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Rents adjusted for inflation have fallen in the majority of Scottish towns and cities since the onset of the credit crunch in 2008, according to new figures from lettings portal Citylets. Of all towns analysed, only the Fife town of Kirkcaldy saw rents for 1 and 2 beds almost keep up with inflation,

British SMEs are owed £67.4 billion in unpaid invoices with manufacturing and construction among the sectors owed the most, according to new figures.

Scotland’s largest city has emerged among the top five UK urban centres for bar and restaurant openings in the last 12 months.

A former commercial director of global drinks giant Diageo has launched the world’s first online whisky trading market that allows investors to buy and sell Scotch whisky while it is still in the barrel.

The total number of interest-only loans outstanding in the UK has fallen by over a quarter over the last 24 months, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

The sole director of a company which provided consultancy services to the oil and gas industry has been disqualified for a period of six years over his failure to pay tax. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that Russell Stewart, who was the director of Rusler Engineering Limited, was “unfit to

Scottish towns make up a third of the 30 areas of Britain that have seen the biggest improvement for personal insolvencies over the past year.

Derek Ferrier Two years into its five year Master Plan to develop new markets in Glasgow and Aberdeen, Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has announced that it is on track to achieve a million pound turnover between both offices for 2015-16.

American defence and aerospace firm Lockheed Martin has announced plans to create 327 new jobs at its new office in the Finnieston area of Glasgow.

Cat MacLean New scheme aims to persuade Insolvency Practitioners to pursue claims for a company in liquidation or administration, against banks.

A trio of Scottish fraudsters have been jailed for total of nine and a half years as a result of prosecutions in the Scotland’s first ever ‘cuckoo smurfing’ fraud case. Muhammed Zeeshan Abdul Hameed, Shahid Aslam,and Saleem Mohammed Shikari, have been sentenced to a total of nine and a half ye

Gordon MacDonald New figures have revealed that Scotland has the lowest proportion of workers paid below the Living Wage of any nation in the UK and lower than any region in England outside of London and the South East.

Ernst & Young has announced that it will remove the degree classification from its entry criteria, saying there is "no evidence" success at university correlates with achievement in later life. The global accountancy firm, which is one of the UK's biggest graduate recruiters, is scrapping its po

Scottish recruitment consultancies recorded a further rise in staff placements in August with Dundee leading the way, though the latest increase in permanent appointments was the slowest in four months, according to the latest Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs. Aberdeen was the worst performer in Scot

Almost 40 per cent of first time buyers expect to take over three years to save a deposit for their first home, according to a new study. Annual First Time Buyers Research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks found that the largest percentage (46 per cent) anticipated taking between one and three yea