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The latest provisional statistics from the UK House Price Index (HPI) show that the average price of a property in Scotland in November 2020 was £165,703, an increase of 8.6% on November 2019. Comparing with the previous month, house prices in Scotland increased by 0.9% between October 2020 an

A sod-cutting ceremony was held yesterday to mark the beginning of construction work on Cupar’s new £7.5 million retail park.

Iona Capital is to invest in Binn Group’s 8.6MW EFW plant at their Binn Eco Park near Perth, Scotland, which will provide power to existing occupiers of the industrial park and export power to the National Grid.

The Scottish Hospitality Group (SGH) has called on the UK government to improve the furlough scheme after it emerged its members are – on average – paying the UK government around £150,000 per week in National Insurance contributions, while receiving just £66,000 a week in fi

The scale of the damage caused to Scottish businesses as a result of the UK Government’s Brexit deal has been set out by Europe and external affairs secretary Michael Russell. In a statement to parliament Mr Russell said companies had been left ‘toothless’ following the UK Governme

The joint venture behind the delivery of a build-to-rent neighbourhood on the site of the former Strathclyde Police headquarters in central Glasgow has secured £80 million of debt funding to finance its construction.

A farmer from Lancashire has made £50,000 from hiring out her goats for Zoom meetings during lockdown.

KPMG UK has published its annual results for the financial year ended 30 September 2020 reporting a resilient performance, despite COVID-19 challenges. Despite the pandemic’s impact on seven months of the firm’s financial year, revenue decreased by just 4% from £2.4 billion to

Clydesdale Bank owner Virgin Money has announced a "profitable and positive" first quarter of the year.  In the three months to the end of 2020, the bank's customer deposits rose slightly by almost 1% to £68.1 billion as customers spent less and businesses maintained healthy balance sheet

With exactly four weeks to the day until the Chancellor delivers his Budget speech, Chris Sanger, EY's head of tax policy, has set out his predictions. While it’s been nearly a year since last Budget, the Chancellor has arguably spent more time delivering the series of mini ‘Covid-19 cri

The final quarter of 2020 saw consumer confidence in Scotland fall by a further two percentage points, to -18%, as the country headed into the New Year under fresh lockdown restrictions, according to the latest Deloitte Consumer Tracker. With the exception of personal finances, all other measures of

Andrew Pollard, director of Falkirk-based business consultancy Ahead Business Consulting, discusses how planning ahead can help businesses as the year unfolds. 2021 is a highly uncertain year. We know more about COVID-19 and how both the NHS and Government will respond, but not much about new varian

First-time buyer transactions bounced back strongly in the second half of 2020, up 69% from 89,6000 in H1 to 16,226 in H2 once the housing market reopened, according to the latest figures released by Bank of Scotland.

Inverness-based fresh produce provider Swansons Food Wholesalers has joined the growing number of employee-owned businesses in Scotland, with over 40 staff given a stake in the business.

New data released today by BDO shows how lockdown is taking its toll on medium-sized businesses, with more than a quarter (27%) warning that they could cease trading in less than two months if restrictions do not ease. If the current lockdown lasts a further three months into April, 83% say they wou