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Dr Lena Wilson More than 100 new jobs will be created at Scottish bus maker Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) thanks to the country’s largest ever research and development (R&D) grant.

Lynne Bell Employment law, HR and health and safety specialists Law At Work (LAW) have appointed a new financial controller as part of their strategy to expand operations in Scotland and England.

Ingenico, the Fife-based chip and PIN payment technology firm, has had its contract extended with Worldpay UK to supply card payment terminals until 2020.

Hundreds of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which either support or work in the construction and property services industries are benefitting from increased workloads as figures published today show the value of construction going through the Scotland-wide Scottish Futures Trust hub progra

August was a bumper month for buying and selling in the ‘Big County’, according to Perthshire property experts.

Daniel Broby Scotland’s financial sector needs to accelerate its adoption of technology to avoid a future banking crisis, experts at Strathclyde Business School have warned.

David Melhuish The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has called for the 5 per cent threshold of residential LBTT to be raised to £500,000 in the light of evidence suggesting a downturn in the value and number of transactions in the first year of LBTT.

The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) has announced its support for a move to measure the impact of tax changes for Private Rented Sector (PRS) landlords on the availability of affordable housing.

HM Revenue & Customs is offering a selection of webinars to help the self-employed get tax advice, with advisers on hand to answer any typical tax questions.

Tim Moore, senior economist at Markit The UK construction industry showed modest indicators of recovery in August — by contracting less than in July, a survey has suggested.

North-east car dealer John Clark Motor Group (JCMG) has reported a 13.5 per cent drop in annual profits despite a 10 per cent rise in sales. Turnover at the family owned company rose to £667 million in 2015 from £604 million in 2014, with record sales of new cars — despite the oil downturn in Ab

ICAS has issued a call to the Scottish Government to reform the rate and way in which statutory interest is calculated in personal bankruptcy in Scotland. Responding to an informal consultation by the Accountant in Bankruptcy on draft consolidated Bankruptcy Regulations which will underpin the intro

A new report by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GCPH) has found that high-interest payday loans are “absolutely corrosive to mental health”. However, it also suggests rules designed to protect borrowers from exorbitant interest rates could leave people struggling to afford basics with

Edinburgh entrepreneurs Artur Napiórkowski and Denny Schenk are due to appear on the BBC's Dragons' Den this Sunday to pitch their low-carbon invention to the show's millionaire investors. The pair are based in the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, where they won a place in the Low Carbon Ide

Charlotte Nelson, finance expert at Moneyfacts One month after the Bank of England's 0.25 per cent cut in base rates, research by Moneyfacts has found that many lenders are not passing on the reduction to borrowers on variable rates.