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The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has suggested improvements to increase the uptake of a little used tax relief that was created to address the problems faced by some small businesses that have chosen to be a limited company in the past and want to return to a simpler legal form, be it a s

Punitive rates of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) are curtailing the million pound market in Scotland, according to latest research from easte agent Savills.

Craig and Lindsay Wilson Eat on the Green, one of the north east of Scotland's most well-established restaurants, is planning for future growth after securing financial support from Barclays.

Ken McEwan One in five potential Scottish homebuyers has cited the Scottish Government’s new property tax as a reason for their decision not to move in the past two years, with two thirds branding it ‘unfair’, according to a new poll.

Chris Laughton Mercer & Hole Chartered Accountants’ corporate advisory services team has announced that it has facilitated the sale of Dingwall life sciences company Inside Biometrics to a division of Glucorx, a supplier of diabetes products and glucose testing solutions, saving a more than 30

Heather Smallwood Grant Thornton has appointed a new Director in Aberdeen as part of an ongoing growth strategy in the north of Scotland.

Following this week’s news that the Financial Reporting Council has cleared KPMG of any wrongdoing over the audit it carried out of HBOS immediately prior to the bank’s collapse, the accountancy watchdog's impartiality has come under scrutiny after it was highlighted that 11 of the ‘Big Four�

Adrian Innes (left) is welcomed by and LendingCrowd founder Stuart Lunn Edinburgh-based alternative finance provider to SMEs, LendingCrowd, says it has topped 200 cumulative loan deals in August and posted a record month for the P2P lender with around £2.5 million of funds inflow and four Scottish

Uncertainty over Brexit continues to loom over Scotland’s economic recovery, according to the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI).

Liz Cameron, Chief Executive, Scottish Chambers of Commerce, Tim Allan, President, Scottish Chambers of Commerce and Liu Xiaoming, China’s Ambassador to the UK Scotland’s business-to-business links with China have reached a “turning point” thanks to pro-active private-sector leadership, the

Caroline Connellan Edinburgh wealth manager Brooks MacDonald has reported a near halving of its pre-tax profits as it announced today that it has sold its property management business to bolster its balance sheet.

Craig Lemmon and Brian Williamson Brian Williamson, former managing director at Edinburgh-based research and development tax credit specialist, Jumpstart, has been appointed chairman of Miigen, a Scottish-based online social platform for older adults across the globe.

Andrew Holloway, head of entrepreneurial tax at Johnston Carmichael (left) and Bruce Walker, founder of WeAreTheFuture. Independent accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has been announced as the latest sponsor of Startup Summit, the entrepreneurship event to be held this November in Edinburgh.

Sarah Slaven with Durham Gin founder, Jon Chadwick, Durham County Council leader, Cllr Simon Henig, and Michael Vassallo of Maven Capital Partners Glasgow-based investment firm Maven Capital Partners has completed the first deal done through its new £20 million Finance Durham fund after investing �

A man who fabricated a degree in accountancy from St Andrews University in order to secure a £49,000-per-year job from which he embezzled £131,000 has been jailed.