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Proposals to reform Council Tax in Scotland will only “slightly” improve the fairness of what will remain a “regressive” tax, the leading professional body representing the country’s tax professionals has said.

In a development that industry experts are describing as “a major legal breakthrough”, Scotch whisky has been registered as a certification trademark in Taiwan.

Engineering contractors have welcomed the announcement that project bank accounts (PBAs) are to be used on building projects over £4 million which are procured by Scottish Government bodies.

Paul Wheelhouse Four communities are to receive a share of £10 million from the Scottish Government to deliver a variety of business infrastructure projects.

The total number of households in Scotland now stands at 2.43 million and the private rented sector now accounts for 14 per cent of all tenures, the latest Scottish Household Survey has revealed.

Blair Nimmo Administrators who took over at a collapsed Dundee company in July have still not been provided with a list of the company’s assets and liabilities by its director.

Standard Life Investments, the fund arm of Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life, has announced plans to reopen its UK Real Estate Fund at midday on Oct. 17, after trading on it was suspended in the wake of June’s Brexit vote.

Staff at a Fife charity working with vulnerable children and their families are to see their work supoorted by a donation from the Edinburgh office of Aberdeen Asset Management’s Charitable Foundation.

David Menzies By David Menzies, Director of Insolvency at ICAS

(L-R): David Allen, Professor Lorne Crerar, and Donald Shaw Harper Macleod has increased its footprint in the Highlands after being joined by Inverness firm Allen & Shaw.

Chris Smith By Chris Smith, a lead partner in the corporate department at Gillespie Macandrew

Arbroath Abbey Living in Scotland’s commuter towns could save workers thousands of pounds, with Motherwell, Greenock and Arbroath cited as the most affordable places to commute from, according to new research by Bank of Scotland.

Brewery company and crowdfunding pioneer BrewDog is to expand its craft beer brewing operation in Aberdeenshire after councillors approved the relocation of a council facility.

John McArthur John McArthur head of tax at Gillespie Macandrew discusses the ambit of the LBTT.

The latest legal storm to hit a Scottish-based banking giant has emerged after a £2m court action was filed against Lloyds bank by a firm claiming it was targeted as part of the UK’s biggest cyber scam.