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Aberdeen Asset Management (AAM) has lifted a week-long suspension from trading in its property fund, which was triggered after a rush of investors attempted to cash out following the Brexit vote.

Scotland’s enterprise agencies are performing well and having a positive impact on businesses and communities but the Scottish Government needs to do more to link their work to its economic strategy and to set out in detail how that strategy will be achieved, Audit Scotland has found.

House prices across Scotland have continued to rise following a sustained dip in the supply of new properties coming on to the market, surveyors have reported today.

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has stated it has “very acute fears” that the economy north of the Border could fall into recession as a result of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.

Fifteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2016.

ARRIA NLG has made inroads into the financial services industry after securing two paid pilot programmes for its NLG software technology within the North American financial services industry.

Union Street, Aberdeen. The plummeting price of oil may mean it is currently taking a battering, but a new study has revealed that the Granite City is the best city in Scotland to buy a house and work.

The vice president for finance at a Scottish oil industry firm has been has been jailed for three years and four months at the High Court in Edinburgh for embezzling more than £1.3 million from her employers.

The total value of Scottish fraud grew 80 per cent last year to hit more than £18 million, according to a new report from accountants and business advisers BDO.

May saw UK home-owners borrow £9.4bn for house purchase, up 15 per cent month-on-month and 8 per cent year-on-year, according to latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Confidence among Scotland’s business community is in decline but remains resilient, according to research from business and financial adviser Grant Thornton.

The most vulnerable people in Scotland are falling into destitution because the benefits system is failing to provide a safety net, according to a charity.

Property developer MNM Developments has started work on an £11 million residential scheme in the heart of Edinburgh supported by a £7.7 million funding package from Bank of Scotland.

Tenants in Scotland have had to meet rent increases that are among the highest in the UK and accelerating at almost twice the countrywide average.

Fifteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2016. The global body of finance professionals said the list, which includes entries spanning six continents, recognises “the best and brightest Chartered Accountants who are making a diff