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Keith Brown More people in Scotland are in work as the latest jobs figures show an increase in employment to a record high and a fall in inactivity.

Global accountancy giant PwC has been hit with a record £5.1 million fine for “misconduct” while carrying out the audit of RSM Tenon, a professional services firm which later entered administration when acquisitions left it stricken with heavy debts.

John Cullinane The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has urged the UK government to act swiftly to turn the proposals in its new paper for a future customs relationship with the EU into agreed measures that will give businesses a long lead-in period before Brexit.

Scottish property investor and developer, Buccleuch Property has sold a 0.57 acre site, the last remaining plot on the City Road site in Newcastle city centre for £1.7 million.

The average price of a home in the UK went up by nearly £2,000 to £223,000 in June, according to official figures from the Office of National Statistics.

Howard Archer Consumer price inflation remained stable last month at 2.6 per cent, again keeping it below May’s peak of 2.9 per cent.

Nearly a quarter (23 per cent) of UK firms plan to hire more legal professionals in the second half of the year than the first.

Mark Pryce Mark Pryce of Campbell Dallas makes the case for a tax future without spreadsheets

Graeme Allan Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson Brown has been nominated and selected as finalists for the 2017 P&J Gold Awards in the ‘Best Employer’ category.

Andy Seaton (left), relationship manager at Bank of Scotland, and Alan Macdonald, chairman and founder of Dawn Homes. At the new site in Fairly, Ayrshire. A Glasgow-based housebuilder is set to increase its presence across Central Scotland and Ayrshire with the support of a £14 million funding pack

Kayleigh Milne Kayleigh Milne, an Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) student who works for Scottish accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael, has achieved the top score for the P3 Business Analysis exam, making her a global prize-winner in the latest ACCA exam session.

Royal Bank of Scotland has been ranked bottom in a newly compiled table showing customer's level of satisfaction with their current account service provider.

John Hannah welcomes Sandra Stephen A north-east accountancy firm has made a new addition to its business management team as the company continues to experience growth in the region.

David Melhuish For the first time since 2012 the total value of commercial property sales in Scotland has fallen in two consecutive quarters, according to figures released from the Registers of Scotland and analysed by the Scottish Property Federation (SPF).

UK employment will again grow strongly in the third quarter of 2017, but wage growth is likely to remain weak.