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Companies in the Scottish Hospitality Group (SHG) have taken on more than £16,000,000 debt since lockdown started to allow them to stay afloat.

Perth-based property consultancy firm Bidwells has been successful in securing a further term as managing agents for Crown Estate Scotland’s coastal portfolio. Crown Estate Scotland recently put a number of property management contracts out for a retender with a full public procurement exercis

The UK economy shrank by 2.6% in November as fresh lockdown restrictions came into place in England, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

A woman declared dead by a court is still struggling to undo the ruling more than three years after pointing out she's still alive.

There was a sharp increase in Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA) in consumer-facing sectors across Scottish cities in the second half of 2020, with Edinburgh the third most impacted city in the UK, according to new analysis by PwC.

After an eventful start to 2021, which has already seen the completion of Brexit, new lockdown measures and the acceleration of the COVID-19 vaccination programme, experts from Johnston Carmichael, have revealed their top business predictions for the remainder of the year. They speculate that climat

Shettleston Housing Association has welcomed a £45 million funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to refinance existing loans and enable completion of its new build development programme within the area. Providing quality affordable homes and services for the communities of Shettleston, G

Edinburgh-based cryptocurrency startup Zumo has welcomed more than 10,000 new UK users to its app in December following a drive to reach new users. The success of the campaign, which included a referral incentive scheme, bears witness to growing interest in cryptocurrencies as a more secure and smar

Significant parts of the Scottish economy face worsening conditions due to the pandemic before restrictions are set to ease this year, according to the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) Quarterly Economic Indicator (QEI).

House prices and home sales activity increased in Scotland according to the December Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

The Scottish Government has announced further measures to help stop the spread of coronavirus and limit non-essential contact. From Saturday, non-essential click and collect retail services will be prohibited in Level 4 areas and further changes will be put in place to how services open for ess

Yesterday was a record day for our sister publication Scottish Construction Now with over 30,000 visitors to its website.  

HSBC has warned that it could close accounts for customers who refuse to wear masks in its bank branches. The bank called for customers to respect the law that made wearing face coverings in its branches mandatory to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Aberdeen-based cybersecurity specialist TechForce has announced it has secured new contracts worth up to £370,000. The contract wins follow the company’s listing in the UK Government’s G-Cloud12 framework for the second year in a row.

Titan Investors has announced it has secured FedEx as the first occupier for its new 20-acre logistics park Aberdeen One. FedEx has pre-let 43,500 sq ft on a 15 year lease. Under the development agreement an existing 70,000 sq ft warehouse will be stripped back to its structural frame and extensivel