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A survey of 1,000 working British people, carried out by Edinburgh-based cloud accounting software provider FreeAgent, has found that 8 per cent intend to start their own business within the year of 2019.

The inflation rate in the UK fell to 2.1 per cent in December, from 2.3 per cent the previous month, according to the latest data released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The last month of 2018 saw Scottish sales decrease by 1.2 per cent on a like-for-like basis compared to December 2017, when they had increased by 0.3 per cent - this is above the three-month average of -1.3 per cent.

The average price of a property in Scotland in November 2018 was £150,638 – an increase of 2.9 per cent on November in the previous year and a decrease of 0.7 per cent when compared to the previous month.

A former City of Glasgow College building could be transformed into office space and serviced apartments after the city landmark was sold for redevelopment.

Entrepreneurial Scotland has unveiled two of the speakers for its annual conference in Gleneagles on 25 April. Entrepreneur Mike Souter, co-founder of Shortlist Media and a regular on the BBC TV programme, The Apprentice, and Jo Fairley, founder of chocolate brand, Green and Blacks, will take to the

Sun-deprived Brits on a mission to beat the January blues are at risk of losing thousands to villa scams, according to new data from Barclays.

An acute lack of supply in Edinburgh’s city centre will push office rents north of £35 per sq ft in 2019, industry experts at Savills have projected. The international real estate advisor suggests that while occupier focus in the year ahead will remain on the city centre, rental inc

Argowiggins Fine Papers Limited, which has produced fine and custom-made papers from the Stoneywood Mill in Aberdeen since 1770, has been placed in administration with Iain Fraser, Tom MacLennan and Geoff Rowley, partners at FRP Advisory, appointed joint administrators.   A number of

Business Growth Fund (BGF) has announced the exit of its minority investment in Edinburgh-based  R&D tax credit specialists Jumpstart, as the business is acquired by Visiativ Group.

A new £12 million loan fund under the Scottish Growth Scheme, part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) has been launched. The fund, to be managed by BE Group Debt Finance Scotland, which is part of the BE Group, has been launched with the aim of providing investme

Professional hiring activity in Scotland increased by 7 per cent in 2018, according to new research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). Key sectors influencing this growth included financial services and technology with vacancies in banking up 23 per cent and demand for

Geopolitical uncertainty has not dampened enthusiasm for corporate mergers and acquisitions, according to one of Scotland’s top dealmakers. Investment levels have remained “buoyant” over the past 12 months, and international interest in investing in Scotland has also been sustained

A new specialist dementia unit, Murray House, has officially opened in Kelso following a £4 million fundraising campaign and a £2.1 million finance package from Royal Bank of Scotland. The 18-bed state-of-the-art facility is situated on land adjacent to Queen’s House care home, whi

A severe lack of Grade A office space could have a significant impact on Edinburgh’s attractiveness as a location for businesses, according to Knight Frank. The commercial property consultancy’s projections show that, following deals which are expected to complete by the end of Q1 2019,