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Liz Cameron The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has said it believe that June’s fall in CPI inflation from 2.9 per cent to 2.6 per cent will ease pressure for an early increase in interest rates.

Alan Hatfield Increased uptake of tuition and learning support has been attributed to improving Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) exam pass rates for the June 2017 exam sitting.

A Caithness distillery making handcrafted spirits is in with a chance of being named Britain’s best countryside-based start-up after making the final stages of the Rural Business Awards 2017.

Kimberley Oliver Thirteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2017.

Diane Nicol Diane Nicol, head of employment at Pinsent Masons and one of three panel members supporting Matthew Taylor on the Taylor Review, writes about the implications for employers.

Seven in ten Brits (69 per cent) entering competitions risk being scammed after sharing their personal details without checking whether the offer is legitimate, research from Nationwide Building Society has revealed.

Barclays has revealed plans to expand its Dublin operations as part of Brexit contingency plans.

Andrew Hope Thirteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2017.

Stan Russell High transfer values for final salary schemes are piling the pressure on advisers as insistent clients disagree with their recommendations, according to new research from Prudential.

The average selling price of homes sold in Glasgow has increased by 10.7 per cent between April and June 2017 year-on-year, and by 11.2 per cent in the first six months of the year, according to the latest house price report from estate agents GSPC.

Edinburgh-based data analytics specialist Staffmetrix has launched a new service designed to help organisations report their gender pay gap.

Peter Spencer UK growth will continue to struggle this year and next, as consumer spending feels the squeeze from rising inflation and muted earnings growth, according to the latest EY ITEM Club Summer Forecast.

Steven Fraser Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has announced significant growth within its global mobility arm following a clutch of new contract wins, with a cumulative annual recurring value in excess of £1 million during 2017.

Euan Morrison Accountants Chiene + Tait (C+T) have promoted third sector specialist Euan Morrison to the role of director.

Ian Craig Peer-to-peer finance platform Assetz Capital has announced the appointment of Ian Craig as a regional relationship director in Scotland.