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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told firms to implement sustainable repayment arrangements for consumer credit and overdraft customers who are facing financial difficulty due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The call comes as the financial watchdog confirmed measures to ensure firms

Candleriggs Development 2 Limited, the joint venture between Drum Property Group and Stamford Property Investments, has agreed an £81.5 million deal with Legal & General to deliver a major 346-apartment Build-to-Rent (BTR) scheme at Candleriggs Square in Glasgow.  The deal marks the n

A network to ensure that consumer protection is at the core of Scotland’s economic recovery has been established by the Scottish Government. Stakeholders from organisations including Advice Direct Scotland, Trading Standards, Citizens Advice Scotland and the Scottish Government will work toget

The Department for International Trade (DIT) has launched a dedicated hub to provide Scottish businesses with trade support.

Scotland’s health and social care sector will receive £1.1 billion in additional funding to support its work through coronavirus pressures, health secretary Jeane Freeman has announced. The funding will be allocated to NHS Boards and Health and Social Care Partnerships across Scotland to

A businessman who was refused a £10,000 loan when he was a young entrepreneur, has bought the bank which turned him down.  Adam Deering, was told he was 'too young and inexperienced' to qualify for the loan when he was 22 years old. Now, aged 39, he has built up a successful debt man

An estimated 35,070 Scottish SMEs say it is likely their business will close permanently in the next 12 months as a result of the coronavirus crisis, with this figure rising to 54,776 in the event that a second national lockdown is introduced, according to a recent survey by Virgin Money.

Scottish ice cream firm Mackie's has seen a record volume of sales this summer as people across the UK turned to the simple pleasure of ice cream.

Despite a fall in profits, housebuilder Springfield Properties said today it is well placed to benefit from a significant increase in demand since resuming operations as buyers seek to move out of city centres and into larger homes with gardens. (from left) Michelle Motion, chief financial

Victoria Leslie, partner at Ledingham Chalmers and Laila Kennedy, legal executive (litigation), discuss how business interruption claims are a vital step forward for firms who paid for enhanced business interruption insurance, but had their claims rejected. The Association of British Insur

As we move past the six-month mark with COVID-19 and with further business restriction pending, our sister publication Scottish Legal News asked Douglas Mill, who in the last 12 years has consulted with over 130 firms throughout the country, how things were going for High Street solicitors and how h

Edinburgh's International Conference Centre (EICC) has published its annual results for the calendar year 2019 claiming £720 million in economic impact.

Murray Jack, partner at Addleshaw Goddard, discusses how the coronavirus crisis could drive Scottish businesses to embrace private equity on a larger scale. Despite Scotland being home to a number of prominent private equity (PE) house the country has witnessed an element of resistance among some bu

Scotland’s economy has recovered half the fall in GDP which followed the implementation of the coronavirus lockdown, but may still not return to pre-pandemic levels until the end of 2023, according to the latest State of the Economy report.  The report, published by the Scottish Governmen