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SBP managing director John Hannah, tax senior Martin Dalgarno, and tax partner, Alan Masson.A North-east accountancy and business advisory firm has invested £100,000 in new offices in Aberdeen’s west end to accommodate the continued growth of the business. SBP Accountants and Business Advisers, h

Michelle Mone (image via Twitter) An employee of Scots entrepreneur Michelle Mone has admitted to a national newspaper that he tried to finesse the public image of his boss by deleting unwelcome entries on her Wikipedia page relating to her chequered past.

Tim Moore New data has revealed that household finances in the UK are deteriorating at the fastest rate seen this year as the boost from low inflation starts to "lose its intensity".

Andy Murray Andy Murray is expanding his off-court interests with investments in three start-up companies through crowdfunding platform Seedrs.

Kerry Sharp The Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, is streamlining its financial offering to pave the way for an increase in the flow of capital into high-growth Scottish businesses.

Sarah Speirs An increase in the supply of commercial farmland coupled with a tailing off in demand growth across Scotland has resulted in a significant reduction in price growth expectations, according to the latest RICS/ RAU Rural Land Market Survey H1 2015.

The Old Course, St Andrews (Image via www.oldcoursehotel.co.uk) Kohler Scotland Ltd, the owners of St Andrews’ five-star Old Course Hotel, and the town’s Hamilton Grand luxury apartments and Duke’s Golf Course, have reversed a £8.7 million loss in 2013 after posting a £111,000 profit for las

The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced the date of this year’s annual Legal Sector Conference in Scotland alongside new partner mmadigital. The free regional conference will be held at the 73 per cent state-owned lender's sprawling Gogarburn Conference Centre in Edinburgh on Monday 5th October.

Michelle Mone (Image via Twitter) The Scots entrepreneur who was this month appointed by the UK Government to carry out a review of support available for people from less advantaged areas to start up their own businesses has resigned from the board of the firm that made her a multimillionaire.

Risk and insurance law business BLM has revealed record financial results, with turnover hitting £104.1m and profit standing at £18.3m, in its latest year-end results to 31 March 2015. BLM, which has a strong presence in Scotland, also grew its headcount by 35 per cent to 1,650.

Accountancy firm Baker Tilly is warning that new rules introduced in this year’s Finance Bill could jeopardise the growth plans for tech businesses in Scotland. The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) are government initiatives which offer attractive tax

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted using made-up stories from fictional claimants to demonstrate the positive impact of benefit sanctions. The revelation comes in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from Welfare Weekly, which questioned whether the comments used i

The pace of house price growth in Scotland has slowed to just over 1 per cent in the year, from double digit growth at the start of the year. But experts have been quick to describe the development as a correction in the market following the convulsions brought about by the new rates of property tax

Scottish grocers endured their worst sales performance in 16 years last month, according to latest figures. The Scottish Retail Consortium and accountants KPMG have reported that total food sales were down 4.5 per cent year-on-year during July.