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Accountancy firm Baker Tilly is warning that new rules introduced in this year’s Finance Bill could jeopardise the growth plans for tech businesses in Scotland. The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) are government initiatives which offer attractive tax

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted using made-up stories from fictional claimants to demonstrate the positive impact of benefit sanctions. The revelation comes in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from Welfare Weekly, which questioned whether the comments used i

The pace of house price growth in Scotland has slowed to just over 1 per cent in the year, from double digit growth at the start of the year. But experts have been quick to describe the development as a correction in the market following the convulsions brought about by the new rates of property tax

Scottish grocers endured their worst sales performance in 16 years last month, according to latest figures. The Scottish Retail Consortium and accountants KPMG have reported that total food sales were down 4.5 per cent year-on-year during July.

Zane Hunter French Duncan Financial Services, the wealth management arm of accountants French Duncan has been awarded the prestigious ‘Chartered Financial Planners’ title by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Scotland's last coal-fired power station to close Scotland's last coal-fired power station, Longannet in Fife, is to close on 31 March next year.

Graham Beale The boss of Britain's biggest customer-owned lenders has claimed that the new banking tax announced by Chancellor George Osborne last month is set to cost it £300 million over the next five years and could curb its lending powers.

People who are running online businesses through an app store or listings site such as online auctioneer eBay or lettings portal Airbnb, could be about to be hit by a new government crackdown on tax evasion. Under new rules, Airbnb, Apple, Amazon, eBay and Gumtree could all be required to hand over

Approval is expected today of the first projects to be carried out under the £1 billion-plus package to boost the west of Scotland economy. An initial £12 million of the £1 billion scheme will be invested across the Glasgow metropolitan area as part of the City Deal scheme.

Ken Barclay Ken Barclay, the chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland’s board in Scotland, is to leave the 73 per cent state-owned lender after almost 40 years, it has been reported.

SIS Community Capital has launched a new social investment fund to support up to ten Scottish social enterprises with growth ambitions. Funding is being offered on a first-come, first-serve basis to established social enterprises which are looking to expand or replicate their business through, for e

More than £390 million could be invested in capital projects in Dundee over the next five years, according to a new report.

Plans have been unveiled for a multi-million pound expansion of the Union Square shopping centre in Aberdeen.

Robin Shannan Following months of speculation about the financial state of McClure Naismith, it has emerged the firm is in talks to be taken over.

Ian McCall Ian McCall is a Partner at Deloitte