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The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has welcomed today’s announcement by HMRC that businesses will be able to continue to use spreadsheets for record keeping under the new quarterly reporting regime, and confirmation that no penalties will be levied for late submissions in the new regime�

(from left) UK government minister Andrew Dunlop, Highland Council leader Margaret Davidson and economy secretary Kieth Brown The £315 million Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal was formally signed yesterday, paving the way for the release of funding for three business cases.

A group of corrupt financiers, including a former HBoS banker, who spent the proceeds of their £245 million loan scam on high-end escorts and luxury holidays are facing long jail sentences.

The commercial farmland market will remain robust throughout 2017 given the healthy levels of interest witnessed in 2016, according to rural consultancy, CKD Galbraith.

Robert Kilgour and Cameron Graham A Scottish tech start-up whose disruptive software has been dubbed “the Facebook for care homes” has landed a five-figure investment from the original founder of Four Seasons Healthcare.

Sir Howard Davies Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced that it will not create a committee specifically designed to represent the interests of its shareholders.

Victoria Nixon Almost £2 million of tenant deposits have been transferred to SafeDeposits Scotland in the last six months as five letting agents took the decision to change their tenancy deposit provider.

The Financial Conduct Authority has today fined Deutsche Bank £163,076,224 for failing to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering (AML) control framework in connection with a Russian money laundering scam.

Andrew Laurie An Aberdeen-based accountant has emerged as the top-scoring student in a national Chartered Institute of Taxation exam.

Clydesdale Bank has today unveiled a brand new flagship “customer banking centre” in the centre of Edinburgh.

Tracey McDermott The former acting chief executive of the UK's financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to join Standard Chartered to build relationships with regulators and policy makers.

Mark Clacy-Jones Edinburgh-based global investment manager Standard Life Investments has added to its global real estate research and strategy team with the appointment of Mark Clacy-Jones as fund strategist.

Alliance Trust’s activist investor Elliott has accepted the Dundee-based firm’s offer to buy it out of its 19 per cent stake in a £620 million deal.

Jason Hogg Residential development in Scotland is set for five years of growth with demand for homes continuing to outpace supply, according to new research from property consultancy, JLL.

BGF investor Mike Sibson (left) with chairman Graeme Coutts and chief executive Stuart Ferguson The Business Growth Fund has invested £10 million in Aberdeenshire-based Frontrow Energy Technology Group to support the company’s growth plans, alongside a £3 million investment from the Group’s fo