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Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader Alistair Carmichael has lodged a Bill in the House of Commons calling for Scottish banknotes to be accepted throughout the UK. Mr Carmichael will present his Legal Tender (Scottish Banknotes) Bill to Parliament as he bids to encourage businesses across th

Household savings in Scotland have fallen by 60 per cent since 2010.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has elected a Perthshire business leader as their new operations director to head up the group’s UK-wide operational management and member organisation. The results of FSB’s volunteer elections were announced at the organisation’s Annua

New data has revealed that the hottest spot for buyer demand in the UK right now is Falkirk with the ratio of properties listed as sold to those still for sale currently at 65 per cent.

A new survey has highlighted a divergence in approach to Board remuneration by housing associations in Scotland and England. Audit, tax & consulting services provider RSM said the majority of housing associations in Scotland continue to resist Board remuneration despite growing positiv

Accountancy firm Saffery Champness has discovered that a number of its farm and estate clients have received automatic refunds of payments made in January on account of income tax for the 2018/19 tax year. It transpires that this is because the HMRC system had not been set up to accept the first 201

By Alasdair Steele, head of Scotland Commercial at Knight Frank  

More than one million people passed through Edinburgh Airport in March 2019, making it the first ever one million passenger March for the terminal.

Just a year after opening to claims that they were a symbol of the future, Amazon’s cashless American convenience stores are to begin accepting old-fashioned cash. The first Amazon Go location—which allows shoppers to grab snacks, premade meals, and other assorted sundries without intera

Barclays has today announced the appointment of five new managing directors to support business development and drive growth opportunities for the bank’s Scottish operations. The diverse set of hires represents a mix of internal and external recruitment, with Judith Currie, global head of

A major new report by commercial property consultancy CBRE asserts Scotland’s strengths as a leading technology sector destination, with the country’s two principal cities ranked second and third in the UK outside London.

Extreme weather contributed to losses of up to £161m for Scotland’s farmers during 2017 and 2018, according to a new independent economic report published today.

Systems to prevent public money being lost to mistakes and fraud in Scotland's councils may be becoming strained, says Scotland’s public spending watchdog for local government. The Accounts Commission says the need for robust scrutiny of financial management at councils is more important now t

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a fresh warning to General Insurance (GI) firms about manufacturing, sales and distribution approaches that the watchdog says lead to customers "purchasing inappropriate products, paying excessive prices or receiving poor service".

An investigation has been launched into the financial statements of Interserve. Accounting watchdogs at the Financial Reporting Council are to examine audits by Grant Thornton for the three years from 2015.