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Scottish house prices have maintained their upward projection as the number of new properties on the market continued to fall, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have said.

Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has announced that it is cutting a further 665 jobs and closing 49 branches as part of its ongoing cost-reduction drive.

(Image: http://www.thescotsmanhotel.com) An Edinburgh five-star hotel and one of the Capital’s most prominent landmarks has been up for sale after it went into liquidation.

The overall arrears rate in the third quarter was the same as in the second quarter, with 0.84 per cent of all mortgages recording arrears equivalent to more than 2.5 per cent of the mortgage balance, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Over half of people in Scotland do not believe they do enough to save energy at home and are being hit in the pocket as a result, according to new research.

Blair Nimmo Blair Nimmo, Tony Friar and Neil Gostelow of KPMG has been appointed joint administrators at Stirling-based Fergusson Coal, one of Scotland’s biggest coal companies.

Name: Steven Fraser Position:  Director at Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP, Chartered Accountants

EU law does not preclude an increase in the share capital of a bank without the agreement of the general meeting of the shareholders in a situation where there is a serious disturbance of the economy and the financial system of a member state, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ru

The average cost of renting a standard-sized private home has increased in all areas of Scotland apart from one, according to new figures. Private Sector Rent Statistics, Scotland, 2010 to 2016:

Scotland’s construction sector is expected to contract 0.6 per cent over the next five years following the EU referendum, according to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

Gareth Magee Scott-Moncrieff was already well established by the time of the last Scottish goldrush in the 1860s, and it has now been asked to to oversee an auction of the latest batch of the precious metal to be mined here.

Glasgow City Council has announced that it is backing a low-cost loan that significantly removes the risk of financially-vulnerable citizens entering into a cycle of debt.

Elaine McIlroy As "Equal Pay Day" arrives just a day later than last year, businesses should act now on the gender pay gap to avoid long term reputational and financial damage, say lawyers at Weightmans LLP.

Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments has this morning contacted its clients this morning regarding the result of the U.S. Presidential Election.