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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.

Zane Hunter French Duncan Financial Services, the wealth management arm of accountants French Duncan has been awarded the prestigious ‘Chartered Financial Planners’ title by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Scotland's last coal-fired power station to close Scotland's last coal-fired power station, Longannet in Fife, is to close on 31 March next year.

Graham Beale The boss of Britain's biggest customer-owned lenders has claimed that the new banking tax announced by Chancellor George Osborne last month is set to cost it £300 million over the next five years and could curb its lending powers.

People who are running online businesses through an app store or listings site such as online auctioneer eBay or lettings portal Airbnb, could be about to be hit by a new government crackdown on tax evasion. Under new rules, Airbnb, Apple, Amazon, eBay and Gumtree could all be required to hand over

Approval is expected today of the first projects to be carried out under the £1 billion-plus package to boost the west of Scotland economy. An initial £12 million of the £1 billion scheme will be invested across the Glasgow metropolitan area as part of the City Deal scheme.