

Jamie Hepburn Scotland’s unemployment rate has fallen to match the lowest rate in 25 years.

Keith Brown The latest assessment of Scotland’s economic performance has been published in Chief Economist Dr Gary Gillespie’s State of the Economy report in which he says the nation’s growth outlook remains positive, projecting growth of around 1 per cent in 2017 and 2018.

Mark Thomson Scottish Building Society has announced a pre-tax profit of £1.27 million in a year which also saw the development of the Society’s loyalty programme, including the launch of a new Loyalty Cash ISA.

The median selling time for properties in Edinburgh is down to 15 days, indicating a thriving market where buyers are willing to snap up properties quickly and over the home report valuation, according to latest analysis from ESPC.