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Aberdeen city councillors seized a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to kick-start a 20-year regeneration programme for the city centre.

Scottish output growth is being fuelled by a combination of capital investment - particularly infrastructure spending - and consumer spending, according to the latest Economic Commentary from the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute. It outlined forecast for GDP growth at 2.5 p

Archangel Investors and Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) have announced backing to the tune of £3.7 million for burgeoning Scottish businesses trio Calcivis, NetThings and Reactec. The latest round of cash injections means Archangel and the SIB have now invested at total of £6.8 million in the three

Kenny McLean of Baker Tilly, Glasgow Accountancy firm Baker Tilly has strengthened its consulting practice with the appointment of a new Director.

Ian Naismith Scottish Widow's annual report on the retirement market has shown pension saving at the highest level it has ever seen.

The latest Business Monitor from Bank of Scotland has shown the Scottish economy recovering from the slowdown experienced at the start of the year. Expectations for the next six months have improved to the fourth best level in seven and a half years.

Sajid Javid The UK Business Secretary Sajid Javid will today announce plans to partly-privatise the Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank.

Government take Lloyds stake down to 17%

Geoff Jacobs Firms need to take early action to project themselves because the full impact of cost reduction measures and the deferral or cancellation of capital projects in the North Sea is yet to be fully felt, KPMG has warned.

Families across Scotland are still struggling to afford a decent farewell for their loved ones, according to a new report published today by Citizens Advice Scotland. The new report, The Cost of Saying Goodbye, details the rising cost of burials and cremations in all of Scotland’s 32 local authori

Bailie Liz Cameron Regeneration has helped local residents of one of Glasgow’s poorest areas to realise their potential to the extent that they significantly outperform the city average on two key economic measures, according to a new report.

The former chief operating officer of Perth-based energy giant SSE has been given a £2.15 million chunk of his pension pot. According to the firm’s annual report, the request for the payment when he reached 60 was part of chief operating officer between 2002 and 2011 Colin Hood’s arrangements t

David Lonsdale Scottish retailers have slammed Holyrood after figures emerged showing that property taxes north of the border have spiralled upwards by almost £60million in the past five years.

New rules governing bankers pay have been unveiled by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which the UK Governement has said constitute the toughest such laws of anywhere in the world. The new regime follows a year-long consultation by the City regulators a

From left to right; Anne Fairpo, immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, presented 'The 'Tax Team of the Year Award 2015' to Gill Pryde and Sheena Anderson, Tax Partners at AAB. Aberdeen-based Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has retained the title of ‘Tax Team of the Y