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Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney A historic deal has been struck between Holyrood and Westminster to deliver new powers over tax and welfare to the Scottish Parliament, in line with pledges made during the independence referendum.

Andrew Brown An Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled employees’ commission should be factored into holiday pay.

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New figures providing better insight into gambling behaviour in Britain have been published by the Gambling Commission. Accompanied by easily digestible infographics the reports cover participation in gambling, perceptions of gambling and rates of problem gambling.

Archangels, the Scottish business angel syndicate which has been at the forefront of early stage investing in the country for over two decades, has revealed today that last year saw total investment capital pass the £200m mark for the first time since its inception in 1992. Over 150 investors and e

The Scottish Salmon Company has reported that revenues for the final three months of 2015 were £23.9m, down on the £30.8m recorded for the same period in 2014. Harvested volumes for the quarter stood at 6,059 tonnes compared with 7,373 tonnes in 2014.

Edinburgh-based private equity investor, Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust, has made a 180 per cent return after selling its original investment in same day courier service CitySprint. Since investing £33.1 million in 2010, the firm has helped CitySprint make 21 acquisitions, creating a nationwid

Zenga Lawrie Campbell Dallas has appointed Zenga Lawrie, an expert in international trading, particularly in the oil and gas sector, as a new director based in the firm’s Aberdeen office.

Edinburgh-based insurer Aegon UK has reported underlying pre-tax earnings of £19 million for the fourth quarter of 2015 – in line with the previous three-month period but down 17 per cent on a year earlier. Fee revenues fell 10 per cent year-on-year to £98m at the Dutch firm, which is based at E

KPMG has taken over at First Oil Expro after the Aberdeen-based business was placed into administration. It has since emerged that Enquest and Cairn Energy will take on the company's 15 per cent stake in the Kraken North Sea Oil field.

A new report from the independent Social Market Foundation think tank has found that almost two million more young people have been locked out of the housing market since 2001 – and argues that property crowdfunding offers a way to help more people onto the housing ladder, while also providing muc

Sir Gerry Grimstone Gerry Grimstone, chairman of Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life, has called for the UK electorate to reject calls to leave the European Union, saying it would be damaging to the UK economy if a Brexit occurred.

The maker of Glenfiddich whisky has been named Scotland’s top private company of last year in a new report produced by Grant Thornton. Moray firm William Grant and Sons, which is based in Dufftown, ranked number one out of 100 Scottish firms in the second annual Scotland Ltd report produced by the

A European Investment Bank (EIB) delegation is in Scotland this week to explore investment opportunities around the country. The EIB said it had supported investments in Scotland ever since it agreed a loan for Peterhead power station in 1974 and in the last decade alone, it has provided more than Â

Scotland is investing twice as much per person on transport as England and has spent more per head on improving infrastructure than all other nations in the UK since 2007, according to new independent analysis. The figures, compiled by researchers from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPI