News

Scotland’s SMEs and micro businesses are being urged to apply for Scottish Government funding aimed at helping them attract, develop and retain young employees aged 16-24.

John Murray Scotland Food & Drink has appointed an Inverness-based business development manager to help strengthen its support for Highlands & Islands food and drink businesses.

Jamie Hepburn Scotland's jobless total fell by 7,000 in the three months to July, to stand at 102,000.

Clare Richardson Bank of Scotland has announced the appointment of Clare Richardson as its new area director for the north-east of Scotland.

Martin Langosch Business advisers and accountants Scott-Moncrieff has appointed Martin Langosch as data analytics director to support the firm’s audit and business technology consulting (BTC) departments.

L-R: Michelle McNeill (Associate), Anne Marie Renz (Tax Director), Alison Pryde (Senior Tax Manager), John McArthur (Head of Tax). Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew has bolstered its Tax and Private Client team, with the recruitment of tax director Anne Marie Renz and senior tax manager Alison P

Gavin Black Manufacturers in Scotland are optimistic about prospects for growth in the coming year, despite experiencing increasing difficulty in recruiting workers with relevant skills and a significant drop in the number of businesses currently exporting, which fell from 50 per cent in 2016 to 36

Mark McRae Glasgow Chartered Accountants and business advisers Martin Aitken & Co has announced the appointment of a director of its business advisory and accounting division, to further broaden its client portfolio service offering across the West of Scotland.

A group of seven new Chartered Accountancy trainees have taken up posts with Dundee-based accountancy firm EQ Accountants LLP.

Scottish retail sales increased by 1.9 per cent last month on a like-for-like basis compared to August 2016 when they had decreased by 1.9 per cent, according to latest data released today by the Scottish Retail Consortium and KPMG.

The average price of a property in Scotland in July 2017 was £149,185 – an increase of 4.8 per cent on July in the previous year and an increase of 2.8 per cent when compared to the previous month, latest figures from the Registers of Scotland has shown.

Derek Mackay Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has told MSPs that he will implement the vast majority of recommendations made by the Barclay Review, with new properties not paying Business Rates until they are occupied and their tenants exempt for the first 12 months thereafter.

525 Ferry Road, Edinburgh (Image: Cuthbert White) The 110,000 square feet office building at 525 Ferry Road, Edinburgh, which was formerly home to financial services giant State Street, is set to go on the market as the capital’s largest vacant office space.

Liz Cameron The UK's inflation rate equalled its highest rate in more than five years last month on the back of price rises of petrol and clothing, and compounded by the continued fall in the value of sterling.

New York investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has revealed that it is planning to target retail clients in the UK with a new savings account.