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The number of overseas visitors from Europe increased sharply by 22 per cent in the 12 months to the end of September 2018, according to official statistics released today. In the same period, spending by European visitors in Scotland also registered an increase of 7 per cent, jumping from £1.

(left to right): Brian McMurray, Douglas Martin, Lyn Calder & Chris Thompson Independent chartered accountants & business advisers, Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has announced the successful completion of 51 transactions during 2018, covering a range of sectors including Oil & Gas,

The owner of cafe chain Patisserie Valerie has disclosed this week that the accounting scandal it revealed in October, which almost destroyed the firm and is currently the subject of a Financial Reporting Council investigation, was even worse than it originally thought. The company's forensic a

The Scottish housing market ended 2018 on a weak note with Brexit uncertainty still biting, compounding a continuing lack of stock and affordability issues.

Thorntons has recorded strong financial results, reporting a 13.1 per cent increase in turnover to £26.9 million, with profits increasing by 14.6 per cent to £5.8m Craig Nicol, managing partner at Thorntons, said: “Our latest financial results represent our commitment to long

A high-profile North East hotel well known for its beach-themed interior design and prominent location, the White Horse Inn in Balmedie north of Aberdeen, is to be marketed for sale after entering administration. Opened in 1975, the White Horse Inn is in the centre of Balmedie village, and adj

One of the UK’s biggest housing-linked infrastructure projects is to be delivered in Winchburgh after a deal was struck between a new joint venture, the Scottish Government and West Lothian Council. Winchburgh Developments Limited (WDL), a newly-created joint venture betwee

Following the UK Government’s quiet announcement last night that from May 15th 2019 ‘mixed age couples’ – where one partner is of working age and the other is above State Pension age – will no longer be entitled to put in a new claim for Pension Credit, charity Age UK

Total office market take-up in Aberdeen in the final quarter of 2018 was 79,942 sq ft, bringing the annual total to 355,148 sq ft, research from CBRE Scotland shows.

Glasgow based accountancy firm Armstrong Watson has joined forces with seven other law firm merger experts across the UK to form the Association of Law Firm Merger Advisers (ALFMA). The launch of ALFMA sees Armstrong Watson join up with Aaron & Partners, Ampersand L

Average advertised salaries for finance professionals have increased for the third year in a row, despite uncertainty in the industry, according to new data from the 2019 Reed Finance salary guides. Analysis of more than 10 million jobs posted across sectors since 2015 found that the average salary

A survey of 1,000 working British people, carried out by Edinburgh-based cloud accounting software provider FreeAgent, has found that 8 per cent intend to start their own business within the year of 2019.

The inflation rate in the UK fell to 2.1 per cent in December, from 2.3 per cent the previous month, according to the latest data released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The last month of 2018 saw Scottish sales decrease by 1.2 per cent on a like-for-like basis compared to December 2017, when they had increased by 0.3 per cent - this is above the three-month average of -1.3 per cent.

The average price of a property in Scotland in November 2018 was £150,638 – an increase of 2.9 per cent on November in the previous year and a decrease of 0.7 per cent when compared to the previous month.