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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.

The Scottish housing market was still subdued in March, a picture that has been evident in the sales market for several months now, according to the RICS UK Residential Market Survey, March 2019.

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has promoted Charandeep Singh to the new role of deputy chief executive as the business group focuses on growing the reach of the Scottish Chamber Network nationally and internationally. Mr Singh will take on the newly created role with immediate effect.

Campaigners are calling on the Scottish Government to support major changes to prevent tenants being “forced into poverty by sky-high rents” after a survey pointed towards huge public support for the action. Excluding respondents who said they don’t know, three-quarters o

Twelve Highland business leaders have been selected to take part in the next IMPACT30 programme delivered by accountancy firm Anderson Anderson and Brown (AAB) in conjunction with Highland and Islands Enterprise. IMPACT30 is a 12-month fully funded business growth programme which aims to support the

Africa's richest man, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, has told of how he once took $10 million in cash out of the bank and take it home just to look at it.

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has strengthened its tax practice in Scotland by appointing a new corporate tax partner, based in Glasgow. Kal Sangha joins RSM from KPMG where he was a director in the tax team advising a broad portfolio of clients ranging from large corporate