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Liam Fox The number of inward investment projects in Scotland has fallen, according to the latest figures from the UK Department for International Trade.

Deloitte has strengthened its presence in Scotland, following another year of significant progress throughout the country, the firm has reported.

The total number of millionaires in Britain has fallen as a result of the turbulence on global markets, according to new data.

Brighton Pier (Image: Ben Boris) More British holidaymakers are choosing to stay at home for their annual break, providing a vital boost for British business, with the average spend per stay up 6 per cent, according to Barclays.

Zoe Ogilvie and Alison Ramsay The BIG Partnership, Scotland’s largest PR and digital marketing agency, has continued its expansion with the opening of an office in Dundee - its fifth in Scotland and seventh in the UK.

A Scottish building company director who was killed when his plane went down over the Irish Sea has left £6.5 million in his will. Ian Stirling, a former director with building company Allanwater Developments, was flying solo from his home on the Isle of Man to Blackpool when the aircraft disappear

Tom McEntegart TLT acted for UKAR on the transfer of title on approximately 90,000 mortgages securities UK-wide. The transfer of title was part of a wider transaction, which was the biggest of its kind for UKAR and included the sale of £13 billion of assets to Cerberus, with £3.3 billion of these

Andrew Henderon Andrew Henderson, currently head of public affairs and external relations at Royal Bank of Scotland's Williams & Glyn brand, has been appointed by international law firm Pinsent Masons to head up its UK-wide Public Policy Unit in the wake of Britain's decision to leave the Europe

When youngsters fly the nest and head off to university, parents expect to be relieved from the pressures of playing taxi driver, doing a big grocery shop and constantly cleaning up after them.

PwC has reached a settlement in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit involving the 2009 collapse of Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp, one of the biggest bank collapses in US history.

Paul Lawrie UK audit, tax and consulting firm, RSM UK, has announced that it has signed a three year agreement with Scottish golfer Paul Lawrie in a further expansion of its sponsorship programme within the sport.

Ian White, director at Run4It and Tim Laundon, relationship manager at HSBC Scotland’s largest independent running retailer, Run4It, is investing in an HSBC-backed programme of improvements as part of a wider growth plan that includes expanding its high street presence.

Fettes College, Edinburgh. (Image: Kim Traynor) Parents of private school leavers in 2016 who started Primary 1 in 2004 will have paid an average total cost of £128,529 in fees, according to the latest research by Bank of Scotland Private Banking.

Economic confidence has suffered a severe blow following the referendum on Europe, according to a new survey of more than 100 Finance Directors and CFOs, commissioned by ICAS in partnership with law firm DLA Piper.

More than £825,000 will be paid by the average UK household in taxes over a lifetime, according to analysis by campaign group, The Taxpayers' Alliance (TPA).