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The Government is being urged to freeze Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) at the forthcoming Budget, after HMRC figures revealed that taxpayers are now paying record amounts of the tax.

David Tiller Standard Life Aberdeen today announced the appointment of David Tiller to the newly created role of head of UK propositions.

Scottish Infrastructure Secretary, Michael Matheson, has challenged the UK Government to match his funding commitment for the Tay Cities Region Deal.

Rodney Whyte By Rodney Whyte, Partner and property and planning specialist at legal firm Pinsent Masons

Barclays Chairman John McFarlane, SFE Chairman Jim Pettigrew, EY Head of Financial Services in Scotland Sue Dawe, Head of Barclays in Scotland Scott Stewart, SFE Chief Executive Graeme Jones.Barclays has won the 2018 Scottish Financial Services Award for enabling local communities in Scotland to pr

The number of Scottish companies rated as being in “critical” financial distress during Q3 2018 has increased by 119 per cent on the same period of last year, according to the latest research data from insolvency firm Begbies Traynor.

AG Barr, which produces and markets some of the UK's leading drink brands, including Irn-Bru, Rubicon, Strathmore and Funkin, has announced that Nicholas (Nick) Wharton will join the Board as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 November.

The commercial market in Scotland has remained steady, held up by office and industrial sectors although retail continued to decline, according to the latest RICS UK Commercial Property Market survey for Q3 2018.

Jo Douglas Jo Douglas, Financial Planner at Brewin Dolphin in Edinburgh, explores whether a generation caricatured as idle are actually facing an entire lifetime of toil

The NHS in Scotland is “not financially sustainable in its current form”, according to the Auditor General for Scotland.

The drawdown market faces its sternest test yet, with signs that pension fund returns are becoming more subdued and withdrawal rates are increasing, new data from the upcoming Moneyfacts UK Personal Pension Trends Treasury Report suggests.

Jamie Dora The UK residential land market is reflecting the shape of the housing market, as values fall in central London but continue to rise in other regions, with Scotland the standout performer, says international real estate adviser, Savills.

Aberdeen has seen 74 office lettings complete in the year to date, nearly double the number of deals to complete than in the same period last year (45 lettings) as the market continues to galvanise, says international real estate advisor Savills.

The UK remains the world’s leading net exporter of financial services, generating an industry trade surplus of £68bn (equivalent to $88bn) in 2017, nearly equal to the next three leading net exporting countries combined (the US, Switzerland, and Luxembourg).

Emma Hendron Accountancy firm Saffery Champness has today announced that partner Emma Hendron has been made head of the firm’s international practice group.