Opinion

Gregor Duthie As Gourmet Burger Kitchen announces the closure of 17 restaurants in a Company Voluntary Arrangement, the number of empty units on our high streets increases by the day. But when most retail premises are occupied under ten or fifteen year leases, Gregor Duthie, Senior Associate, Real E

Arlene Ewing of Brewin Dolphin By Arlene Ewing, Investment Manager, Brewin Dolphin Glasgow

Alan McIntosh Alan McIntosh writes on problem debt ahead of tomorrow's meeting of the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee

Robert Fraser Bob Fraser, a director in the Dundee office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, assesses the V&A effect on the City of Discovery's property market

Cat MacLean This week the Supreme Court handed down a judgement in the case of Dooneen v Mond, upholding the judgments of the Inner House and the Lord Ordinary (the late Lord Jones) before it. The claimants were therefore successful before all three courts. So what was their claim about? Cat Maclean

Lord William Haughey OBE at the EY Scottish finals in June, when he took home the Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of his more than three decades as an 'inspirational entrepreneur', and the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 Scotland overall title Lord Willie Haughey OBE, co-founder and chair

Alan McIntosh Senior Money Adviser Alan McIntosh (LLB Hons), investigates the implications of today's changes to the Scottish Debt Arrangement Scheme

Rodney Whyte By Rodney Whyte, Partner and property and planning specialist at legal firm Pinsent Masons

Jo Douglas Jo Douglas, Financial Planner at Brewin Dolphin in Edinburgh, explores whether a generation caricatured as idle are actually facing an entire lifetime of toil

With third-quarter corporate insolvency statistics to be published this week and likely to show a continued rise in the number of business failures in Scotland, Eileen Blackburn, head of restructuring and debt advisory at French Duncan, looks at what the trend can mean The first two quarters have se

Stephen Martin Stephen Martin, head of office at Brewin Dolphin Glasgow, warns against investing in technology that's been developed for its own sake.

Greg McNally Greg McNally, a VAT Partner at Campbell Dallas looks ahead to the implications of new VAT laws set to come into force in 12 months time

Neil Greene Neil Greene, Senior Consultant – Financial Services, HRC Recruitment

David Gourlay By David Gourlay, Partner in MacRoberts' IP, Technology and Commercial team