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Eileen Blackburn Over half (56 per cent) of Scottish adults say they are neither more pessimistic nor more optimistic about their personal finances following the UK’s vote to leave the EU, according to new research by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.

Kaley Crossthwaite The total value of reported fraud in 2016 hit a five-year high, increasing 31.5 per cent to £2 billion, according to new analysis by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP. Despite the hike, the latest BDO FraudTrack analysis, which examines reported fraud cases over £50

Edinburgh-based investment house Baillie Gifford has announced the appointment of Karen See as co-manager of its Japanese Income Growth fund and Felicia Hjertman as co-manager of its Japanese Smaller Companies fund.

Ian Donaldson Our current series of Just A Minute profiles continues with Ian Donaldson, client engagement manager at Edinburgh-based R&D tax credit specialists Jumpstart

Jeremy Lawson Standard Life Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson examines the trajectory of global growth and the possible economic implications of a Trump presidency.

Start-up numbers have fallen in Scotland in the last five years, however not as significantly as the UK as a whole, according to Bank of Scotland analysis. The findings reveal that 3 per cent fewer new businesses were started up in Scotland in November 2016 compared to November 2011, while the UK f

Glasgow-based private equity house Maven Capital Partners, has led a £2.7 million investment in QikServe Limited, which has developed a patented B2B cloud-based platform aimed at hospitality operators, enabling customers to order and pay for items from a smartphone, tablet or self-service terminal

Lecturer Helen Smith, Robbie Pol and Louise Sim of Murray Taylor Accountants. An Abertay University student is to receive the first scholarship offered by a Tayside accountancy firm.

Glen Wilson The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has worked with Lloyds Banking Group and the Bank of Scotland to establish a real estate lifecycle certification to develop professionals’ understanding of the sector and support the nation’s housebuilders, developers and housing as

Anne Begg Statistics published by property experts show that 779 properties sold for a total of just under £134 million in Perthshire last year. And positive trends in the property market could continue in 2017, according to Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre (PSPC). Like previous years, the sec

One Lochrin Square, Edinburgh Edinburgh’s commercial property market remained buoyant in 2016 with office space take-up of 760,000 sq. ft. across the city, according to analysis from Knight Frank.

As the slump in the oil and gas industry continues to push up requests for aid across Grampian Aberdeen Asset Management has provided funds to help emergency food parcels reach those most in need.

Perth-based Braveheart Investment Group has reported a strong third quarter trading prompting the the AIM-listed group’s stock to jump by more than 17 per cent.

HM Revenue and Customs could be about to perform a dramatic u-turn on a previous plan to close dozens of local tax offices after being ordered to carry out a fundamental rethink of its cost-cutting strategy.

The Tayside property market has picked up with a strong final quarter following reduced confidence in the wake of the Brexit vote. The Tayside Solicitors Property Centre (TSPC) in Dundee reported annual sales amounting to £397 million – with the average property price for last year dropping 0.6 p