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Jennifer White Jennifer White, a Glasgow-based solicitor with law firm bto talks us through the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill currently making its way through Parliament.

The volume of retail sales was flat in Scotland (0.0 per cent growth) during the third quarter of the year, according to statistics announced today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.

Mary McQueen & Gordon Bathgate Allan McDougall Solicitors and McQueen Legal have merged practices, creating an expanded business with more than 70 staff, offices across nine locations, and fee income in excess of £4m.

L-R: Adrienne Airlie, Chief Executive, David Cheetham, Director & Ewen Dyer, Managing Director, Martin Aitken & Co. Renfrewshire-based accountancy firm Cheetham & Co and Glasgow-based Martin Aitken & Co yesterday announced that they have merged with immediate effect.

Michael Matheson A new code of practice on police searches for assets related to criminal activity has been published for consultation ahead of legislation taking effect in the spring.

Jamie Grant Compello Staffing Group has secured a £10m sales finance facility from Barclays who will also be providing day-to-day banking and foreign exchange services for the recruitment and outsourcing company.

There is a real lack of understanding around the house buying process and the associated costs amongst those looking to buy their first home, according to the latest research from challenger bank Aldermore. The lender's ’s Q3 2017 First Time Buyer Index, shows the biggest expense when buying a hom

Seven in 10 couples don’t consider pensions during divorce proceedings, leaving women short-changed by £5bn every year, according to new research from Scottish Widows. The research shows that more than half of married people (56 per cent) would fight for a fair share of any jointly owned property

The Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) has today released a new statistical report, ‘Higher Education Student Support in Scotland’ showing the increasing debt burden of Scottish students. The an annual report, details a range of statistics and information around the numbers of students receiv

Ken Patullo Scotland’s businesses are being hit hard by escalating levels of distress, according to research published today by Begbies Traynor.

Colin Hewitt Float, a Scottish fintech startup offering cash flow forecasting software, has been crowned winner of the Forecasting, Planning and Analysis Software title at the prestigious Software Excellence Awards recently held in London.

Tom MacLennan Leading specialist wind turbine haulage businesses, West of Scotland Heavy Haulage Limited and its associated trading company, West of Scotland Storage Limited, have been placed in administration, with Tom MacLennan and Iain Fraser, partners at FRP Advisory LLP appointed joint administ

(L-R): Martin McLellan and Donald Reid Glasgow-based Mitchells Roberton, which can trace its involvement in Scottish legal affairs back to the 1700s, will merge today with another long-established city legal firm, Kerr Barrie.

Retired homeowners in Scotland are reaping the rewards of paying off their mortgages as they benefit from record levels of soaring property wealth. Scots over-65 homeowners saw the average change in value of their property grow by more than £12,000 (which represents a combined Scotland-wide total o