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Estate agency Savills has posted record profits before tax of £63.8 million, up £56.1m from the £7.7m recording in H1 2020. The group's revenue reached £932.6m, compared to the £791.4m posted in the first half of last year.

Unity Trust Bank has reported pre-tax profits of £5.2 million for the first six months of the year, up 65% on the same period in 2020. The bank has also reported an increase in total net lending of more than £68m in its half-year results.

Jack Anderson, financial and professional services consultant at Core Asset Consulting, discusses the importance of transferable skills. Sometimes overlooked, transferrable skills are a key part of your development and career – and often you have far more to showcase in your CV or at an interv

Edinburgh students are the most reliant on parents or family to fund their student lifestyle, according to the 2021 Royal Bank of Scotland Student Living Index. Students at the Scottish capital expect to receive 53% more from their family than the average UK student, working out at an extra £1

Kura, a UK customer service outsourcing business, has created 100 new roles in its Glasgow office, following a new appointment by a fast growing, multi-award-winning financial services firm, to provide customer service support. Kura is now recruiting for 100 new roles across advisory, team managemen

University of Edinburgh students and recent graduates have launched 100 start-up companies in a single year for the first time. The total of exactly 100 companies launched in 2020-21 is higher than any institution in the Russell Group of 24 leading UK universities has previously recorded.

Cushman & Wakefield has announced the promotion of Priya Kharbanda, Ewan Stewart and Adam Watt to senior surveyors in the Scottish operation. They are among 44 promotions across a range of markets, skill lines and functions across the UK.

Plans for a significant transformation of Dundee's Discovery Point have received a huge boost after securing financial backing from the Scottish Government and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

UK house prices rose by a further 0.4% in July, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.

Scottish labour market conditions continued to strengthen during July, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.

Scottish shopper footfall is experiencing a slow recovery, with footfall declining by 27.1% throughout July.

Staycationers can tick one off their bucket list this summer as KFC plans to open a pop-up fried chicken hotel in London.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has fined KPMG £13 million for its audits of Silentnight from August 2010 to April 2011. The accountancy regulator has announced sanctions against the Big Four firm and David Costley-Wood, formerly a partner and head of KPMG Manchester Restructuring.

The first global, digital platform to match businesses with freelance finance professionals has been launched by Aberdeen and Dundee-based finance and accounting specialist Hutcheon Mearns. Nexus Finance is the only talent marketplace on the internet which is solely dedicated to qualified accounting

KPMG has appointed James Kergon as Scotland senior partner to lead the business advisory firm nationally. Mr Kergon is responsible for a team of more than 1,300 people across KPMG’s offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, with a remit to drive the firm’s growth in Scotland.