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Scottish exports grew by almost one-fifth to reach £28 billion in the year to September, according to latest UK Government data.

Laurie Macfarlane A “dysfunctional land market” lies at the root of Scotland’s housing crisis and intervention is required to increase the supply of land for new homes, according to a new discussion paper.

Retirement has meant a new lease of life for millions of people who have given up work in the last 10 years, with more than one in four (26 per cent) saying they are fitter and healthier since they stopped working, according to new research from Prudential.

(L-R) Wayne McCarthy, Sandra Bogacka, Simon Major, Lisa Taylor, Sarah Stevenson, Damien McCaul, Gary Carr, and Jack Lavery Staff at Barclays Bank’s branch on Princes Street have raised £2,500 to transcribe a new ‘talking’ audio-book for blind and partially sighted people.

The next decade will see the deposits needed by first time buyers in Edinburgh and Glasgow soar by 55 per cent and 48 per cent, respectively, according to new analysis.

Ken Munro, chief executive officer of TechnoNICOL UK, Ireland and USA with cabinet secretary for the economy, jobs and fair work, Keith Brown Stirling glass wool insulation firm Superglass is to benefit from one of the largest investments in Scottish engineering and manufacturing in recent years, do

David Mundell Scottish Secretary David Mundell will today grill Royal Bank of Scotland bosses over their plan to close 62 of its Scottish branches as part of a vast, UK-wide purge of its network that has caused uproar in local communities.

Chris Thompson Edinburgh is the second most attractive city in the UK for entrepreneurs and Aberdeen also ranks in the top ten, according to new research commissioned by wealth manager Kleinwort Hambros.

(Image: Jackson Criss ) The House of Frasers store on Edinburgh’s Princes Street has been put on the market for £13.7 million in a sale that has been described as a “unique opportunity” to buy one of the city's most iconic buildings.

Sandy Manson Scottish accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has achieved a 7 per cent growth in turnover after generating record revenues of £43.7m in its 2016/17 financial year ending 31 May 2017.

Coll Murchison-MacDonald Scottish farmers are being warned that if they have a Santa grotto in their field or a Christmas fair in their barn then they should make sure that they are tax compliant, says Saffery Champness

Gregor Colquhoun A six figure funding package from HSBC has provided Alex Colquhoun Ltd, a third generation family owned 840 acre dairy farm in Montrose, with the financial backing needed to purchase ground source heat pumps and a biomass boiler in a move that is expected to save the business tens o

Britain’s workers can expect to receive the worst state pension of any major country, according to a report by the developed world’s leading economic thinktank.

Ed Warner Despite supposedly dropping its European focus 12 months ago, Standard Life Private Equity Trust’s assets continued to be invested in Europe in the year to the end of September.

Martin Gilbert Approval has been granted to Aberdeen Standard Investments to launch funds catering for high-net-worth and institutional investors in China.