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Glasgow City Council has considered the progress made through the City Centre Strategy 2014-19, and the development for the strategy for 2020-25.

The next significant building phase at Glasgow’s Buchanan Wharf starts this week with ground-breaking for Legal & General’s 324-home build to rent (BTR) scheme. Drum Property Group, developers of Buchanan Wharf, agreed a deal with Legal & General earlier this year for the first i

Barclays has today unveiled its enhanced finger vein scanner which will help businesses access their banking facilities securely and simply in seconds. The Barclays Biometric Reader (BBR), developed in collaboration with Hitachi, uses infra-red technology to identify the user by scanning their uniqu

Bar and restaurant operator Mitchells & Butlers is gearing up to open new sites in Scotland during 2020, continuing its expansion into the Scottish market, advised by Savills. The business, which amongst other brands, operates All Bar One, Miller & Carter, Ember Inns and Premium Country Pubs

Spanish bank BBVA has told its employees that they should ignore emails outside of formal working hours.

Partners at EY are due to take a pay cut, despite the business making record revenues. The Times reports that the 702 partners at EY received an average of £679,000 in the year to the end of June, a decrease of 2% on the previous year's pay of £693,000.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have decided to ban and fine Stuart Malcolm Forsyth, the former CEO of Scottish Boatowners Mutual Insurance Association (SBMIA) £78,318 and £76,180 respectively. The regulators found that between February

Yesterday, Scottish Financial News reported on the Peebles Media Group fraud case outcome. Today, we publish the full case report which has now become available on our sister publication Scottish Legal News:  A publishing company which sued a former employee for more than £100,000 after s

Donna Kerr has been appointed as Cambridge & Counties Bank's first area director for Scotland to support the bank's continuing growth in the region. Ms Kerr brings 30 years of leadership and business experience to Cambridge & Counties Bank. Prior to joining, she spent the previous three year

GraniteShares, the US-based Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) provider founded by Aberdeen businessman William Rhind, has entered the European market as it is listed on the London Stock Exchange. GraniteShares’ new platform of short and leveraged single stock daily Exchange-Traded Product (ETPs), for

Edinburgh-based recruitment and headhunting firm Core-Asset Consulting has recorded its best-ever results – during 12 months which saw them turn a loss into a half million-pound profit. The company is a leading independent recruitment company dedicated to financial and professional services in

The launch of high-protein Icelandic Skyr has helped Graham's Family Dairy's increase its profits before tax to £2.2m.  An encouraging growth in year-on-year sales, Graham’s reports a 4.7% rise in turnover up £4.9m in 2018 to £109.0m this year. The dairy a

A survey commissioned by Unlocking Ambition found that the majority of people (57%) think that Scotland is an entrepreneurial nation, with 49% of adults having considered starting their own business. When it comes to the biggest obstacles to doing it, a lack of funds tops the list (62%), follow

Charlene Wallace, the current chair of Edinburgh Trams, has been appointed as CEO of West Lothian Chamber of Commerce. Ms Wallace has held several senior board director level roles in rail, bus and aviation including periods at Virgin Trains and Wales Rail Services where she was director for busines

More than half of Scottish car buyers are reluctant to go electric over fears about the distance a car can travel on one charge, according to new research from KPMG. A total of 67% of motorists north of the border say ‘range anxiety’ is the biggest disadvantage holding them back from mak