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Independent restaurateurs are driving forward the food and beverage market in Glasgow, according to international real estate advisor Savills. A total of 11 new eateries have opened for business in 2019, accounting for 70% of new occupiers, continuing the trend from 2018 (63%).

ACCA UK head Claire Bennison has detailed how a career in accountancy opens the way to a world of opportunities.

The Spanish High Court has ruled that workers can have their pay deducted for smoking breaks.

Former Deloitte and Arthur Andersen partner Garry North has been appointed as a chief operating officer of Aberdeenshire energy services company STATS Group. Mr North has over four decades of experience in the engineering and oil and gas industries and has held senior management roles in Europe, Nor

Perth-based insurance broker Clark Thomson saw its profits more than double in its first year under new ownership with Jelf. The company was obtained by Jelf in May 2018 and has since been rebranded as Marsh Commercial.

Glasgow ranks first out of all large European cities for foreign direct investment strategy, according to new analysis by fDi Intelligence.

Tax relief for home loan interest payments was abolished on 6 April 2000, and higher rate tax relief on buy-to-let mortgages is restricted to the 20% basic rate from April this year. However, Grant Property, says there is a way to obtain tax relief on the interest payments. Ronnie Ludwig, tax expert

Scotland’s deals market is set to see increased activity in 2020, with a ready availability of cash expected to attract sellers as Brexit uncertainty dissipates, leading PwC to expand its deals team. PwC predicts that this year will see an increase in the sale of owner-managed businesses, whil

Glasgow-based watchmaker anOrdain is set for growth after sealing a loan deal with UMi Debt Finance Scotland, a £12 million fund that forms part of the Scottish Government’s Scottish Growth Scheme.

The Port of Cromarty Firth (PoCF) has appointed former banker Roger Eddie as its new chairman whilst also adding two new members to its board. A non-executive director of Springfield Properties Plc, Mr Eddie was a specialist business banker with 35 years’ experience in the sector, mainly spent

Harper Macleod has advised Scottish EDGE, the funding competition for the country's most ambitious entrepreneurs, on a deal which saw £500,000 added to the prize pot courtesy of Scottish Enterprise. The firm, which has been a supporter of Scottish EDGE since it launched in 2012, has also signe

The 2020 AccelerateHER Awards for Scottish female business founders has announced that global IT and business consulting services provider CGI is one of its core sponsors for this year’s programme. CGI joins Barclays Ventures and Skyscanner who return as 2020 AccelerateHER sponsors. A further

Edinburgh-based fintech FNZ has strengthened its European business with its acquisition of Dublin-based IPSI, whilst at the same time receiving investment from Singapore's Temasek. The global platform-as-a-service provider has agreed to acquire Dublin-based third-party administration (TPA) solutions

On behalf of Kennedy Wilson, Savills has completed the sale of two prime distribution units, Colossus 1 and Colossus 2, at Eurocentral, to Blackstone’s Mileway platform for £16.1 million, representing a net initial yield of 5.95%.

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has acquired a row of adjoining six shophouses along 48 to 56 Peck Seah Street in Singapore, for c.S$54 million or S$2,700 per square foot. The acquisition was the company’s first in Singapore for its global real estate portfolio. Located in the prime Centra