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Controversial plans to cut the amount of tax paid by passengers flying from Scottish airports have been scrapped by First Minster Nicola Sturgeon in favour of tackling climate change but putting her on a collision course with Scotland’s business leaders.

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Insolvency statistics from professional services firm KPMG reveal the number of businesses failing in Scotland has increased by 52 per cent in the first three months of 2019, compared to the same period last year (355 up from 233).  A 12-month analysis (12 months to 31 March), however, reveals

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John Moore, senior investment manager at Brewin Dolphin in Edinburgh takes a look at the controversial global ride service hailing firm's prospects as a public company  

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Scottish Property Federation (SPF) analysis of recent data from Revenue Scotland has shown that Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) revenues narrowly met Scottish Government forecasts in 2018/19. The SPF has warned, however, that repayments of tax already collected will cau

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Scottish-based investment management firm Brooks Macdonald is proud to sponsor, for the second year running, the annual Brown Cup Scottish Schools Regatta and Race Training Weekend held on Loch Earn, taking place from Saturday 8 June until Monday 10 June 2019. Hosted by Loch Earn Sailing Club at St

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Accountants and business advisors French Duncan have appointed a new partner in their corporate advisory team. Iain Walker has been promoted from director to partner from 1st May and will continue to work with the team to build the firms’ rapidly expanding corporate advisory work.

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Edinburgh-based investment management partnership Baillie Gifford has opened its first client office in mainland Europe as part of plans for continued growth in the region. David Gaschik, recently appointed as the firm's marketing director for Germany and Austria, is based at the new offic

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The value of Venture Capital (VC) investments made in Scotland slowed in the first three months of 2019 due to ongoing Brexit uncertainty, according to Venture Pulse, a quarterly report on global trends published by KPMG. A total of six deals were completed in the first three months of 2019 with a t

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The number of interest-only mortgage products has almost doubled over the past six years, rising from 102 products in May 2013 to 193 products today. However, figures released by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England show that approvals for interest-only mortgages have fallen

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Chartered accountants and business advisors Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced that revenue from its Houston-based clients accounted for 15 percent of its total revenue of £23.8 million ($31 million) for the year to 31 March 2019. The firm’s specialist teams provide gl

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