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The value of Scotland’s property market is on course to top £18 billion for the second consecutive year – despite rising homeowner anxiety over Brexit, according to new figures from Aberdein Considine. The firm’s Property Monitor report found that sales hit £5.3bn durin

Administrators Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden from KPMG have confirmed the flagship store of Scottish retailer Watt Brothers will close in mid-December. The fourth-generation family-owned business operated a chain of department stores throughout Scotland, before entering administration on Friday

Chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset has become the sole Scottish member and the exclusive representative for Glasgow of the Corporate Finance Network nationwide group of specialist corporate finance advisers. Consisting of selected accountancy firms and business advisors providing SMEs and owner

Glasgow-based Peebles Media Group has lost a court case where they had called for former employee Patricia Reilly to pay back £107,984 to the company. Ms Reilly lost her job at Peebles Media Group after she fell victim to a £200,000 email scam.

Shareholders from Lloyds Bank have lost a multi-million-pound claim against the bank over its purchase of HBOS in 2009. A total of 5,803 former Lloyds TSB shareholders claimed they were "mugged" when the bank recommended the deal without disclosing HBOS's true financial position which turned out to

Phoenix Group, Europe’s largest life and pensions consolidator, who also owns Standard Life Assurance, has today announced it has completed a £144 million bulk purchase annuity with the Trustee of the Aegon UK Staff Retirement and Death Benefit Scheme. The insurance policy covers around

Digital Six is expected to double its turnover from £750k to £1.5m in the next year, resulting in the creation of eight new jobs, thanks to support from organisations including Business Gateway Edinburgh. The award-winning company, whose clients include Lochcarron of Scotland, The W

Edinburgh has been named as one of the leading cities for rising luxury house prices in the Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index.

Jings, crivvens and help ma boab! A very special, starry guest has taken up residence at Johnston Carmichael’s Dundee office. The constellation-themed sculpture, Oorius Wullius in the Night Sky, has been recently installed at the independent accountancy and business advisory firm’s premi

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has found that a quarter of middle-market firms don’t have a formal process in place to handle whistleblowing. This compares to 33% surveyed over two years ago, highlighting a rate of progress that RSM believes is too slow.

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has received a £10 million five-year funding package from the Scottish Funding Council, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

Perth-based company Keepsafe has made a £1.5 million investment into its new Dunfermline site. Keepsafe Storage Centres has opened new premises at Pitreavie Business Park to help manage the increasing demand for storage solutions in the area.

Cryptoassets should be treated in principle as property under English law, lawyers have recommended.

Banks have been unable to reach a consensus on how to fund the reimbursement of customers who have lost money to bank transfer scams, meaning future victims could be unprotected.

Farmers in Pakistan have hired security to protect their tomatoes as the price for the fruit drastically rises.