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Paul Alcorn, legal executive at law firm Jones Whyte, discusses the changes to Land & Buildings Transaction Tax and how it impacts buyers. From 15 July 2020 until 31 March 2021 the threshold that the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) begins to be paid for residential property p

New research from Rettie & Co has revealed that Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) returns were up 1.2% in 2019/20. The firm has also found that LBTT revenues had increased by 10% from the previous year, however, the future remains uncertain due to the severe impact of the coronavirus cri

Addleshaw Goddard has advised Frontier IP's £2.33 million capital raising campaign.  The campaign by the firm, which is a specialist in commercialising intellectual property, comprised of a placing and offer for subscription.

Glasgow-based coach holiday firm Caledonian Travel is being brought back into business by its former management team who have acquired its brand along with sister company UKBreakaways.com.

Natwest Group has announced that it will be investing £3 billion in social housing across the UK over the next three years. The funding will be used to support the construction of 20,000 homes.

A new initiative which is aimed at boosting Scotland’s bioeconomy will be launched tomorrow by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC). 

A planning application has been submitted for a new malt distillery on the historic Hopetoun Estate at Midhope, West Lothian. 

Businesses across the UK are on average, operating at half of their pre-COVID-19 capacity on average despite lockdown measures easing, according to the latest British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Coronavirus Impact Tracker. 

An unreleased David Bowie demo is set to go on sale at an auction later this week.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has told the majority of its staff to work from home until at least next year. Around 50,000 of the lender's staff will continue to work from home as part of the bank's "cautious" approach to returning to work. 

Edinburgh-based security services firm Quorum Cyber Security Limited has secured a £2.7 million funding package from Maven Capital Partners, thanks to corporate finance specialist HNH. Led by HNH director Neal Allen, the Scottish arm of the Belfast-based multi-disciplinary financial advisory f

Cruise ship company Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV), whose cruise liners depart from Dundee, has gone into administration.

Neil Coutts, head of the cyber and technology risk capability for KPMG in Scotland, discusses some of the long-term cybersecurity challenges facing Scottish businesses as more people look to work from home in the future. Scotland’s lockdown may be easing, but there’s a growing accep

Edinburgh-based smart home security start-up Boundary Technologies has completed a £1.7 million annual fundraiser, bringing the amount secured by the firm thus far to £3.9m.

Alison Woods, partner and employment law specialist at CMS, discusses the importance of diversity in the workplace as the world emerges from the coronavirus lockdown.  As Scottish business faces one of the toughest-ever economic climates, employers may be questioning whether diversity and inclu