The volume of residential sales in Scotland rose 14.5 per cent in the third quarter of 2015-16 compared to the same period in the previous year, according to official statistics published today by Registers of Scotland (RoS). A total of 28,779 properties were submitted for registration between Octob
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Scottish brewer, bar operator and crowdfunding pioneer BrewDog has revealed that it is still £11.5m short of reaching a record £25m fundraising target set for April through its latest self-styled "Equity for Punks" drive. The Aberdeenshire-based firm said on its website that the £13.5m raised so
Insurance broking business PIB has chosen Dundee as the site for what will be the firm’s fourth outlet north of the border. Established in London in 2014, fast-growing PIB’s move into the City of Discovery follows start-ups in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Newton Stewart.
Ten years after Edinburgh-based Martin Currie responded to its own staff’s calls for the firm to do more for worthy causes the fund manager is on the brink of chalking up nearly £3 million raised through a decade's worth of charity work. A 2005 staff satisfaction survey revealed to bosses the dis
Scotland’s biggest public relations firm The Big Partnership has undergone an £11m management buy-out by six board members. The deal values the 40 per cent stakes held by owners Alex Barr and Neil Gibson at £4m each with the expectation that they will slowly wind down their involvement.
The £1.6bn flotation of the Clydesdale Bank has begun after a 24 hour postponement. Shares are now being traded on the London Stock Exchange under the new name CYBG following its demerger from parent company National Australia Bank which bought the Glasgow-based lender in 1987.
Sarah Speirs Scottish rural land prices fell in the latter half of 2015, according the latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Royal Agricultural University (RAU).
John Swinney Deputy first minister John Swinney has vowed not to increase taxes for low paid workers as MSPs prepare to debate the Draft Budget 2016/17 for the first time at Holyrood later today.
Plans to introduce an additional supplement on homeowners buying a second home or buy-to-let property will make it even harder for the most vulnerable tenants to get the accommodation they want at a price they can afford, the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) has said. Published by the Scottis
Edinburgh-based property group Lomond Capital has completed the acquisition of a Birmingham-based estate agency as part of a new expansion drive south of the border. The deal sees Lomond-owned Marwood Homes and John Shepherd Lettings merge with John Shepherd Estate Agents.
New data from HMRC has revealed that around 870,000 self assessment taxpayers missed the 31 January deadline. According to figures released yesterday, a total of 10.39 million self-assessment tax returns were completed online, over 92 per cent of the total returns expected, and 150,000 more than las
The Ca'd'oro Building. One of Glasgow’s most well-known buildings has changed hands for £14.1 million in a move that indicates increased foreign investment in the city’s commercial property.
Gary Le Sueur Inspiring Scotland, the Scottish venture philanthropy firm, has appointed Gary Le Sueur of Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) to its board of directors.
The government of the Scandinavian country of Finland is planning to scrap state benefits altogether and instead simply give every one of its citizens a basic income of 800 euros (£576) a month.