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The Scottish Government is to create a £150 million national pilot scheme to provide support for first-time buyers and has also launched a consultation of short-term lets. Under the scheme, which will be launched later this year, buyers will be required to fund a minimum of 5% of the

The UK government and Scottish Chamber of Commerce will today call on Scottish businesses to make their voices heard in post-Brexit free trade agreements.   The Department for International Trade has announced that the Scottish Chamber of C

Two North Uist-based brothers have purchased a new fishing vessel, with a six-figure funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

With HMRC currently consulting on changes to the reduced 5 per cent VAT rate that has been available for the installation of energy saving materials (ESMs) in residential accommodation, in order to bring the UK into line with EU law, experts at accountancy firm Saffery Champness are stressing t

An unemployed Italian fisherman has hooked the big one while still on dry land after he picked up someone's discarded lottery scratch-card worth €100,000. The man from the southern Italian town of Mola di Bari was a gambler who frequently checked discarded scratch-cards to see whether their ori

Royal Bank of Scotland has today reported profits of £707m profit for the first three months of the year, which was down from £808m for the same period last year, a downturn the Edinburgh-based lender said can be attributed to the impact of Brexit uncertainty on near-term growth. Th

Bosses at venerable wealth manager and investment Alliance Trust have told those assembled for the firm's annual general meeting in Dundee yesterday that the 131 year-old business has now committed to having one third of its board made up of female directors. Chairman Lord Smith of Kelvin

Edinburgh's Capital Credit Union has reported a near 50 per cent increase in new members for the first half of this financial year, compared to 2017/18. Capital has also reported a sharp increase in lending in both personal loans and mortgages for the first two quarters of the year.

The first biometric fingerprint card issued by a UK bank has entered circulation as part of a national trial by Royal Bank of Scotland which is piloting cutting edge, biometric fingerprint technology with 200 customers.

English Premier League clubs’ revenues increased to a record £4.8 billion in 2017/18, according to analysis from Deloitte’s Sports Business Group.

Nigel Roberts, VAT Director and Head of VAT & Duty at Johnston Carmichael, explores the implications of the taxman's latest VAT recovery regulations HMRC have announced a major change in the rules governing VAT recovery for businesses which import goods into the UK. At present, the changes will

The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has published its latest five-year corporate plan outlining how it will prioritise its work towards "a vision of world-class infrastructure for the people of Scotland". Recognising that high-quality infrastructure underpins inclusive economic growth, sustai

Glasgow-based chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset says that setting out credit terms and communication with clients and customers is key to addressing the late payment crisis assailing the UK's small and medium businesses. According to the Federation of Small Businesses, 58 per cent of its

Mintlaw housebuilder Claymore Homes is building 50 new residential properties in Cairnbulg near Fraserburgh with support from a six-figure funding package from Bank of Scotland. Construction of the development, which consists of three to five-bedroom houses, began in October last year

Five of Scotland’s most dynamic businesses have been named in Alantra’s Food & Beverage Fast 50, an annual ranking of the UK’s fastest-growing privately owned food and beverage companies.