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John Swinney Almost £100 million in council tax bills went unpaid across Scotland last year, according to new data.

Royal Bank of Scotland has suffered yet another IT disaster after around 600,000 payments into its customer’s accounts failed to go through. Customer’s of the Edinburgh-based bank were left enraged overnight and today after the 80 per cent state owned lender admitted that many of the affected tr

Figures published today show that 2,624,000 people in Scotland were in work between February and April, an increase of 53,000 compared to the same period in 2014 and 14,000 compared to the last quarter. The Labour Market Statistics published by the Office for National Statistics also show that Scotl

Bob Mowat Bob Mowat is a consultant specialising in rating in the Edinburgh office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors.

Tim O'Toole The boss of Aberdeen-based transport giant FirstGroup has suffered a 17 per cent cut in his controversial £2 million total pay package.

Dave King, chairman of the new Rangers Football Club is to receive £1.4 million next month from the liquidator of the non-defunct original club. According to the Herald newspaper, the South African businessman’s payout is due to him being registered as an unsecured creditor in the club’s former

David Lonsdale Scottish sales decreased by 3.1 last month compared with May 2014 when they had decreased by 1.6 per cent.

Anne Richards Industry leaders have backed a new Scotland-wide search for the future talent who will drive growth in the nation’s key sectors, launched by University of Edinburgh Business School today.

North Sea oil and gas firms must learn lessons from sectors such as car making and aerospace to fundamentally change the way they operate to ensure the long term survival of the industry. That’s according to a new cross-sector efficiency report from accountants PwC and the Oil & Gas Industry C

A new tenant in Scotland is paying 9.2 per cent more on average than a year ago, according to new findings from the HomeLet Rental Index. The average rent in Scotland for new tenancies in the three months to May 2015 was £652 per month, according to the Index, up 2.7 per cent from the three months

Warren Bader Beehive Brae, the Lanarkshire mead and honey beer producer has smashed its latest crowdfunding target.

Pension liabilities outstrip UK economic output for first time Final salary pension scheme liabilities have reached a record £2 trillion.

The Trusts, Fiduciaries and Executries Bar Group (TrustBar) are delighted to announce details of their Annual Aberdeen Seminar, which will take place in the Society of Advocates on the afternoon of 17th June 2015.

Alan Milburn The UK’s top legal and accountancy firms are systematically excluding young people from working-class backgrounds, an official Government report has found.

Liz Cameron The UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation turned positive in May, rising to 0.1 per cent, according to data issued today from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).