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Scottish jobs market growth continues as UK experiences first fall in permanent placements for two years
The Scottish labour market continued to tighten during January. Permanent staff appointments and temporary billings both rose further, but rates of increase softened in each case, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.
Published 8 February 2019
Blackadders announces merger with Aberdeen firm
Dundee-based law firm Blackadders LLP is set to reinforce its service offering by merging with Aberdeen-based solicitors, Plenderleath Runcie.
Published 8 February 2019
Gillespie Macandrew announces Glasgow expansion
Scottish law firm, Gillespie Macandrew, has expanded its Glasgow offering with the opening of new premises in the city centre.
Published 8 February 2019
Value of rare whisky bottles sold at UK auction exceeds £40m
The UK’s rare whisky auction market has exceeded sales of more than 100,000 bottles of rare whisky in a single year for the first time as global demand accelerates.
Published 8 February 2019
Canada life backs Scottish housebuilder with £30m investment
North Ayrshire-based Cunninghame Housing Association has secured a £30 million Private Placement Investment from insurance giant Canada Life to part fund its ongoing approved new build housing development programme.
Published 8 February 2019
Serial Scottish entrepreneur & venture capitalist joins P2P lending body
Serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and leading light in the Scottish entrepreneurial community, Paul Atkinson has joined WeDO Scotland as chairman.
Published 8 February 2019
£88.9m loan deal agreed for Glasgow’s biggest office development
HFD Property Group has secured an £88.9 million development loan to progress its Bothwell Exchange office project in Glasgow.
Published 8 February 2019
And finally... Mastercard introduces sonic branding to world of invisible payments
Global payments firm Mastercard is to launch a "sonic brand identity" so that whenever and wherever consumers engage with Mastercard – via physical, digital or voice platforms – the "distinct and memorable Mastercard melody" will now be heard.
Published 8 February 2019
Johnston Carmichael appoints top international corporate tax specialist
Scottish independent accountancy and business advisory firm, Johnston Carmichael, has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of a new director to head up its international corporate tax offering.
Published 7 February 2019
Glasgow City Council to 'remortgage' assets to make £548m equal pay settlement
Glasgow City Council's City Administration Committee has backed a deal that will see the authourity use property assets to secure loans that allow it to meet the cost of settling its £548m equal pay settlement.
Published 7 February 2019
Labour announces plans to nationalise RBS as shareholders back buyback proposal
Royal Bank of Scotland, which is still majority owned by the UK taxpayer, yesterday won approval from shareholders to buy back shares from the UK Government.
Published 7 February 2019
Interest rates held as Bank says recession is a one in four chance
The Bank of England has announced that interest rates are to be held at 0.75 per cent ahead of what it says will the slowest year of growth since the recession that followed the financial crisis of a decade ago.
Published 7 February 2019
Scottish Chamber: Political uncertainty and cost pressures taking toll on Scottish economy
The latest Scottish Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Economic Indicator survey for Q4 of 2018 shows Brexit uncertainty and rising cost pressures take toll on the Scottish economy as investment slows down.
Published 7 February 2019
East central Scotland house prices up 3.6 per cent year-on-year
From November 2018 to January 2019, the average selling price in east central Scotland rose to £239,709, a 3.6 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, ESPC reports.
Published 7 February 2019
Tributes paid to Scottish accountant, businessman and newspaper executive
Tributes have been paid to Scottish Chartered Accountant, businessman and former newspaper executive Liam Kane, who has died following a short illness.
Published 7 February 2019
