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Graham Blair Bank of Scotland is offering first-time buyers, home movers and those who switch from another lender £500 to spend on a new online Mortgage Gift site as part of its latest mortgage campaign.

Derek Blaik & Anita Eunson The introduction of the Scottish Rate of Income Tax (SRIT) created a great deal of noise when it first went ‘live’ in April of this year. Taxation – by its very nature – tends to attract heated debate and analysis and Scotland’s new system has followed that t

Murphy Wealth, the Glasgow-based wealth advisors, has announced plans to move to larger office accommodation at Sutherland House on the city’s St Vincent Street, in a move which builds on its ambitious growth plans.

David Milroy Glasgow-based investment house Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has completed a £1.6 million investment in BioAscent Discovery Limited (“BioAscent”), an integrated drug discovery services business.

Scotland's total national wealth now exceeds £1 trillion for the first time, but the average of wealth of £237,000 per household is unequally shared, latest data has shown.

Harry Nimmo The £159m Dunedin Smaller Companies Investment Trust has agreed in principle to merge with Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust following a strategic review by the smaller fund.

Steven Heeps PwC has appointed former Shell and Deloitte executive Steven Heeps as a director at its Glasgow office.

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, the Baillie Gifford-managed fund with around £195 billion under management, has posted results which show net assets value per share have risen 4.4 per cent, beating its benchmark following good performance in the underlying portfolio.

UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) annual report and accounts, published this week, reveal nearly £62 million of support for Scottish exporters, resulting in almost £79 million worth of overseas sales.

Sheena Ross, business advisory director at Johnston Carmichael’s Fraserburgh office and Robert Chapman, MD of Farmlay at the company’s site in Fraserburgh Almost half of landowners and tenant farmers across Scotland’s diverse agricultural sector are feeling positive about the next 12 months, b

Pension transfers hit a record of £10.6 bn in the first quarter of this year, according to latest Office for National Statistics data.

Capital buyers are being caught in a "vicious circle" caused by property shortages, according to leading experts.

Andrew Haldane The Bank of England has held interest rates at half a per cent but hinted that an August rate rise has become more likely.

Archangels executive team (Left to right): Sarah Hardy, chief investment officer; David Ovens, chief operating officer and Niki McKenzie, investment director Archangels, the Edinburgh-based business angel syndicate, has been recognised as the UK’s Lead Angel Investment Syndicate of the Year by the

Fraser Porter (right) and Graeme Allan Accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown has announced the appointment of Fraser Porter as partner, responsible for the firm’s wealth management division.