Housing market activity in Scotland was flat in February as a shortage of properties becoming available for sale continued to result in an increasing number of potential new buyers being thwarted, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.
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David Melhuish The Scottish real estate industry contributes almost £4.8 billion to the Scottish economy and supports more than 92,000 jobs, according to a new report.
The world’s first blockchain-based whisky investment fund has launched in Scotland, offering investors the chance to own a share of a £40 million portfolio of world-class scotch via a new cryptocurrency, CaskCoin.
Donald Borland Fife furniture group Havelock Europa has commenced a search process for a new finance head after it announced that Donald Borland will resign as chief financial officer and company secretary in April.
Sarah McKinley (left) and Carole Tomlinson Anderson Strathern has appointed highly-rated private client lawyer Sarah McKinlay as a consultant from Addleshaw Goddard, bringing experience across its full range of private client services.
Graeme Thomson Scots are leaving their loved ones open to distress and hassle by overlooking their online lives in their will – according to both legal and cyber security experts.
Ross McEwan The Scottish Affairs Committee has summoned Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan to appear before it to be quizzed on the 72 per cent state-owned lender’s proposals to shut 62 RBS banks across Scotland.
Community housing projects and charities are being urged to put their case forward as Nationwide makes £250,000 available to help make a difference across communities in Scotland.
Real estate investment management firm DTZ Investors has acquired three prime retail units on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street from Legal & General in a £15.3 million sale brokered by Knight Frank and Montagu Evans.
RBS named as one of UK’s worst banks by customers as new fintech firms continue to set new standards
A new customer survey of UK financial institutions has ranked Royal Bank of Scotland one of the UK's banks amid results dominated by young, emerging fintech firms
First-time sellers looking to take their second step on the property ladder need to find an extra £114,659, according to Bank of Scotland’s Second Stepper report.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the former Chair of Co-operative Bank, Paul Flowers, known as "the Crystal Methodist" from the financial services industry.
Ric Traynor Begbies Traynor Group has acquired mid-market corporate finance practice, Springboard Corporate Finance Limited.
Jon Shelley PwC's corporate finance team in Scotland has advised on the sale of subsea technology, equipment and engineering consultancy business Ecosse Subsea Systems (“ESS”) to American subsea engineering firm Oceaneering International Inc. for £50 million, acting as lead financial advisor to
Richard Murray Scottish law firm TC Young has announced that Richard Murray has joined the firm as a partner in the Edinburgh office to build the firm’s private client team in the east.