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Shona Sklaroff Standard Life Wealth, the discretionary fund manager, has announced the appointment of Shona Sklaroff as the new head of business management and strategy.

Tax experts are warning that government proposals to penalise ‘enablers’ of tax avoidance schemes are too widely drawn and could result in some taxpayers and businesses being unable to get expert advice on complicated and often unclear areas.

Concern is growing that chronic imbalance between rental supply and demand is setting in within the major conurbations of the Scottish central belt.

Glasgow-based independent law firm Yuill & Kyle Limited has secured 'full authorisation' from the Financial Conduct Authority - the ‘gold standard’ for firms carrying out pre-sue collections of regulated debt.

Nearly 60 Scottish jobs have been lost following the collapse and sale of the Ed’s Easy Diner retro American restaurant chain, the company’s administrators KPMG have announced.

Chris Stewart Cabinet Secretary for the Economy Keith Brown and one of Scotland’s leading property developers, Chris Stewart, have co-chaired the inaugural Scottish Real Estate Forum, established to underline the status of the property sector as a key economic driver.

House prices in Scotland have fallen for the second quarter in a row, latest figures have revealed.

Financial fraud in the first half of 2016 increased by a quarter to almost £400 million, enabled by scams and online attacks, new figures published today by Financial Fraud Action (FFA) show.

Johnston Carmichael has been appointed as provisional liquidators of Ayrshire-based Lamar Group Ltd, which supplied base materials and consumable products to the UK printed circuit board industry.

Alistair Duncan joins the Indirect Tax team at AAB. Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), one of Scotland’s largest independent firms of Chartered Accountants, has announced the appointment of Alistair Duncan as its new director of indirect tax.

Edinburgh-based banking giant and owner of Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, has confirmed that it is to cut 1,230 jobs as part of its continuing strategic restructuring drive.

Glenn Allison Stewart Milne Group has secured a £185 million banking facility to pursue its long-term strategy of focussed growth and geographical expansion.

While the wheels may to be coming off of Donald Trump's tilt for the White House it seems he will not be able to find any better news on this side of the Atlantic with his Scottish golf courses suffering loses of more than £9 million last year.

Edinburgh-based global asset manager Standard Life Investments has announced the appointment of a new team and CEO in Singapore, marking a significant step in the company’s global growth strategy and commitment to Asia Pacific.

Keith Brown Latest official figures published today have shown the Scottish economy grew by 0.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2016.