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Property investors have warned that the UK would be a less attractive place to invest were it to leave the European Union, according to findings of a new survey by global property adviser CBRE. As part of a CBRE special report Heading For The Exit? published today, the survey of CBRE's investor clie

The UK has seen a double-digit rise in economic crime against corporates in the last two years, with 55 per cent of organisations affected, an increase of 11 percentage points since 2014, significantly outstripping the level in countries such as the US (38 per cent) and China (28 per cent). Globally

Sue Hogg (CHAS), David Cunningham (ARCHIE), Garreth Wood, Sir Tom Hunter (STV Children's Appeal), Dr Kenneth Simpson (VSA) The profits of two restaurants in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, run by Scottish philanthropist Garreth Wood and totalling more than £250,000, are to be donated to charity.

Two in five Scottish small firms haven’t decided how they will vote in the upcoming referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, a new Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) survey has revealed. The poll, the first business survey conducted since the referendum date was announced, heard from ov

Plans for a new Scotland-wide housing initiative that could help deliver thousands of purpose-built homes for private rent have been unveiled by social justice secretary Alex Neil. The Private Rented Sector (PRS) Rental Income Guarantee scheme would see the Scottish Government sharing a proportion o

Craig Whyte, Gavin Hood (head of advisory corporate finance at Deloitte in Scotland), Colin Tait and Robbie Glass Deloitte in Scotland has announced the appointment of a specialist team of business valuers, which it says gives the business advisory firm a unique proposition for clients north of the

Fraser Sutherland Private parking firms in Scotland are passing outstanding parking tickets on to debt collection agencies, resulting in more Scottish car owners being threatened with court action over disputed charges, according to Citizens Advice Scotland.

The City of Edinburgh Council has made considerable progress towards balancing its books, according to the Accounts Commission. The local authority watchdog raised significant concerns in December 2014 over the council's financial position, including a £67 million gap in savings required to meet fu

William Hobbs In a week when trade body Oil and Gas UK published a report warning that the entire North Sea energy industry was “on the edge of a chasm”, a top banker has told an audience in Britain’s oil capital of Aberdeen that prices are on their way up and that there is no new financial cr

Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group, rescued during the financial crisis at a cost of £20.5 billion to UK taxpayers, increased full-year underlying profits by 5 percent to 8.1 billion pounds last year, it said today. However, the bank also reported a 7 per cent fall in annual pre-tax profits to £

The Scottish Government's budget for the next year has been passed by MSPs as trade union members protested outside Holyrood over cuts to council budgets and local authority job cuts. MSPs passed the budget by 64 votes to 57 after opposition parties continued to press Finance Secretary John Swinney

The former financial advisers of Glasgow football club Rangers have been fined £1.2million for market abuse risks. City watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority said WH Ireland did not have the right controls to prevent information leaking from the private to the public side of its business and pre

Martin Gilbert Martin Gilbert, co-founder and chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management has warned that should British voters decide to leave the EU it could spark a second Scottish independence referendum.

Dave Cormack A former chief executive of Aberdeen Football Club has sold his stake in a US- based software company for £567 million.

Home-owner house purchase lending in Scotland totalled 17,200 loans, down 4 per cent in the third quarter but up 17 per cent on the fourth quarter 2014, according to new Council of Mortgage Lenders figures. The latest CML data on the characteristics of lending in Scotland in the fourth quarter of 20