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New analysis by BBC Scotland has suggested that some Scots could take up to ten years to save up for the deposit for their first home. According to BBC Scotland, a person on typical wages saving 10 per cent of their take-home pay a month could take almost eight years to save up a 10 per cent deposit

Aberdeen Standard Investments apprentices Shannon Macnamara (seated left) and her colleagues have been busy volunteering at Gorgie City Farm An urban farm celebrates its 40th anniversary in style this weekend with the help of apprentices from Aberdeen Standard Investments, who have taken Gorgie City

George Scott UK CEOs feel that investment in cyber security is a revenue opportunity rather than an expensive burden, according to a survey by KPMG.

Brewdog co-founders James Watt and Martin Dickie Independent craft brewer BrewDog has announced plans to give away 20 per cent of its profits every year.

Nicola Sturgeon The Scottish Government has said it will set out plans to support Scotland's financial technology sector and to help companies access finance in coming weeks.

Claire Ms Middlebrook Claire Middlebrook of Middlebrooks Business Recovery and Advice speaks exclusively to Scottish Financial News about her move south of the border to help with credit card debt.

Donald McNaught Donald McNaught of accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has been appointed as provisional liquidator of Vasanat International Ltd, trading as Scottish Electric Group.

Tom Craig Scotland's 100 most profitable family-owned businesses generated a combined £1 billion of pre-tax profits last year, The Herald reports.

Stephen Haddrill The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a new website with a fresh design and more functionality for stakeholders.

Lorna Bell Peterhead-based Maritime Developments Limited (MDL) has switched to Shawbrook Bank to back its global expansion strategy with a £3,325,000 funding deal.

David Lonsdale The Scottish Retail Consortium has blamed a decline in the number of retail jobs and stores in Scotland on a "toxic cocktail of burgeoning tax and regulatory costs and transformational change in the retail industry".

Stuart Houston A Glasgow-based chain of hotels has called for the recommendations of the independent Barclay Review of business rates to be adopted by the Scottish Government.

Richard Murphy An independent Scotland could "fix the inefficiencies and large scale abuses of the UK tax system", according to a report from the pro-independence Common Weal think tank.

Fiona Duncan The Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland has been rebranded as the Corra Foundation, a few months ahead of its final scheduled payment from Lloyds Banking Group.

Susie Swift The First Tier Tax Tribunal recently determined in the case of Vigne vs HMRC that the estate of the late Maureen Vigne was entitled to Inheritance Tax Business Property Relief that had been disputed by HMRC. The Tribunal found however that Agricultural Property Relief was not available i