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More than £825,000 will be paid by the average UK household in taxes over a lifetime, according to analysis by campaign group, The Taxpayers' Alliance (TPA).

Some payday lenders are still failing to carry out basic checks to make sure borrowers can afford to pay back their loans, new research by the Citizens Advice Bureau has uncovered.

Donald McNaught Donald McNaught, a restructuring partner at Johnston Carmichael, has been appointed as the provisional liquidator to TFD (Scotland) Ltd.

Andrew Howie Grant Thornton UK has announced that it has more than doubled its trainee intake this year as it welcomes 26 young people to its Scottish practice.

A company director who participated in “bribery offences” has had an appeal rejected after he challenged a court order compelling him to sell millions of pounds of holdings in a business for less than their true market value.

Nicola Sturgeon and Michael Russell Michael Russell, who has previously held the environment, culture and education briefs in the Scottish Government, has been appointed as Scotland’s new minister with responsibility for Brexit negotiations with the UK government.

Aspiring homeowners believe they will need to save for more than four years in order to afford a deposit for their first home, research from Aviva reveals today.

New papers filed at the High Court in London have revealed that Lloyds Banking Group is attempting to sue property investors West Ten Properties (UK) for £4.3m over unpaid debt.

Funds coming to Scotland from the UK Government’s apprenticeship levy should be spent on vocational skills academies, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Immigration lawyers have said European migrants are rushing to the UK before the UK government begins the process of leaving the EU, The Brief reports. Following the publication of quarterly figures on migration to the UK from the Office of National Statistics, lawyers have said the government's pla

Alasdair Irvine Alasdair Irvine is a solicitor at MacRoberts LLP principally concerned with health & safety, cyber security compliance and the defence of white collar crime.

The director of an Edinburgh construction company, who lied about her business expenses in a VAT fraud, has been jailed for two years after an investigation into her company’s finances by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Royal Bank of Scotland has told about 3,000 of its global transaction-services clients to speed up their search for another bank.

Agencies dealing in the creation, selling and hosting of controversial Scottish Limited Partnerships or ‘shell firms’ based in Scotland are turning over at least £25 million every year, it has emerged. SLPs exploit a loophole in century-old Scottish company law which critics claim are increasin

A Scottish businessman who ran up debts through gambling and transferred cash prior to filing for bankruptcy has been handed an eight-year Bankruptcy Restriction Order (BRO).