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Lloyd Davies Lloyd Davies, is a financial adviser at Aberdeen-based Central Investment

The Fife Taskforce, set up in the wake of mass redundancies at the Tullis Russell paper processing plant in Glenrothes, has supported 288 of the 446 workers into re-employment. Taskforce figures released this week showthe results after the entire redundant workforce was assisted with a package of ed

Edinburgh-based R&D tax credit specialist, Jumpstart, has welcomed new moves by HMRC to simplify and improve access to research and development (R&D) tax relief for small businesses. The company has been at the forefront of raising awareness of the vital government scheme and the beneficial

Amanda McMillan Scotland’s busiest airports have continued their record growth, according to latest figures.

Fergus Ewing Scottish Government Business Minister, Fergus Ewing MSP, has hailed the contribution that Scottish Insolvency Practitioners (IPs) make to the Scottish economy in a keynote address to the ICAS Insolvency and Restructuring Conference.

A Scottish government scheme designed to help people with debt has seen more than £100m repaid to creditors. Since being overhauled four years ago, a total of just over £112m has been repaid through the Debt Arrangement Scheme (DAS) since July 2011, according to new figures.

Sarah Speirs The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey has determined that Scottish house prices expected to rise by 4.2 per cent per annum, over the next five years (a cumulative increase of around 25 per cent).

Insurer Prudential, which employs more than 2,000 workers at its site near Stirling, has revealed a £3.9 billion blow to its asset management arm. The firm said retail investors pulled the funds out of its M&G business during the third quarter after China's economic slowdown fears sent markets

Perth-based utilities giant SSE has announced adjusted pre-tax profit of just under £549m in the six months to the end of September – an increase of 48 per cent on the same period last year. The rise was helped by wet and windy weather in Scotland and Ireland, which boosted renewable output.

A number of key staff members at Royal Bank of Scotland have received more than £3.3 million in shares. The shares delivered were in payment of a fixed share allowance for the six month period ended 31 December 2015.

Oil price should return to $80 a barrel by 2020, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The IEA’s Word Energy Outlook, which was released this week, found the sudden plunge in price had “set in motion the forces that lead the market to rebalance, via higher demand and lower growth i

The Scottish Housing Regulator has stressed the key role of auditors in Registered Social Landlords risk management and compliance with regulatory standards. Speaking at the SFHA’s Finance Conference in Crieff Ian Brennan, the Regulator’s director of finance & risk, said: “Internal auditor

Aileen McLeod The Scottish Government has said it is prepared to look into potentially reintroducing loans for building croft houses.

Rents have soared by more than a third in some parts of Scotland over the past five years, according to new figures. Official statistics show the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom property in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire rose by 36 per cent between 2010 and 2015.

Unemployment in Scotland increased by 11,000 in the three months to September, to stand at 166,000. The rise over the summer months contrasted with the UK as a whole which saw the number of unemployed fall by more than 100,0000 over the same period, to stand at 1.75 million.