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The development firm owned by Sir David Murray has submitted proposals for the first phase of a £1 billion “Garden District” in Edinburgh.

A woman who used the Rangers Supporters' Association Boys Club to launder £55,000 of stolen cash has been told to carry out 260 hours of unpaid work. Margaret Stewart admitted stealing from her employer Ivanhoe Cambridge, which used to own Glasgow's St Enoch Centre.

AAB's International Tax Partner, Kevin Mann, (centre) and corporate tax senior manager Peter Sim, (centre right), with the Chinese taxation bureau delegation. Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has hosted a presentation to a 24-strong delegation from Liaoning Local Ta

Gross mortgage borrowing in August stood at £12.2 billion, according to the latest figures from the British Bankers Association. The was amount is 14 per cent higher than a year ago and the largest increase since 2008.

Aberdeen’s hotels have experienced a double-digit drop across both occupancy levels and RevPar (revenue per available room) rates as effects of the languishing oil price increasingly impact the wider business community across the North East. According to PwC’s latest UK Hotels Forecast analysis,

The gap between house prices in London and other major regional cities is at its widest for 20 years, according Hometrack’s UK Cities House Price Index. Despite reports of a reduction in the gap between regional house prices, these city level figures, confirm that the slowdown in London is not hap

Gareth Williams of Skyscanner and Nigel Eccles of FanDuel are aiming to put Scotland on the global entrepreneurial map Two of Scotland’s top tech entrepreneurial leaders – and chief executives of Scotland’s only “unicorn” companies (start-ups valued at $1bn+) have signed up to be part of a

Growth in business volumes for financial services firms slowed in the three months to September, as optimism levelled out, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey. Overall business volumes rose at their slowest pace in two years, following nearly two years of robust expansion.

Jeff Spence Alliance Trust Savings has announced the appointment of Jeff Spence as the company’s new operations director.

Edinburgh-based asset manager SVM has recorded a third successive year of losses of over £1 million. SVM, the 25 year-old firm that is 98 per cent owned by Colin McLean and his partner Margaret Lawson, reported that loses for the last 12 months were similar to the pre-tax loss of £1.46m loss regis

The former Stirlingshire home of VAT fraudster Michael Voudouri has been sold by authorities after being confiscated by the Crown Office’s Civil Recovery Unit. Voudouri, 47, fled the luxury house in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, in 2012 in his attempt to evade the law after being convicted of ru

Record breaking summer visitor figures have been reported by Scotland’s largest operator of visitor attractions. Historic Scotland said that over the three month period – from June to August – 1,826,047 visitors were welcomed to heritage attractions throughout the country; an increase of more

Independent Scottish law firm bto solicitors has announced a landmark judgement of the Inner House of the Court of Session which has significant implications for all companies. The case clarifies provisions of the Companies Act 2006 concerning company property following restoration of a company to t

Despite post-referendum political upheaval and taxation changes, overall Scotland remains an attractive place to invest in real estate, according to a new Savills report published this week. The estate agent said that Scottish property has continued to attract buyers across key sectors of residentia