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Sean Morgan Hotels in Scotland's major cities are seeing occupancy growth despite mixed performance overall, the monthly LJ Forecaster Scottish Intercity Report has found.

Grant Thornton has given young people in Glasgow a taste of life in the professional services world through its Access Accountancy programme.

Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)’s final report on the legal services market study for England and Wales, including imposing a requirement on providers to publish price information.

Moira Kelly Industry bodies welcomed the Scottish Government's first budget since the devolution of substantial tax powers yesterday, while noting few major announcements in the area of taxation.

Derek MacKay Finance Secretary Derek Mackay yesterday announced a freeze in the basic rate of income tax and a reduction in the business rates poundage by 3.7 per cent.

Scotland’s largest independent insurance broker, Clark Thomson (CTIB), has announced an expansion of its Glasgow office, doubling the size of its workspace and staff numbers. CTIB’s Glasgow office first opened in April 2015 and due to a stream of successful new business wins, the team have now r

The private finance schemes used to fund Scotland’s roads, schools and hospitals are to be investigated by Audit Scotland and the Accounts Commission to evaluate whether projects offer public value for money. A joint investigation by The Guardian and the Ferret website has revealed that the Scotti

Scots celebrating Christmas are planning to spend an average of £534 on Christmas, according to new research from Bank of Scotland, which could lead to total festive spending of £2.35bn if replicated across the country. The bank's research into 2016 Christmas spending plans shows that only 14 per

Nick Freer Tonight around 300 CEOs from across Scotland’s business, university, government and not-for-profit sectors will sleep out rough overnight in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh to raise funds for Social Bite who are using the money to build a village for the homeless west of the city.

Matthew Clayton Energy company Thrive Renewables has raised £7.7 million through a bond offer in just a month.

Dundee-based Alliance Trust has announced the sale of its investment arm to Liontrust Asset Management as part of a strategic review aimed at enhancing the firm's value to shareholders. Alliance Trust Investments currently employs about 200 people in London and Edinburgh.

David Tiller Standard Life has informed new Elevate customers that they will face an average increase of 0.04 per cent in portfolio charges to support platform development.

UK home-owners borrowed £10.5 billion for house purchase in October, down 8 per cent month-on-month and 11 per cent year-on-year, according to latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders. A total of 57,800 loans were taken out during the month, which was down 8 per cent on September and 13 per

Kevin Nicholson The footprint of the largest UK companies to the nation’s economic has been set out in a new study published today.

East Dunbartonshire Council has made some improvements but needs to do a lot more to meet the challenges it faces, says the Accounts Commission. In a report published today, the local authority watchdog says it remains concerned that significant issues identified in two previous reports had not been