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Businesses in Scotland expressed improved confidence last month, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO LLP.

The Scottish Government’s Help to Buy scheme has reached another milestone with the latest phase enabling more than 30 households a week to purchase a new build home.

The Lifetime Isa, which is due to be launched in April 2017, could have a sting in the tail for savers, it has emerged.

Scotland’s private sector contracted for the second consecutive month, according to August PMI data from Bank of Scotland published today.

Boris Bronfentrinker Credit card company MasterCard is being sued for £14 billion over claims it overcharged 46 million customers in what is the largest legal claim in British history. The case marks the first major case under a new system for class action lawsuits by multiple claimants. The credit

Scottish law firm Morton Fraser has been appointed to three legal panels of self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers as UK-wide demand for specialist advice on commercial property held in personal pensions continues to grow.

Whisky investor rankings The value of collectable bottles of Scotch whisky traded within a half year period has surpassed £5 million for the first time since records began in 2008, according to figures published today by whisky analyst, broker and investment experts Rare Whisky 101.

A Holyrood committee examining legislation to reform Council Tax in Scotland is seeking the views of people across Scotland on the proposed changes.

Roseanna Cunningham Cabinet secretary for land reform Roseanna Cunningham has announced that more than 500,000 acres in Scotland are now in community ownership.

Jamie Stark Scotland will remain a key target for international investment, according to Scottish commercial law firm Burness Paull after the Macduff Shellfish deal on which it advised scooped the Sale of the Year and Deal of the Year at the Insider Deals and Dealmakers Awards dinner this week.

Glasgow-based Clydesdale bank has announced the appointment of Timothy Wade and Fiona MacLeod as independent Non-Executive Directors.

Coutts, the Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary, and the bank that handles the Queen’s account, could be forced to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation to a group of its exclusive clientele who claim they were poorly advised by bank about tax avoidance schemes centred around loss-mak

In its Banking Deals Review 2015/16, Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance practice – the largest in Scotland – has reported its busiest ever twelve months.

John Brett Former Aberdeen Asset Management global head of distribution, John Brett, has joined Anderson Strathern Asset Management (ASAM) as its new chief executive.

Revenue Scotland chair Dr Keith Nicholson Revenue Scotland, the nation’s new tax authority which began accepting tax returns this year when it made history as the first national administrator of solely Scottish taxes since 1707, has revealed its first takings.