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Joanne Casey Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel Homes has announced today that they are responding to the Government’s announcement on stamp duty by following suit to help first-time buyers get on the housing ladder.

Steven Cameron Three in four (78 per cent) financial advisers are confident that robo-advice offers no threat to their business, according to Aegon’s Technology in the Financial Advice Market report.

Fewer than four in ten (37 per cent) UK small business owners use their time during quieter periods to plan ahead for the peaks in seasonal business, according to new research from Lloyds Bank.

Alan Hamilton Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its corporate finance team with an appointment at director level and the promotion of a new head of corporate finance.

Derek Mackay The Scottish government has dismissed as a "con" what Conservative opponents have labelled the chancellor's £2 billion budget boost for Holyrood.

Philip Hammond The Government has outlined a raft of measures aimed at tax cheats and designed to bring billions of pounds into the public purse.

The UK’s accounting watchdog, which is already investigating Deloitte’s auditing of Mitie’s accounts for the years ending 31 March 2015 and 2016, has launched another investigation into the finances of the troubled support services contractor.

Alex Feechan Tri Capital, Investing Women Angels and the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, have backed Scottish Borders-based brand Findra, with a second-round investment of £250,000 to develop the business beyond its early roots of women’s cycling apparel.

Harro Leusink Harro Leusink, Corporate Finance Manager and a member of the Brewing & Distilling sector team at Campbell Dallas looks ahead in the wake of last week's lankmark judgement

Lisa Chittenden A new survey has suggested that two in five UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – around 2.1 million businesses – are unprepared for the upcoming introduction of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

With the Chancellor today announcing a raft of measures aimed at significantly increasing levels of home building and “reviving the British dream of home ownership”, Scotland’s home building industry has vowed to hold the Scottish Government to account to ensure those living north of the bord

The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget announcement has offered some reassurance to Scotland’s oil and gas sector, but a delay in facilitating the transfer of late life oil and gas assets is a disappointment, according to business and financial advisor Grant Thornton.

Kirstene Hair Scotland’s police and fire services will no longer have to pay VAT, the chancellor will confirm today. Philip Hammond will announce in his budget that the two services will become eligible for VAT refunds, bringing their situation into line with the emergency services elsewhere in th

Fife-based precision sheet metal manufacturer, Fife Fabrications, has secured a seven-figure funding deal from Royal Bank of Scotland to assist the company in undertaking a management buy-out.

Jon Shelley PwC’s corporate finance team in Scotland has provided lead advisory services to the shareholders of Fife-based commercial laundry business Fishers Topco Limited as the business was sold, subject to closing conditions being met, to Canadian industrial laundry firm K-Bro Linen Inc.