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The latest CBRE office market research has revealed a modest performance across Glasgow and Edinburgh cities in the first quarter of 2021 as the country endured lockdown restrictions. Take-up for the Glasgow office market totalled 74,641 sq ft, a 62% drop from the same period in 2020 and 64% down on

The Redhurst Hotel in Giffnock will open in May following a major £3 million refurbishment of the venue.

A couple could face a legal bill for £100,000 after they accused tenants of ruining their luxury flat with cigar smoke.

The Scottish Government has used its devolved tax and benefit powers to craft a more progressive system than is in place in the rest of the UK, according to the latest study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

Sandy Kennedy, the chief executive of Entrepreneurial Scotland has annoucned he will stand down later this year as part of a planned succession that was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. In a briefing to stakeholders, Entrepreneurial Scotland chairman Colin Robertson said the group will be recrui

Scottish legal firm Anderson Strathern has hired European dealmaker Max Scharbert as a director in its Corporate practice. Mr Scharbert is a former corporate partner at Rooney Nimmo and is the longstanding chairman of the German British Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Scotland, and is qualified

The Royal Bank of Scotland has today relaunched its enterprise programme to boost its support for scale-up businesses, as well as climate, fintech, and B-Corp focussed businesses. The free programme is open to applications from all Scottish SMEs from today, for businesses who will join the programme

Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus Plc, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), has seen its share price total return increase by 22.1% in the six months ended 21 January 2021. The company's results have been published in full this morning and revealed that its net asset Value (NAV0 total r

Mortgage lenders in the UK are preparing to launch a wave of ultralow deposit deals on to the market.

Gillespie Macandrew has advised independent bookseller Topping & Company on the acquisition of premises. The firm advised on the purchase of the Edinburgh site, a 4,000sqft former bank on Blenheim Place, which the bookseller had leased since summer 2019.

The former site of the famous Rolls Royce engine factory at Hillington Park is set to become a major hub of industry again as Muir Construction prepares to begin work on the largest speculative new build industrial development at the site in more than 25 years.

West Lothian-based Ooni Pizza Ovens has made the decision to increase its minimum entry level salary for employees to £25,000. That’s 54% higher than the UK national minimum wage and 45% higher than the Living Wage Foundation’s real living wage.

Edinburgh-based Capital Credit Union has been inundated with hundreds of enquiries after launching an online tool to help people with benefits claims. The credit union launched its benefits calculator after being swamped with calls from members unsure about what they were entitled to claim during th

An Indonesian fraudster who scammed wealthy clients by using old bottles and counterfeit labels to make $150 million selling cheap wine, has been deported from the United States.

Camerons Strachan Yuill Architects (CSY Architects) has moved into employee ownership thanks to a loan from Triodos Bank UK and support from Co-operative Development Scotland and employee ownership specialists Co-ownership Solutions.