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John Mason Scotland’s largest independent firm of Chartered Accountants and business advisers, Johnston Carmichael, has bolstered its offering for small and medium sized enterprises with the addition of John Mason to the Glasgow office.

A 28 year-old Aberdeen banker has been convicted of selling customer details to the criminal underworld on the 'dark web' but was cleared of three charges alleging the theft of £7,500 from three customers. RBS banking consultant Aditya Rajiv was last week fined £4,200 for selling the bank account

(L-R) GSS Development chairman Dr George Stevenson with directors Tim Stevenson and Paul Stevenson Work has started on a £24 million development in Edinburgh’s vibrant Exchange district which will provide 35,000 sq ft of office space and 11,000 sq ft of ground floor retail units.

Research by BNP Paribas Real Estate indicates that house prices in Scotland will rise 11.4 per cent over the next four years. According to the firm the average home will cost £155,694 by 2020. But growth in the rest of the UK will be higher and out of 12 regions only the North of England and the No

Aberdeen Asset Management is launching a new framework to ensure that all aspects of sustainability are proactively considered for all of their major refurbishments and new development projects in the UK.

Scottish Chambers of Commerce is launching a campaign among its 11,000 members to boost their e-commerce expertise to avoid being left behind as the UK develops e-commerce 'hotspots' in London and the Midlands. Scottish Chambers quoted figures from the Office for National Statistics indicating that

Holyrood and Westminster have reached an agreement with the long-term aim of three-hour train journeys from London to Scottish cities. The move coincides with the publication of the HS2 Ltd report on extending a faster rail service to the north of England and Scotland.

Dutch insurer Aegon, along with its Edinburgh-based UK arm, has had its outlook revised down to “negative” by ratings agency Fitch. Fitch said pressure on the firm, which employs 2,000 staff at Edinburgh Park and another 400 throughout the UK, was bearing down on profitability as a result of pri

Nicola Sturgeon The former chair of Royal Bank of Scotland Scotland, Ken Barclay, is to lead the Scottish Government’s review of business rates.

DFM John Swinney meets with Modern Apprentices at Aberdeen Asset Management. The number of employees working at companies that have made the Scottish Business Pledge has broken through the 56,000 barrier it has been announced.

Michelle Le Prevost (Image: Robert Perry) Black & Lizars, one of Scotland's largest independently-owned optometrists, has appointed a leading UK health care business professional as its new managing director to lead the company to its next stage.

Scottish commercial real estate produced a total return of 1.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015, leading to an overall annual return, across all asset types, of 9.2 per cent, according to property consultant CBRE latest Scotland Property Quarterly report. CBRE data showed the best performing s

Latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders have revealed gross mortgage lending in the UK reached £17.6 billion in February. This is 5 per cent lower than January (£18.5 billion) but 30 per cent higher than February last year (£13.6 billion) and the highest lending total for a February s

Blair Nimmo Administrator KPMG has announced the completion of a deal to sell Hawick Knitwear in a deal that will secure employment for 32 people at its Borders base.

John Swinney Scotland’s deputy first minister and finance secretary, John Swinney, has said new revenue-raising powers about to be devolved to Holyrood may warrant the creation of a dedicated Scottish tax minister along the lines of the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer.