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Martin Gill The continuing recovery of the manufacturing sector is set to return business output to growth, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO.

Mark Mulholland Mark Mulholland, a partner at Chartered Accountants and business advisers Alexander Sloan's Glasgow office, contemplates the repercussions of auto enrolment in uncertain times.

Malcolm Crawford A North Lanarkshire provider of central heating and electrical services across Scotland and the UK, has secured £2 million of funding from Barclays to drive growth plans and streamline business overheads.

Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank is to make it easier for customers to report their card lost or stolen by adding a new ‘block / unblock’ feature to the Bank’s Mobile Banking App.

Keith Skeoch Standard Life has today disclosed a rise in half-year profits ahead of its mega merger with fellow Scottish financial giant Aberdeen Asset Management next week.

Scotland’s housebuilding sector is performing well, despite increasing political and economic pressures, according to a global accountancy firm Grant Thornton.

Maree Todd Nearly 500 community groups in Scotland own their own land as a result of new land reform policies, Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) figures have revealed.

Cahal Dowds Investment in US companies by Scotland-based businesses is at its highest for two years, according to analysis from Deloitte.

An Aberdeenshire minister racked with debt who stole more than £31,000 pounds from a trust fund for pensioners has been ordered to carry out 300 hours of community work.

​Douglas Shand To develop and grow the burgeoning scale-up ecosystem in Scotland, global accountancy firm PwC and technology incubator Codebase have launched SCALE: Edinburgh - a partnership aiming to cement the city’s reputation as a modern business hub.

Peter Cheese The average UK full-time worker on a salary of £28,000 would need to work 160 years to earn what an average FTSE 100 CEO is paid in just one year - and 1,718 years to earn what Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of British multinational advertising and public relations company WPP, received last

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has posted a profit just short of £1 billion for the first-half of the year.

While most banks in the UK are looking to move operations onto the continent in the wake of last June's Brexit vote, Swiss investment bank Julius Baer has announced plans to open three new UK offices in Glasgow, Manchester and Leeds.

Andy Wightman As visitors descend on Edinburgh for festival season which starts today, £10.6 million of taxes are being avoided this year due to the boom in private homes being let out as holiday accommodation, according to new research.

Catriona Reid Catriona Reid of BTO Solicitors talks us through the implications of new “persons with significant control” rules introduced this summer to tackle tax avoidance, money laundering and other criminal activity through exploitation of Scottish Limited Partnerships.