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David Lauder David Lauder of ESPC Mortgages writes his quarterly review of the mortgage market below.

Michael Watson Moves by Chancellor George Osborne to encourage Chinese involvement in the HS2 high speed rail project could pave the way for foreign investment into key Scottish infrastructure projects, according to an infrastructure and projects lawyer.

The Crown Office's Civil Recovery Unit has recovered £212,800 under an agreed civil settlement with a Glenrothes-based company which accepted that it had benefited from unlawful conduct by a third party. Brand-Rex Limited is a developer of cabling solutions for network infrastructure and industrial

Property marketing experts ESPC have been shortlisted for a prestigious accolade in this year's Scottish Business Awards. The company, which comprises 141 member solicitor estate agents from across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders, is a finalist in the Business Innovation of the Year ca

Fiona Hyslop MSP The Scottish Government has declared its opposition to the privatisation of the Channel Four Television Corporation.

The development firm owned by Sir David Murray has submitted proposals for the first phase of a £1 billion “Garden District” in Edinburgh.

A woman who used the Rangers Supporters' Association Boys Club to launder £55,000 of stolen cash has been told to carry out 260 hours of unpaid work. Margaret Stewart admitted stealing from her employer Ivanhoe Cambridge, which used to own Glasgow's St Enoch Centre.

AAB's International Tax Partner, Kevin Mann, (centre) and corporate tax senior manager Peter Sim, (centre right), with the Chinese taxation bureau delegation. Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has hosted a presentation to a 24-strong delegation from Liaoning Local Ta

Gross mortgage borrowing in August stood at £12.2 billion, according to the latest figures from the British Bankers Association. The was amount is 14 per cent higher than a year ago and the largest increase since 2008.

Aberdeen’s hotels have experienced a double-digit drop across both occupancy levels and RevPar (revenue per available room) rates as effects of the languishing oil price increasingly impact the wider business community across the North East. According to PwC’s latest UK Hotels Forecast analysis,

The gap between house prices in London and other major regional cities is at its widest for 20 years, according Hometrack’s UK Cities House Price Index. Despite reports of a reduction in the gap between regional house prices, these city level figures, confirm that the slowdown in London is not hap

Gareth Williams of Skyscanner and Nigel Eccles of FanDuel are aiming to put Scotland on the global entrepreneurial map Two of Scotland’s top tech entrepreneurial leaders – and chief executives of Scotland’s only “unicorn” companies (start-ups valued at $1bn+) have signed up to be part of a

Growth in business volumes for financial services firms slowed in the three months to September, as optimism levelled out, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey. Overall business volumes rose at their slowest pace in two years, following nearly two years of robust expansion.

Jeff Spence Alliance Trust Savings has announced the appointment of Jeff Spence as the company’s new operations director.