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Aberdeen Asset Management and Royal Bank of Scotland have successfully completed a new medium-term £145 million debt facility for the wealth manager's Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT). Founded 15 years ago, Aberdeen-managed AIPUT is a £550 UK commercial vehicle focused on investing i

More than £160 million of new funding will be targeted in 2016/17 on home ownership schemes to support 5000 households to buy their own home, the Scottish Government said today. More than £80m will go to the established Open Market Shared Equity Scheme (OMSE) helping up to 2,000 eligible first-tim

Latest estimates from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that gross mortgage lending reached £19.9 billion in December. The figure is 3 per cent lower than November (£20.5 billion), but 23 per cent higher than December 2014 (£16.2 billion).

Nikki Williams Filling in a self assessment form by January 31st may not be the only problem many individuals, business owners and high net worth individuals face, according to Scottish-based recovery, restructuring and insolvency boutique mlm Solutions.

Sarah Speirs Scottish house prices and sales look set to continue to rise in the first quarter of 2016, according to the latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Scotland’s capital city has risen one place to 18th in an annual ranking of real estate investment in 28 European cities. PwC’s latest Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe report said that investor sentiment in Edinburgh returned in 2015 following uncertainty created by the independence referen

The volume of manufactured goods sales from Scottish firms to overseas markets grew by 2.4 per cent during the year, according to figures out today. In the third quarter of 2015, the Scottish Index of Manufactured Exports recorded growth in the Food, Beverages and Tobacco (3.6 per cent), Refined Pet

Friends Reunited, the online social networking pioneer bought by ITV for £175 million and then sold to Dundee publishing company DC Thomson, is to close. Steve Pankhurst, one of the site’s founders, said it is still used by some but is “no longer used for the purpose it was built for”.

Scotland’s food and drink retailers ended a difficult year to record a 1.1 per cent year-on-year rise in sales for December, according to latest industry data. It was Scottish grocers’ best return in more than two years, according to the latest retail sales monitor from KPMG and the Scottish Ret

Jamie Kerr One of Scotland’s leading immigration lawyers has today warned that proposed changes to the visa rules for skilled workers will stunt Scotland’s economic growth and lead to longer term damage to Scotland’s competitiveness on the international stage.

The UK’s CEOs are investing heavily in their people and future growth this year despite rising global risks, according to PwC’s 19th Annual Global CEO Survey published at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The survey of over 1,400 global leaders, including 105 UK CEOs, reveals that 84 per cent o

Alliance Trust Investments has announced that it is to integrate the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals into its investment analysis. The Sustainable Development Goals, which were launched by the UN in September 2015, are a set of 17 global development targets that address issues such a

Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank has launched a new mortgage to support homeowners struggling to take the next step up the property ladder. The Home Mover Mortgage allows borrowing between 90 per cent and 95 per cent LTV.

The latest figures show the highest employment level for Scotland on record, with a 21,000 rise in the employment level compared to the previous quarter, taking the number of Scots in work to 2,631,000. The employment rate has increased to 74.9 per cent, a lift of 1.2 percentage points over the quar

Mary Blyth Scottish accountancy practice French Duncan has appointed Mary Blyth to the newly created position of cloud services manager.