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Despite the uncertainty that Brexit is affording businesses in the UK currently, SMEs are bucking the trend, with new research from Scottish accountancy firm Scott-Moncrieff finding that 78 per cent of small businesses met or exceeded expectations last year. In the Still Going Strong: SME insights f

A report published today claims there are substantial benefits to be had for Scotland’s economy from an enterprise university for the rural sector. Published by BiGGAR Economics, a leading independent economic consultancy, the report benchmarked Scotland’s performance against comparator

Farmers and landowners undertaking conversion of redundant farm buildings for residential use will be encouraged by the outcome of the latest case (Roy Tabb vs HMRC) before the First Tier Tribunal (FTT), the ruling on which has recently been announced.  In this case Mr Tabb owned a barn and sev

With HMRC set to crackdown on tax owed through controversial loan schemes, ACCA is urging contractors and self-employed workers enrolled to seek financial advice from a chartered certified accountant. It stems from government legislation in 2016, which applied a tax charge on outstanding balances &n

Latest research from global real estate advisor CBRE has revealed that the industrial market in Aberdeen continues to exhibit healthy signs of recovery, with a record number of transactions taking place in 2018. Take-up totaled 658,000 sq ft for the year – in line with the five-year avera

A St Andrews guesthouse and B&B is being converted into flats to meet rising demand for property in Fife, with support from a six-figure funding package from Bank of Scotland. The 225 sq ft Georgian property is located opposite the University of St Andrews and is being transformed into four two-

Goldman Sachs bosses have sent out a memo to the bank's employees instituting a new, more relaxed dress code across the company, Bloomberg reports.

A plan has been launched today endorsed by more than 50 companies and organisations that could see Dundee become the first "living wage city" in the UK.

The entrepreneurial founder of Ross Boyd Ltd, which operates across the UK and Ireland, including a recently opened office in Glasgow, has announced a restructuring of the accountancy practice following the appointment of a new director who has taken a stake in its Belfast operation. The firm, which

FNZ, the global financial services technology firm which employs over 300 people in its Edinburgh office, is to expand its global graduate programme as it looks to attract new talent to drive its strategy for growth. The fintech giant, which employs more than 1,500 people around the world, has recen

Edinburgh’s buoyant office market has seen the Scottish capital break into the top 20 global business hubs in terms of prime office rents and rental growth, according to new research from Knight Frank. The commercial property consultancy’s latest Global Outlook report found tha

This year will mark the year businesses started taking seriously the notion of ‘working from home’ as standard practice within Scottish firms, says audit, tax and consulting firm RSM.

Shan Saba, business development director at Scotland-based recruitment business Brightwork, tackles the legacy of Glasgow's slave trade history and the fight that the second city of empire still faces today Everyone is aware that many of Glasgow’s merchants became rich throughout the 18th

February provided some hope that new car sales could be pulling out of the slow lane where they have been stuck since September as they rose 1.4 per cent year-on-year.

As the prospect of leaving Europe on 29 March with no deal remains a possibility, experts at Saffery Champness set out what such a scenario would mean for UK businesses in all sectors, including agriculture. If nothing changes between now and the end of the month, UK businesses following a