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Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland, a legal director specialised in Employment law at Macroberts, writes about the recent introduction of The Enterprise Act 2016, examining the main aims, the controversy attracted by some of its provisions and whether there is scope for further regulations to b

The Church of Scotland is considering the sale of land historically used to graze animals but which now brings back little or no return.

Stewart Ritchie Independent chartered surveyor DM Hall has appointed Stewart Ritchie as its compliance support and development manager.

Picture courtesy of Tumblr user Brooke West An Italian court has acquitted a man accused of falling behind in child support payments after he decided to pay in pizzas instead of euros.

Annual rent rises in Scotland are at a three-year low, although Edinburgh is bucking the trend with record price increases, the latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move has found. Average residential rents in Scotland have climbed 0.6 per cent in the twelve months to April 2016, in the slowes

Asset-rich North Sea businesses are turning to alternative methods of funding ongoing operations as conditions in the region continue to prove challenging, according to lawyers at HBJ Gateley. The development comes as the UK government revealed that it has incurred a loss from North Sea oil and gas

Airdrie Savings Bank, Scotland’s only independent, mutual bank, has produced a twist on the cashback mortgage idea allowing employees, trustees and volunteers of thousands of Scotland’s third sector organisations and social enterprises benefit by £250. Many banks offer cashback to borrowers as

Major changes to the tenancy laws in Scotland will give more security to tenants, but also produce hazards for landlords, write Lucy Harington and Louise McAlister from the Commercial Dispute Resolution Team at TLT LLP.

Cat MacLean Cat MacLean, a partner at MBM Commericial, about achieving cultural change in the banking sector and understanding how a new financial system could work.

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Phil Anderson with Karen Moore, Diabetes UK regional fundraiser, (right) and Lesley Mitchell, Business Development Manager at Aberdeen Douglas. The managing director of a north-east financial services company is celebrating after making waves for a local charity.

Clare Dobie Dundee-based Alliance Trust has announced the appointment of marketing consultant and former financial journalist Clare Dobie to its board.

The cohort of former Royal Bank of Scotland business customers who have amalgamated to launch a class action against the still 73 per cent state-owned, bailed-out bank over its handling of businesses in distress have created a new website to appeal for witnesses.

Lockton, the Glasgow-headquartered corporate insurance broker established to service the Scottish corporate risk market in 2014, has doubled its turnover in the year to April 2016. The firm now controls premiums in excess of £10m.

City watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced the level at which it will consult to cap early exit charges for those consumers wishing to make use of new pension freedoms. The FCA has proposed that for existing contract-based personal pensions, including workplace personal