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Jamie Younger The decision in latest case, Executors of Joyce Graham (deceased) v HMRC, will bring relief to farms and estates that let holiday accommodation with the expectation that Business Property Relief (BPR) against Inheritance Tax will be forthcoming, accountants Saffery Champness has advise

Chris Stewart Group (CSG) has confirmed that the award-winning Greenside office building in the burgeoning east end of Edinburgh’s city centre, has been acquired by Leading Cities Invest (LCI), a real estate investment fund managed by Frankfurt-based KanAm Grund Group.

Gordon MacLure Johnston Carmichael has been appointed provisional administrators of Anderson Construction (Aberdeen) with the firm stating that ongoing trading was “unsustainable”.

Amy Entwhistle Following the transfer of the Island of Ulva to the North West Mull Community Woodland Company, Amy Entwistle, a partner in the commercial real estate team at law firm Morton Fraser, looks at the right to force the sale of abandoned, neglected or detrimental land

2 Semple Street After a slow start to the year. Edinburgh’s office market has enjoyed a strong second quarter, with latest figures showing take-up of 351,916 sq ft - a 150 per cent increase in take-up from Q1 2018, with half yearly take-up amounting to just under half a million sq ft (491,885 sq f

Nick Scott Scottish law firm Brodies has reported that in its financial year to 30 April 2018 revenues grew to £68.59 million, from £66.68 million in 2016/17.

Stephen Baker Stephen Baker of Chiene + Tait's personal tax team outlines how the lack of publicity for the Non-Resident Capital Gains Tax return has seen a huge rise in individuals falling foul of the filing requirement

Scott Jeffrey Scott Jeffrey, Audit Partner in Johnston Carmichael’s Inverness team has been appointed to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) Charities Panel.

A 53 year old Glasgow man was today jailed for embezzling £150,000 from his sick wife.

Households in Dundee have the lowest value of outstanding personal loans of any area in the UK, according to analysis by the Centre for Economics and Business.

Euan Munro Aviva Investors has completed a raid on Standard Life Aberdeen’s senior team prior to the opening of its new Edinburgh office later this month.

177 Bothwell St, Glasgow The Glasgow office market has continued its strong start to 2018 into the second quarter with a further 330,963 sq ft of office space transactions, bringing the total take-up for the first half of the year 2018 to 593,901 sq ft - 11 per cent above the ten year annual average

191 West George Street, NFU Mutual’s office development in Glasgow city centre, has secured its first occupier following completion of an extensive refurbishment project.

Views on the feasibility of a not-for-profit, publicly owned energy company are being sought by a Holyrood committee.

Gavin Black Scottish mid-tier accountancy firm Henderson Loggie has adopted what it claims is "next-generation accountancy software to add value to its audit services.