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Beggars and rough sleepers in Glasgow city centre are damaging trade and putting shoppers off visiting the city, according to a leading Scottish business figure.

Scottish pubs tied to large pub companies should get the same legal protections as their counterparts in England and Wales, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

In response to continuing strong demand from investors and occupiers, Buccleuch Property has completed the acquisition of its second speculative industrial development in three months.

Martin Gill More than three fifths of Scottish legal firm leaders believe that current compensation structures and incentives need to change and will not be fit for purpose in five years’ time.

Police Scotland has revealed that almost £2.5 million has been lost to fraudsters in so-called vishing and spoofing scams targeted at Highlands businesses.

Accountancy firm French Duncan has assisted Leonardo Hotels, the European division of Fattal Hotels Group, in its acquisition of a portfolio of five properties in Scotland; increasing the company’s presence in Edinburgh and gaining presence in Glasgow, Perth and Aberdeen.

A new boutique financial planning and wealth management firm has launched this week with Bryan Innes, formerly executive partner at Tilney (Towry) heading up its Aberdeen office.

A Scots lawyer accused of defrauding property investors to the tune of £6 million has been declared bankrupt by a court in Gibraltar. Gregory King, from Glasgow, is accused of masterminding a scam which saw investors’ money used to buy land from him at grossly inflated prices. Mr King denies the

Tom MacLennan Tom MacLennan and Iain Fraser of FRP Advisory have been appointed joint provisional liquidators at Falkirk auto-goods retailer MTH Group.

One of the largest housebuilders in the UK, Edinburgh-based Miller Homes, is to be acquired by private equity group Bridgepoint in a transaction totalling £655 million, from funds managed by GSO Capital Partners.

Entrepreneurial Scotland has joined with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to form a new strategic partnership aimed at eliminating the problem of waste tyres as an environmental issue in Scotland.

The volume of retail sales in Scotland grew by 1.1 per cent after seasonal adjustment in the second quarter of 2017, according to statistics announced today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.

David Duffy Glasgow-based Clydesdale, which along with sister firm Yorkshire Bank comprises CYBG, has today reported mortgage growth of 5.8 per cent for the nine months to June, as well as ‘record volumes’ of mortgage applications.

The UK government has launched a consultation on how a new anti-money laundering supervisory body should operate and be funded.

Jamie Fergusson Jamie Fergusson, partner at commercial property consultants Knight Frank explains why internet shopping is creating a fertile market for industrial property.