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Despite take-up in Edinburgh and Glasgow city centres in Q3 2016 being well down on the five-year quarterly average, leading real estate advisory firm Bilfinger GVA is optimistic that the market will recover from the post-Brexit downturn.

Susan Deacon Professor Susan Deacon, Chair of the Institute of Directors, this morning urged Scottish business leaders to step up to the plate during the greatest upheaval and uncertainty of recent times, and steer their companies and organisations through the unfolding climate of political and cons

Sandy Begbie Edinburgh based insurance giant Standard Life has announced that it will be implementing the new hourly rates for the real Living Wage from this month, well ahead of the May 2017 deadline.

The results of a survey of members of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) and the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) have strengthened the two bodies’ concern that the timescale for implementing compulsory digital record keeping is unrealistic and must be delayed.

Wealth manager Rowan Dartington has announced that it is expanding to Scotland with the appointment of investment manager Peter Roper in Edinburgh.

Judith Howson Judith Howson, Business Recovery Manager at French Duncan, provides some background on the new legislation and what it means for Scotland.

Scottish consumers are facing a difficult 2017 of higher prices and lower wage growth following the collapse in the value of sterling, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants BDO.

Philip Simpson In the Chambers and Partners annual survey of the UK legal profession, Philip Simpson QC, of Terra Firma Chambers in Edinburgh and Old Square Tax Chambers in London, has been ranked band 1 for tax advice and litigation.

Bearsden Choir performs. McCrea Financial Services has celebrated its support for a major new project which has given hundreds of children across Glasgow the opportunity to perform with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s orchestra.

From left: Calum Cusiter, Maurice Shamash, Sir Brian Souter, John Berthinussen, Andy Macfie, Stuart Callion, Scott Mackenzie The private equity business run by Scottish transport tycoon Sir Brian Souter has generated an annual return of 14 per cent since he established it a decade ago.

The High Court of England and Wales has today decided that the UK government does not have the legal authority to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (by which a member state gives notice of its intention to leave the EU) without first getting the approval of Parliament. The governmen

Scottish businesses are set to deliver 366 export projects with a combined international sales value of £1.7 billion over the next three to five years, supported by Scottish Development International (SDI), the international arm of Scotland’s enterprise agencies.

Scots are amongst the least debt-laden citizens in the UK, despite unsecured borrowing increasing by £23 billion to reach a record level of £270 billion across the land.

Edinburgh-based global investment manager Standard Life Investments has issued a white paper on why impact investing – once a niche corner of the market – is entering the mainstream.

Three quarters of firms say new technologies are vital to their growth plans so Scotland must improve its digital capabilities, the Federation of Small Businesses has told MSPs.