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Robert Fraser The average home in Scotland is now setting back buyers £209,922, according to estate agents Aberdein Considine’s latest Property Monitor of Scotland’s housing market, which shows more than £5 billion worth of property changed hands between July and September.

Sybille Steiner According to UK government data published this week, there has been a 64 per cent overall increase in the number of employment tribunals in the two months since fees were abolished.

The UK is still the world’s leading exporter of financial and related professional services, according to a compendium of economic statistics published today.

Mark Higgins Glasgow-based Ascent Performance Group has won the Legal Software Solution Award at the inaugural Credit & Collections Technology Awards 2017.

Aileen Knox Third quarter data for Scottish commercial real estate revealed a notable increase for annual total returns, which rose from 2.1 per cent in Q2 to 6.1 per cent in Q3, according to leading property consultant CBRE.

Russell Kett The New Year is likely to be a challenging one for the UK’s hotel operators with flat occupancy levels and increasing overheads, despite positive global and EU economic growth.

Derek Mackay Tax professionals have cautioned that plans to restructure Scottish income tax will introduce additional complexities for Scottish taxpayers, while warning that the new measures should not be considered in isolation from the wider UK tax and benefits regime.

A woman who was jailed over a £850,000 tax fraud carried out with her former husband has been ordered to pay £127,000 of the cash back.

David Hastings An economic development and regeneration project initiated in the aftermath of the closure of the J&B whisky bottling plant in Dumbarton 17 years ago, resulting in the loss of 470 jobs, has been recognised by the Institute of Economic Development (IED) at its inaugural awards.

Scottish accountancy Johnston Carmichael has been named by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club as principal sponsors of the Scottish Curling Junior Championships, 2018.

Leon Breakey Leon Breakey, a partner, and Graham Horn, a senior solicitor at MacRoberts, look at recently issued shrieval guidance on the role of the court reporter in a liquidation

The Bank of England has today announced that UK interest rates are to stay the same at 0.5 per cent, after rising last month for first time in 10 years.

Jamie Grant Barclays Corporate Banking today announces the launch of a suite of Green Finance products, designed to help the bank’s clients fund more sustainable projects in the UK and around the world.

Derek Mackay Experts are predicting that Scotland's finance secretary Derek Mackay will this afternoon confirm income tax rises for middle and higher earners when he unveils his draft budget for next year.

2 Semple Street plans with additional floor The developers of a new office building in Edinburgh’s Exchange District have applied for planning consent to add an extra floor which would help