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Coffee drinkers in Scotland may soon face a new tax on their cups along the lines of the 5p tax brought in to combat the environmental impact of carrier bags.

The investment arm of Swiss bank UBS has completed the acquisition of Quartermile 2, a prime office building located in the new Quartermile development in Edinburgh in a £28.5 million deal.

John Macintosh John Macintosh, Tax Partner at Deloitte in Scotland surveys the bigger picture as new laws loom.

In a move that it Is calling a banking industry first, Barclays has revolutionised its Business Banking Online offering by pioneering the use of open data to benefit SMEs.

Craig Vickery Trade, talent and technology and their impact upon productivity were discussed at the first meeting of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) / Jenson Fisher Business Forum hosted by EQ Chartered Accountants in Dundee.

Royal Bank of Scotland has welcomed some of Silicon Valley’s leading lights to its Disrupt 17 event in Edinburgh.

A payroll manager who embezzled nearly £360,000 from the British Red Cross in Scotland has been jailed for more than two years.

Jamie Robertson Jamie Robertson, residential property solicitor at Scottish law firm Thorntons, assesses the novel method of sale.

Edinburgh-based accountancy firm Chiene + Tait has been announced as a finalist at the 2017 British Accountancy Awards in the Mid-Tier Firm of the Year category.

Joanna Hill The Start Up Loans Company has become the latest alternative finance firm to strike a partnership with Royal Bank of Scotland and Nat West's programme designed to help businesses access alternative sources of finance.

Sabine Lautenschlaeger A European Central Bank official has cautioned that British-based banks who intend to relocate some operations to the EU before Britain quits the single market are falling too far behind schedule.

US government agency the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has named Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds in a lawsuit it has filed against some of the UK’s largest banks over manipulation of Libor.

Jon Preshaw Scottish businesses could be sleepwalking towards hefty fines for failing to anticipate the implications of the imminent Criminal Finances Act 2017, which comes into law at the end of September, PwC has warned.

The Crown Office has launched a bid to claw back £160,00 under Proceeds of Crime legislation from a Perthshire potato merchant who conned the taxman out of £160,000 to fund private school fees for his children.

Scotland’s ambitious breweries sector has doubled in size since 2010 – establishing itself as a key contributor to Scotland’s food and drinks industry. New SPICe figures reveal that in 2016 there were 115 breweries and 190 distilleries situated across 21 of Scotland’s 32 local authorities.