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The volume of residential property sales rose 18.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015-16 compared to the same period last year, according to official statistics published today by Registers of Scotland. A total of 19,802 properties changed hands between January and March, the highest volume of s

The rising share of income spent on housing over the last two decades is equivalent to a 10p increase in the basic rate of tax for a typical family, according to new Resolution Foundation analysis. The analysis, which forms part of the Foundation’s forthcoming housing audit, finds that the share o

Phil Anderson Phil Anderson is managing director of Aberdeenshire-based Phil Anderson Financial Services

The latest Sunday Times Rich List has revealed that the family behind one of the world’s best-selling single malt whiskies remains at the top of the annual league table of Scotland’s richest people. The family which owns the Dufftown-based business William Grant and Sons, makers of Glenfiddich,

Menzies Campbell Sir Ming Campbell, who is leading the European Movement in Scotland campaign to keep the UK in the EU has urged Scottish businesses to ‘get off the sidelines’ and make their voices heard on the benefits of EU membership in the run up to EU Referendum.

Independent Scottish accountancy firm, Campbell Dallas, is to invest £250k on the recruitment and development of 15 apprenticeship accountants this year, adding to the 50 staff currently under training contracts with the firm. One of the largest providers of accountancy apprenticeships in Scotland,

Simon Crompton (left) and Graeme Finnie. Scottish accountancy and business services firm French Duncan has appointed Simon Crompton as a non-executive director.

New research from Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank has revealed that 14 per cent of UK homeowners have decided the time is right to move while one in five are focused on improving their current home. The findings highlight the stability of the property market as the same level of homeowners planned to

Ken McHattie Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland has named Ken McHattie as its new president.

Grant Thornton has made a number of promotions across its tax, wealth advisory and marketing & business development departments as part of its growth strategy in Scotland. The global business and financial adviser is currently engaged in a five year strategy aimed at driving up profits and provi

A quarter of parents in Scotland feel under pressure to help their children financially, according to Bank of Scotland’s latest How Scotland Lives research. Parents are feeling the pressure to help pay university or higher education costs, repaying debt and costs towards buying a home. When it com

North Sea tax revenues came to just £35 million this financial year, the lowest since oil was first pumped ashore to Scotland four decades ago, figures published by Revenue and Customs have revealed. The impact of the falling oil price was reflected in figures showing that offshore Corporation Tax

A Scottish international real estate tycoon who founded and ran a firm that at one time was worth £1.8 billion has been made bankrupt with debts of more than £2 million. John Kennedy, who founded Edinburgh-based Kenmore Property Group in 1986 was one of Scotland’s wealthiest men but lost it all