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The cost of the average UK house fell by 1 per cent in June, according to latest data from the Halifax, marking the largest monthly fall since January.

Graham Gillespie Glasgow-based accountancy firm Wylie & Bisset has announced the appointment of Graham Gillespie as a Partner effective from 1st July 2017.

New figures have revealed that Scotland attracted 183 inward investment projects in 2016-17 which led to over 5,500 new jobs being created north of the border.

Helen Brand The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has strengthened its global reach and influence with a 5.5 per cent increase in membership, growing the organisation to more than 198,000 members and 486,000 students worldwide.

Glasgow city Council Leader, Councillor Susan Aitken (right) meets My Money mentors at the service launch Thousands of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in Scotland’s biggest city will be given a personal money mentor as part of a pioneering new scheme to tackle poverty and inequality.

Latest figures published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed that the sector thwarted £25 million worth of fraudulent claims a week in 2016.

Andrew Holloway Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has strengthened the specialist support it offers to entrepreneurs with a new senior appointment based in the Central Belt.

Nucleus Financial Limited has agreed terms with Chris Stewart Group (CSG) for its Greenside office development in Edinburgh’s Blenheim Place.

Royal Bank of Scotland has backed a £1 million retail development in Gretna with a £555,000 cash injection into the project being carried out by property firm Crucible Alba Group.

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Antonio Horta-Osario Antonio Horta-Osorio, chief executive of Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has announced a top level shake-up ahead of its imminent three-year strategy update.

Barry Stewart Glasgow-based insolvency specialist 180 Advisory Solutions is set to make another foray into the acquisitions game following last year's purchase of AMI Financial Solutions.

Valerie Barr An all-female, Lanark-based firm of independent of financial advisors has completed a management buyout (MBO) after receiving £1 million in financial backing from Allied Irish Bank.

Ally Rule Aberdeen-based Global Oracle Platinum Partner Inoapps has appointed a new CFO in a move that the firms said reflects the significant global growth of the company across EMEA, the USA and ASEAN Territories.

A fisheries entrepreneur from Fife has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after pleading guilty to faking invoices in a £500,000 fraud.