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Residential property sales exceeded £16.5 billion in 2015, according to statistics published today by Registers of Scotland (RoS). A total of 97,701 sales took place across Scotland in 2015, the highest annual figure since 2008, and an increase of 4.5 per cent compared to the previous year.

Lord Smith of Kelvin Dundee-based fund management firm Alliance Trust says it wants to recruit women to its new-look board after a trio of female directors were ousted from it.

Aberdeenshire Housing Partnership (AHP) has secured a £7.5m finance facility from Bank of Scotland as it seeks to build 350 new homes over the next five years. The new revolving credit facility has been agreed with Bank of Scotland and complements an existing £24m package already in place.

Jackie Waring Scotland’s first conference for female angel investors and entrepreneurs will be urged to emulate US success where one in four angel investors are female.

Stephen Hay Following the publication this week of new Government statistics showing the breakdown of income taxes paid by Scottish taxpayers, accountancy firm RSM is warning that raising the top rate after the election would only have a limited impact on overall tax receipts.

More than half of Scotland’s councils are now recognised as Fairtrade areas, figures compiled by the independent Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) show – with a total of 110 Fairtrade areas around the country. Scotland was recognised as a Fairtrade Nation in 2013 after all cities an

A growing Scottish film industry, strong line-up of rich cultural events and a year of food and drink all helped to make 2015 and early 2016 a strong year for the Scottish central belt hotel industry – but Aberdeen continued to suffer as low oil prices and redundancies continued to bite. That’s

The Scottish Government should have a single department responsible for both new tax and welfare powers due to be devolved, according to Reform Scotland. With welfare expenditure currently divided between two departments,HMRC and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Reform Scotland believes t

A piece of Scottish legal history has been made by the Crown Office’s Civil Recovery Unit (CRU) after it secured the forfeiture and sale of 19 Krugerrands, South African gold coins that each contain one Troy ounce of pure gold. Cash raised from the sale of the forfeited goods is being handed over

Martin Darroch The corporate team at Harper Macleod enjoyed a record year in 2015, seeing it ranked in the top three dealmakers in Scotland.

Menzies Campbell Sir Menzies (“Ming”) Campbell has been appointed to lead the campaign in Scotland to keep the UK in the EU by the nation’s only dedicated pro-European campaigning organisation.

Lindsey Paterson New research shows that the UK is missing out on up to £170bn worth of economic benefits by not having enough females in employment.

Orlaith Brogan Purchasing a buy-to-let property is still a popular prospect for those looking to manage their finances, despite a new tax being introduced from April 1, according to ESPC (Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre).

Max Ward Veteran fund manager Max Ward, has bought a further 50,000 shares in Edinburgh-based Independent Investment Trust, the company he manages and created, taking his holding in the firm to 5.2million shares.

Anderson Anderson & Brown's managing partner, Graeme Allan, receiving the award from Nick Rodrigues, deputy editor of The Sunday Times, with AAB's head of HR, Karen Stewart. Aberdeen-based independent firm of Chartered Accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has gone straight in to t