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Roseanna Cunningham Latest figures show that the female employment rate in Scotland is the highest since comparable records began.

Bill Nixon Glasgow-based Maven Capital Partners says it is eying further expansion after posting a record year for equity investment.

Artist's impression of Dundee's new V&A museum, which is currently under construction. Fines levied from banks as a result of misconduct are to be funnelled into two major Scottish construction projects, it has been announced.

A majority of smaller firms in Scotland expect business conditions to get worse, according to the latest quarterly report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). As small business owners from across the UK meet in Glasgow for the FSB annual conference, the latest Small Business Index finds UK

The Scottish Government has unveiled a £50 million investment in charitable bonds over the next two years to provide support for almost 1,000 new homes. Kingdom Housing Association in Fife, Eildon Housing Association in the Borders as well as Orkney Housing Association and Ayrshire Housing Associat

Aileen McLeod Legislation to transform how land is used and governed has been passed by the Scottish Parliament, although the Bill has been labelled a “missed opportunity” to help increase housebuilding.

David Frost The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has welcomed the UK Government's decision to freeze excise duty on spirits in today's Budget. But it says a cut would have provided a bigger boost for consumers, a vital home-grown industry and public finances.

Stewart Hosie Yesterday’s Budget announcement by Chancellor George Osborne saw the battle lines for the upcoming Scottish government elections begin taking shape as income tax emerged as the contested ground.

John Swinney The UK Budget conceals a cut of £3.5 billion in public spending across the UK, according to Scotland’s deputy first minister.

Chancellor George Osborne yesterday said that the Treasury will launch a retail share sale of its remaining stake in Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group within a year’s time after it pulled the plug on the move last year amid market turbulence. Mr Osborne said the government is committed to selli

George Osborne Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget announcement yesterday included a series of measures affecting Stamp Duty Land tax (SDLT), both on commercial properties and residential properties that could provoke a rethink of similar charges north of the border, according to the Chartered Inst

UK chancellor George Osborne said yesterday that he had "effectively abolished" the Petroleum Revenue Tax (PRT) as he used his Budget statement to announce a major overhaul of the North Sea tax regime in the wake of languishing global oil prices. The steps taken by Mr Osborne were largely welcomed b

Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed that it is to axe a further 448 jobs at its UK corporate and institutional bank. Under its chief executive, Ross McEwan, RBS has been shrinking the bank’s transaction management and operations division to focus on its personal and small business operations in t

Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures for November 2015 to January 2016 show that Scotland continues to outperform the UK on employment and inactivity rates. This month’s Labour Market Statistics also show that over the quarter, Scotland’s overall employment rate increased to 74.5 per cen