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Bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland says it is aiming to use spare cash to buy back shares from the state, speeding up its return to private ownership. The Edinburgh-based lender has called a meeting of shareholders for February 6 where it request their permission to buy as much as 4.99pc of outstandi

Lloyds Banking Group, which includes Bank of Scotland, has pledged to support UK businesses this year with a commitment to lend £18 billion to firms in 2019. In a move that it said was part of the group’s "continued commitment to help Britain prosper", Lloyds said the announcement "under

Improvement in oil price and continued stability in the oil and gas market saw office take-up in Aberdeen total 388,227 sq ft (36,070 sq m) in 2018, according to the latest research from Savills.

Glasgow Housing Association’s transformation of social housing in Scotland’s largest city has boosted the nation’s economy by £2 billion and supported thousands of jobs, a new report has revealed. The study by the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) reviewed the

With the April 2019 deadline for companies to digitise their VAT tax processes looming, 36 per cent of UK businesses say they are still ‘completely unfamiliar’ with the new regime, according to Scottish accountancy firm Scott-Moncrieff. The Making Tax Digital (MTD) regime makes it compul

Suzy Thomson, investment manager at Brewin Dolphin in Dundee, suggests five things lawyers should consider in managing trusts.  

Midwinter in the Scottish countryside is not normally associated with a buoyant property market, yet during the past month there has been a spike in the number of international viewers to Scottish top end country properties.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced the pass rates of the last exam sitting for 2018. The December 2018 exam sitting saw over 132,000 students around the world entering over 169,000 exams and a total of 5,470 students completed their final exams to become&nbs

The number of overseas visitors from Europe increased sharply by 22 per cent in the 12 months to the end of September 2018, according to official statistics released today. In the same period, spending by European visitors in Scotland also registered an increase of 7 per cent, jumping from £1.

(left to right): Brian McMurray, Douglas Martin, Lyn Calder & Chris Thompson Independent chartered accountants & business advisers, Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has announced the successful completion of 51 transactions during 2018, covering a range of sectors including Oil & Gas,

The owner of cafe chain Patisserie Valerie has disclosed this week that the accounting scandal it revealed in October, which almost destroyed the firm and is currently the subject of a Financial Reporting Council investigation, was even worse than it originally thought. The company's forensic a

The Scottish housing market ended 2018 on a weak note with Brexit uncertainty still biting, compounding a continuing lack of stock and affordability issues.

Thorntons has recorded strong financial results, reporting a 13.1 per cent increase in turnover to £26.9 million, with profits increasing by 14.6 per cent to £5.8m Craig Nicol, managing partner at Thorntons, said: “Our latest financial results represent our commitment to long

A high-profile North East hotel well known for its beach-themed interior design and prominent location, the White Horse Inn in Balmedie north of Aberdeen, is to be marketed for sale after entering administration. Opened in 1975, the White Horse Inn is in the centre of Balmedie village, and adj