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Latest research from Savills has revealed that today’s house buyers are returning to the Scottish suburbs in a prime market, which has been boosted by the return of home-grown wealth. While traditionally strong areas like the New Town, Stockbridge and Morningside in Edinburgh and the West End in G

The Scottish Retail Consortium has slammed moves to increase business rates in Scotland ahead of Friday's main poundage rate hike and the doubling of the extra rates supplement paid by firms occupying medium and larger sized commercial premises. The SRC said the plan was "out of step" while shop vac

Edinburgh-based Scottish Widows is to launch a new Employer Hub as the first in a series of digital developments which will form the bedrock of its recently announced £50m Driving Pensions Value programme. As part of Scottish Widows’ investment in digital development to support the evolving needs

Stewart MacDonald Business advisory and accountancy firm, Scott-Moncrieff, has announced its intention to merge with Edinburgh-based firm, Ogilvie & Company, expanding the firm’s tax advice and trust management team.

Left to right: Alasdair Green (Head of Management Consulting), Douglas Martin (Partner), Claire Smith (Management Consulting Associate) with Graeme Allan (Managing Partner). Aberdeen firm of Chartered Accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced the launch of a new management co

Martin Gilbert Aberdeen Asset Management chief executive Martin Gilbert has stated that he intends to remain as head of the troubled investment fund he founded for another five years as the business reflects on a quarter century as a listed company.

A Scottish lawyer who helped establish the Cayman Islands as a tax haven has left over £1.4 million in his will.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants (Icas) called on Holyrood to use its new powers to simplify the tax system, align skills training to meet economic requirements and improve exports. Icas has published it report, Making Tax Work for Scotland, which sets out the information and issues around tax

Lan Tu Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life has today announced the appointment of Lan Tu as strategy director.

Andrew Holloway Andrew Holloway is head of technology & emerging markets in Scotland for Grant Thornton

Rising house prices have driven a deterioration in home affordability in Scottish cities for a third consecutive year, according to a Bank of Scotland report. The bank’s Affordable Cities Review found that the average Scottish city house price has risen by three per cent, from £176,009 in 2015 to

Louise Sim One of eastern Scotland’s leading young accountancy firms is creating a new scholarship at Abertay University.

Apex City of Bath. Edinburgh-headquartered Apex Hotels has secured a £29milion funding package from Bank of Scotland to expand its UK portfolio with the development of its first hotel in England.

Dr Ross Brown Scottish universities are limited in their abilities when it comes to commercialising research, according to a new study by the University of St Andrews.

Hazel Peplinski and Malcolm Thomson. Three months after taking the reins of Scotland’s most popular racecourse, new Perth Racecourse chief executive Hazel Peplinski has indicated that that this season is bet to be its biggest yet.