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The decision by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to start issuing letters to Scottish taxpayers this week could lead to confusion, according to accountants BDO. The letters will simply state that individuals have been identified as Scottish taxpayers and that from next April some income ta

Naz Hussain (far left) with Phil Anderson (second from right) and comedians at last year's event. An Aberdeen-based financial services company is pledging its support to a local comedy club by bringing a well-known comedy show to Ellon.

Andy Willox Ofcom’s annual infrastructure report Connected Nations 2015, published this week, has found smaller firms’ access to superfast broadband continues to lag compared to residential consumers.

Ivor Guild A lawyer dubbed the “Duke of Princes Street” who lived at an exclusive club on the Edinburgh thoroughfare for nearly 60 years has left £26 million in his will.

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM, which has offices across Scotland, today announced a 26 per cent growth in UK annual revenues to £292m for its 2015 financial year ending 31 March. Consolidated UK company profits grew by 52 per cent to £19m, while profits of RSM UK Group LLP rose by 39 per cent

Angus MacSween Cloud services company iomart has reported consolidated half yearly results up 16 per cent for the six months to September.

Challenger bank TSB, which has attempted to boast of not forcing sales targets onto frontline staff, has come under fire from a union which alleges bosses were still pressuring workers with “sales expectations”. The TSBU, which represents more than half of the bank’s 8,500 staff, said a recent

The Marine Hotel (via The Hotel Collection) The Marine Hotel, which stands next to the edge of the 18th hole of the Royal Troon Golf Course, has been bought by joint venture partners Hetherley Capital Partners and Cannock Investments.

Ewan Alexander The head of law firm Pinsent Masons’s Edinburgh office, Ewan Alexander, has been elected to the CBI Scotland council for a three year term.

(Image: www.guardianremovals.co.uk) Partners behind the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Deal hope to have a deal agreed by early next year after both the UK and Scottish governments showed their commitment to the £1 billion project.

Rural land and property experts have issued a warning about a hidden potential time bomb for Scotland in George Osborne’s latest budget. Perthshire-based rural land and property agent Bell Ingram say the Chancellor’s tax hike for second home owners in England is likely to have repercussions in S

Aberdeen Asset Management has seen its assets under management fall 13 per cent from £324.4bn in 2014 to £283.7bn on the back of outflows from the group’s flagship emerging markets equity funds. AAM was the top faller in the FTSE 100 Index, with the shares sliding 4.6 per cent on the news to 319

Results of a survey of Scottish firms carried out by accountancy body ICAEW and Grant Thornton has revealed a fall in confidence among businesses north of the border that is likely to hit investment. Respondents said they have cut their forecasts for expenditure on areas such as research and develop

Royal Bank of Scotland, along with Standard Chartered, has emerged as the weakest of Britain's seven largest lenders following a Bank of England stress test. It is the second time the central bank carried out its annual test of the UK's biggest lenders in order to gauge their resilience in the face

Luxury travel expert Kuoni is checking into new premises in the heart of Glasgow’s busy shopping district in the New Year. Renowned for its tailor-made honeymoons and holidays to exotic long haul destinations around the world such as the Far East, the Indian Ocean and Africa, the operator is openi