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Jamie Younger Chartered Accountants Saffery Champness is warning that a programme of compliance checks by HMRC regarding the minimum wage would appear to be underway in the rural sector where both the Agricultural Minimum Wage and National Living Wage apply, covering workers in agriculture, horticul

Demand for temporary professionals in Scotland has fallen 2 per cent year on year to February 2017, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

A new distillery with historic links to King Robert the Bruce has launched a £ 17 million funding drive – with independent chartered accountants Campbell Dallas appointed to advise.

Building work is set to get under way at Glasgow’s new satellite business district after project costs for the development’s first building were approved by the board of Clyde Gateway.

Research from the last three years shows that consumers in Scotland are throwing away an astonishing amount of money on subscriptions they rarely use including gym memberships, credit reports and TV streaming plans.

Johnston Carmichael has been confirmed as gold sponsor of this year’s Kiltwalks in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee, delivering a welcome financial boost for the charity events.

Alasdair Locke Argenta, the insurance firm headed by Scottish oil tycoon Alasdair Locke has been sold in a £142.5 million deal to industry giant Hannover RE.

Martin Gilbert Standard Life CEO Keith Skeoch and Aberdeen Asset Management boss Martin Gilbert will share the role of CEO following the merger of the two finanical giants to create one of the largest active investment managers in the world.

Kenny Crawford The average price of a property in Scotland in January 2017 was £142,233 – an increase of four per cent on January in the previous year and an increase of 2.1 per cent when compared to the previous month, according to latest figures from the Registers of Scotland.

Liz Cameron Rising fuel and food prices helped to push last month's inflation rate to the highest since September 2013.

More than 60 per cent of smaller businesses in the UK prioritise trading in EU markets while one in five small exporters trade exclusively with the EU, according to new research by the Federation of Small Businesses.

At least one in four large businesses in the UK are considering transferring some activities to elsewhere in the EU as a result of Brexit, according to a poll of finance professionals carried out by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Commercial finance provider for SMEs, IGF, has provided a £2 million asset based lending line to Insite Contracts Ltd, a high-end office fit out and refurbishment company based in Scotland.

The Board of Beyond is comprised of 7 people. In addition to Max Ward there is Ravi Sharma (ex-Deloitte), Vic Herd (ex-Deloitte), Sarah Barker (ex-Aldermore), Andrew Townsend (ex-Beacon), Nick Slack (ex-Aldermore) and Matt McDermott (ex-Metro). Two leading figures at Deloitte have left their roles a

Edinburgh Quay Scotland’s commercial property market could welcome a number of new international investors over the next 12 months, particularly among private overseas buyers, Knight Frank has said.