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The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to keep interest rates on hold at 0.75 per cent as expected after last month's increase.

House prices in Scotland have continued to increase and may grow by almost 20 per cent during the next four years, according to two separate reports.

Carol Flockhart Carol Flockhart, managing partner at Edinburgh-based accountants Chiene + Tait took honours at last night’s Scottish Women’s Awards winning the Services to Accountancy and Finance Award.

Canonmills Gardens Around 350 flats are to be built across two sites in Edinburgh after developers secured more than £40 million in loans.

Moira Kelly A Scottish Government proposal to give councils the power to increase business rates on out of town shopping centres and online retailers would be a bureaucratic burden, tax professionals have warned.

Bob & Berts - founders Colin McClean (left) and David Ferguson with BGF investor Gemma Hamilton Bob & Berts, the Northern Irish artisan coffee and food shop, has selected Falkirk, Dunfermline and Stirling as its first Scottish locations, creating 30 jobs as it steams ahead with its expansion

Mike Manby UK consumers are now more distrusting of consumer-facing businesses than they were three years ago, according to new findings from Deloitte.

Analysis of the latest Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) figures has highlighted a subdued generation of revenues from residential sales over the first four months of the current tax year.

Eileen Blackburn The number of restaurants in Scotland going bust has almost quadrupled over the last decade, according to new analysis of the sector by accountants and business advisers French Duncan.

Evidence from the ATM membership body LINK's ATM Footprint Report found that between the end of January and the start of July 2018, the number of free-to-use ATMs fell from 54,500 to 53,200.

Oil and gas sales value in Scotland has risen by 18.2 per cent between 2016-17 and 2017-18, according to new figures.

Sir Howard Davies Sir Howard Davies, the chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has used an event to mark the tenth anniversary of the crisis that saw the Edinburgh-based lender bailed-out at a record cost of £45 billion to the UK taxpayer, to concede that the public is "very unlikey" to recoup th

Entrepreneurial Scotland Saltire Fellowship Leadership Development cohort at the beginning of Kick Off Week 2018 Entrepreneurial Scotland’s Saltire Fellowship Leadership Development programme has kicked off, leading with this year’s Fellows taking part in a range of personal development and entr

Andrew Bailey Andrew Bailey, chief executive the Financial Conduct Authority, has restated his defence of the City watchdog’s lack of legal action taken against Royal Bank of Scotland and its top personnel over their treatment of small business, despite the behaviour already being condemned by the

RSM Class of 2018 Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has expanded its annual trainee intake by appointing 320 new students, including 7 school leavers and graduates across its Scottish offices.