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Eric Curran, managing partner at DM Hall chartered surveyors, discusses the state of residential property market in Scotland. There is, I am sure, a more measured and professional way of saying this, and in more normal times I would instinctively reach for it, but the stark fact of the matter is tha

Stirling could benefit from a £15 million investment thanks to a proposed new Scotch Whisky distillery by Wolfcraig.

Glasgow has raced out of the starting blocks in its bid to double the size of its city centre population over the next 15 years to 40,000. Civic leaders were last week handed a very welcome boost to their ambitions to deliver their City Centre Living Strategy (CCLS) when LGIM Real Assets (Legal &

The new measures introduced in Scotland to control the spread of coronavirus will have a negative impact on retailers in Scotland who are trying to 'claw their way back' to pre-crisis footfall levels, according to David Lonsdale, director of the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC). 

Almost half of Scots (48%) agree that there is now an opportunity to make Scotland’s economy stronger and fairer, according to Cooperative Development Scotland's survey into the effects of COVID-19 on businesses in Scotland.

Cairn Gorm will benefit from more than £20.51 million of funding from the Scottish Government and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to make it a year-round attraction, generating significant economic benefits for the local area and Scotland’s tourism sector. Funded by the Scottish G

A package of financial flexibilities and extra funding for councils which could be worth up to £750 million has been agreed by the Scottish Government in partnership with COSLA. To address the financial pressures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic over the next two years, councils will be granted

The UK's economic growth was slower than the expansion seen in June and July, growing by just 2.1% despite the launch of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme. In June, the UK's economy grew by 8.7% and 6.6% in July. August's figure was below expectations and the economy is still 9.2% smaller than before t

Fast-tracked funding of £3.5 million to help local communities drive their green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic has been announced by the Scottish Government. The Community Climate Asset Fund will provide grants of up to £100,000 for projects supporting community climate action i

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is urging members of the public who invested in the unauthorised land banking scheme operated by Synergy Land Group Limited, and who may be eligible to receive some of their money back, to get in contact with the FCA. Between late 2009 and May 2011, members of t

A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton named Stan has sold for £24.5 million at Christie's auction house in New York, breaking an all-time record.

After a quiet second quarter, there has been a resumption of Initial Public Offering (IPO) activity as both the Main Market and AIM have adapted to operating in a predominantly virtual environment as a result of COVID-19, according to EY’s latest market tracker IPO Eye. Following a quiet secon

Scottish Enterprise has announced that its CEO Steve Dunlop is to step down after a period of rapid change in which the organisation has played a central role in the Scottish Government's economic response to COVID-19. During two-and-a-half years in post, Mr Dunlop has led a major shift in the organ

Mark Brown, audit, accounts & business assurance partner at Aberdeen chartered accountancy firm Meston Reid & Co, details why companies need to be focusing now on shaping a strategic approach as economic activity is begins to increase and business confidence is slowly recovering. Busine

A lawyer has urged directors of Scottish businesses to use the full extent of UK insolvency laws to avoid 'inevitable' business closures in the coming months. Gordon Hollerin, partner at Harper Macleod, was part of the firm's team which successfully helped High Street giant M&Co restructure, the