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Mike Ashley Controversial businessman and Glasgow Rangers Football Club Plc shareholder, Mike Ashley has been ordered to pay compensation to 50 former employees of his company’s warehouse in Dundonald, Ayrshire, after his employment practices were branded “disgraceful” and “unlawful” by a

Tesco’s poor first half results will not impact on its banking division, according to the supermarket giant. Yesterday the company revealed that the first six months of the year saw its saw core profits slump 55 per cent to £354m.

The Scarborough Muir Group (SMG) has submitted a proposal of application notice to Fife Council to unlock the delivery of its proposed £500 million regeneration of Rosyth waterfront.

Pictured (l-r): Torquil MacLeod, Ian MacDonald, Angus MacLeod, George MacWilliam, Ian Donaldson Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) will merge with Inverness-based law firm MacArthur & Co. early next year, the firms announced today.

Nearly 10 per cent of UK companies don’t know how many cyber security attacks they have had this year and 14 per cent don’t know how they happened, according to PwC. Turnaround and Transformation, the latest Global State of Information Security Survey released today by PwC in conjunction with CI

Aberdeen Asset Management has launched two Asian bond funds to broaden its range of fixed income pooled funds in the region. The Aberdeen Global – Indian Bond Fund is a single country strategy and will invest in a portfolio of local currency corporate and quasi-sovereign bonds.

House sales picked up across Scotland during September, supported by a modest improvement in properties coming on to the market, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey. Agreed sales rose throughout Scotland last month, with 32 per cent more chartered surveyors seeing an increase.

Around 700 jobs could be at risk at Falkirk Council after the local authority looks to save £45 million over the next three years. The cuts may lead to 200 jobs being lost in this financial year, 300 the following year and another 200 in 2018/19 from a workforce of over 7239.

David Mundell New income tax powers for the Scottish Parliament should be in place in 2017, according to Scottish secretary David Mundell.

Donald Trump Controversial American tycoon and current presidential hopeful Donald Trump has received bad news from his two Scottish golf course projects.

Baker Tilly is advising Scottish businesses that HMRC’s tax decisions can sometimes be inaccurate, subject to interpretation and open to successful challenge. When a business disagrees on legal grounds with a decision by HMRC – such as the tax liability on a transaction or payment received, an a

German car-making colossus Volkswagen may be in the midst of one the the biggest corporate scandals in history but the controversy does not seem to be adversely affecting its sales in Scotland. Sales of the Volkswagen Group cars actually increased north of the border last month with latest car regis

Scotland’s economy saw further expansion in the second quarter, according to Gross Domestic Product figures published today. The data from the Office of National Statistics, shows that the Scottish economy has grown for twelve consecutive quarters and output is now 3.0 per cent above its pre-reces