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In July, the discount rate — a figure used to help calculate lump sum compensation payments for high value personal injury claims — in...

Growing up in the early 1970s, Dyce was still to establish itself as the favoured location for the infrastructure to support the...

The Scottish Government has announced a new service: a match-making scheme designed to help new entrants into farming business.

The...

Whether you agree or disagree with Greta Thunberg's role and policies at the UN Climate Action Summit, it is becoming more and more...

As the scrutiny around the collapse of Thomas Cook heats up, the business secretary is calling upon the Insolvency Service to launch an...

On a recent holiday to Seattle, I spotted a number of creative examples of how former industrial and derelict sites have been transformed...

How are you providing for your retirement?

Whether your idea of a pension pot is a number of self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) to...

The Accountant in Bankruptcy released its annual report and accounts 2018-2019 last week and it makes for sobering, if not unsurprising...

Of the vast array of emotions whipped up by the Supreme Court hearing on the lawfulness of the government's proroguing of parliament, one...

With the buzz of Offshore Europe settling to a mild hum, some interesting perpectives on the recovery of the north east's oil and gas...

In the face of the Climate Emergency, Scotland's rural economy is thriving and at the forefront of climate change objectives.

With 20% of...

It was a blow to many that the opening of the children's hospital was delayed, practically as completion had been certified, because the...

New funding support has been announced by Scotland's Farm Advisory Service to assist farmers with business resilience planning. 

The first ever completely digital civil case was heard in our home court: Aberdeen Sheriff Court. 

Make no mistake — this is a...

As most people are now aware, the nil rate band (NRB) is an inheritance tax allowance that can be transferred between spouses or civil...

The Scottish Goverment has invited interested parties to take part in the pre-legislative public consultation on financial redress for...

Prime minister Boris Johnson has confirmed the UK Government will  bring a further £51million, recommended by the Bew report, into...

Back in July, a decision of the Upper Tribunal of Scotland indicated the end of daily penalties for late lodging of an LBTT return in...

We are now one month on from the discount rate moving to minus 0.25% from minus 0.75%.

The discount rate is a figure used to help...

As life expectancy increases, it's not uncommon for parents to pass assets to children who may themselves be in their 50s or 60s with...

The boss of a greetings card business has been disqualifed as a director for a period of six years. The secretary of state found the...

A green oil industry might seem like an oxymoron, but are the green and the black moving closer?

It's encouraging to hear the oil and gas...

It's a busy week at the leading energy exploration and production conference, Offshore Europe, hosted at the most sustainable events...

If someone clicks on the Facebook "Like" button embedded in your business' website, you might take the view that responsibility for...

The more we consume, the more of the planet's resource we absorb, so logically we need to consume less to make the planet last longer....

New figures have been released about the number of people who fail to appear at court, with particularly high rates being noted in courts...

With a week of political turmoil behind us and more yet to come, the threat of a no-deal Brexit looms large in the agricultural sector.