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The number of people seeking help for debt problems in Scotland has risen by almost 50 per cent over the past four years, with charity StepChange warning that debt is becoming “entrenched in day-today living” for many in the country.

McPhee managing director Brinsley McFarlane Private equity group Elaghmore Partners has acquired Scottish concrete mixer firm McPhee Mixers in a deal worth about £5 million.

The number of properties in Scotland which sold for more than a million pounds increased by 4 per cent in 2017, compared to 2016, according to analysis from the Bank of Scotland.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan has appeared before Westminster's Scottish Affairs Committee this morning to personally explain the bank’s controversial decision to close 62 branches throughout Scotland.

CYBG, the parent company of Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank, and Yorkshire Bank, has made a £1.6 billion takeover offer for Virgin Money.

Martin Gill Business output has fallen but firms remain optimistic about future growth, while employment continues to rise, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisors BDO.

SFE Chief Executive Graeme Jones with CBS Consulting team Iain Beggs, Stephen Verrecchia and Eddie Curran Edinburgh-based firm CBS Consulting has joined Scottish Financial Enterprise to expand their network and support the representative body’s work in strengthening and promoting financial service

Buccleuch Livingston Buccleuch Property has further strengthened its commercial property portfolio with the purchase of a substantial industrial unit at Oakbank Industrial Estate, Livingston.

Addi Spiers Addi Speirs, a partner in Addleshaw Goddard’s restructuring team, says more businesses are looking for alternatives to administration

Jamie Younger Sideways loss relief can be used where losses, arising from a trade undertaken on a commercial basis and with a view to making a profit, can be offset against other income arising in the same or previous tax year, thereby reducing an individual’s liability to income tax.

An innovative new team of fraud-fighters has already frozen £1 million from con artists trying to trick people known as ‘money mules’ into receiving and transferring cash.

Calum Finlayson The first school leaver from Inverness appointed by accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael is set to become a fully qualified chartered accountant.

Barratt Homes’ Mill Brae development Homebuyers across Scotland can now save both money and the environment at the same time with the launch of the UK’s first green home mortgage.

Ireland is set to pick up more legal business from financial services companies after Brexit following a boost from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA).

AAB's Callum Gray, Laura Campbell, Charlotte Stewart, Ian Campbell, Heather Brown, Andrew Blair and Graeme Allan Accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced the promotion of Callum Gray to director, as well as the promotion of five members of their management team to senio