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The City of Edinburgh Council has granted planning permission for the first part of the £850 million Edinburgh St James development site.

James Bream The results of a new North Sea oil and gas industry survey have revealed a ‘recession of confidence’ in the sector.

New figures for the three month period between March and May 2015 have revealed that the housing market in East Central Scotland is shifting in favour of the seller as fewer new homes are brought to sale compared with the same period last year. According to estate agents ESPC, while the data shows a

John Brett Aberdeen Asset Management has signed up pensions, benefits and risk consultancy, Hymans Robertson, to provide its ‘GO’ online technology to customers.

Accountancy firm Baker Tilly has announced that it is to adopt RSM as a common brand name. The firm said that the move will unite, under a single global brand, more than 100 fellow member firms from around the world of the RSM International global network.

The SNP has called for an amendment to the Scotland Bill that will allow the Scottish Parliament to introduce full fiscal autonomy. The submission was made by Angus Robertson, the leader of the SNP’s 56-strong contingent of Westminster MPs, who said the move had been taken because the proposals fo

Alastair Rae Aberdeen’s hotel sector experienced double digit drops in both occupancy and revenue as the low oil price continued to take its toll according to the latest report by accountants BDO.

George Osborne The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has confirmed that the UK Government is to begin selling-off its 80 per cent stake in bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland, regardless of any losses incurred by British taxpayers.

UK trade deficit down to £1.2bn Official new data has revealed that the UK’s trade gap fell to £1.2 billion in April from the £3.1bn recorded in March.

Alex Neil MSP The time is right for further improvements to the nation’s planning system, social justice secretary Alex Neil will underline at a planning conference in Edinburgh today.

New figures released by the Scottish accountancy institute ICAS and Perth-based energy giant SSE, have revealed that the majority of people do not believe big companies pay their fair share of tax. The YouGov study of 2,000 adults found only a third of people think most big businesses in the UK pay

Tom Faichnie and Ian McDonald. (Photo: Ross Johnston/Newsline Media) Professional services firm Baker Tilly has strengthened its corporate finance team in Aberdeen with two senior appointments to support and deliver its current pipeline of transactions across the North East of Scotland.

UK air travellers are being hit by some of the world’s highest taxes, which are penalising SMEs trying to expand overseas, disadvantaging remote regional cities, and chipping away at labour mobility, according to Scottish accountancy firm Campbell Dallas. A study by Campbell Dallas’ membership n

Katherine Garrett-Cox Katherine Garrett-Cox, the chief executive of Dundee-based wealth manager Alliance Trust, has netted herself close to £700,000 through the exercising of share options linked to a long-term incentive plan.

The average house price in Scotland has increased by 35 per cent over the last decade, a new report has revealed. A 10-year overview of the Scottish property market from the Registers of Scotland (RoS) showed the average house price was £123,977 in 2005-06 and £167,396 in 2014-15.