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Zibya Bashir Zibya Bashir is an associate at TLT Solicitors based in Glasgow where she focuses on all aspects of employment law and banking litigation.

Dundee City Council will have to make cuts of £23 million over the next financial year, the local authority has revealed. Previously, council chiefs had said that they would need to find £28m worth of savings spread over 2016/17 and 2017/18, however, the authority is now saying that £23m of cuts

KPMG has been appointed as administrators at historic Borders firm Hawick Knitwear which has announced the loss of more than 100 jobs. KPMG confirmed they had been appointed as administrators at the request of the company's director.

Global accountancy firm PwC has estimated that storms that have recently battered Scotland have likely cost the nation’s economy up to £700m. PwC also said insured losses look to be between £175m and £350m.

Last year saw UK house prices rise by 9.5 per cent, according to the Halifax - the fastest annual increase for the market in nine years. The lender said the last month alone saw prices rise by 1.7 per cent, bringing the average price of a home to £208,286.

Liz Cameron Scotland’s flagship services sector was been hit by falling UK and overseas sales during the the final quarter of last year.

Sainsbury’s Bank's headquarters building in Edinburgh has changed hands.

ABERDEEN CONSIDINE STAFF Law firm Aberdein Considine has appointed eight new Partners and secured major new corporate and public sector clients as it continues its growth across Scotland.

Graham Cunning 2016 could be the ideal year in which to exit from a business with conditions for a sale set to be amongst the most favourable for many years, according to a leading Scots corporate financier.

Bob Ruddiman A leading Scots oil and gas expert has warned that the industry should prepare for a lower oil price over an extended period and that there was more pain to come for the beleaguered UK sector.

Oil prices tumbled to $32.62 a barrel this week as a result of rising US energy stockpiles and China's weakening currency. The price of oil fell more than 2 per cent in early trading on Wednesday as oil becomes so oversupplied globally that countries are running out of storage.

Donald Trump Controversial American businessman and Republican presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, has issued a threat to Scotland that he will withhold £700m of investment in the country if he is banned from entering the UK.

Police Scotland will need to make further savings according to the single force's new Chief Constable, Phil Gormley.

A former bank in Glasgow is to be turned into a not-for-profit law office by its new owner to fill a gap left by ongoing legal aid cuts. Solicitor Graham Walker, a road traffic law specialist, is to renovate the former Royal Bank of Scotland building on the city's Shettleston Road – part of an old

The Scottish Fiscal Commission should be given the role of producing the official forecasts for the devolved taxes, according to a report on the draft bill to give the commission a basis in statute. Whilst the bill proposes that it should be the Scottish government that produces the forecasts, the F