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Michael Stoneham The Scottish Government should use new borrowing powers to create an infrastructure bond to encourage private sector investment in Scotland’s transport network and other public sector projects, according to a survey by Scottish law firm Brodies.

The best new commercial buildings in Scotland have been revealed at the property industry’s largest celebration held in Edinburgh last night.

Lord Smith of Kelvin Alliance Trust chairman Lord Smith of Kelvin ploughed all but £480 of his £120,000 wage back into the Dundee-based investor last year, according to new research.

Edinburgh Printmakers CEO Sarah Price has today shared the organisation’s vision of a new creative industries hub as part of an £11 million capital development project at Castle Mill Works in Fountainbridge.

Torsten Bell Millennial men are falling behind the generation before them in their early careers, reflecting a shift towards young men doing low paid work traditionally carried out by women, according to the Resolution Foundation.

Scotland’s top private firms have suffered a drop in combined profits amid a climate of growing political and economic uncertainty, according to Grant Thornton. The financial and business adviser’s annual Scotland Ltd report assesses the commercial performance, in the last year, of Scotland’s

Courtesy of Organic ArchitectsResidents of a Devon village have objected to plans to build a nearby whisky distillery because it looks too “Scottish”. The £4 million plans from Princetown Distillers Ltd, which include a visitors centre and cafe, have brought in 46 letters of objection and four

Gary McEwan, Mark Williams, Russell Whyte with P7 pupils from Kaimhill Primary School in Aberdeen, Dylan Clark, Amber Ritchie and Sam Byres. Entrepreneurs and business leaders from throughout the north-east of Scotland are being invited to enter the biggest celebration of the region’s achievements

Liz Murray A list of the world’s wealthiest economic entities has revealed that while Scotland comes in at number 158 that is still behind 116 corporations, including well known names such as Walmart, Shell and Amazon.

Kevin Nicholson The footprint of the largest UK companies to the nation’s economic has been set out in a new study published today.

Geoff Jacobs Businesses across the north of Scotland should continue to focus on their contingency plans amid the financial uncertainty that has flowed from the prolonged oil and gas downturn, according to professional services firm KPMG.

Stella Panu Glasgow-based private equity house Maven Capital Partners has today announced its exit from Regent Pacific Group, delivering a 9x return on funds invested.

Queen Street, Leicester. Aberdeen Asset Management has acquired Queen Street Apartments in Leicester, a development compromising 232 rented apartments, a large car park, swimming pool, gym and sauna in the firm’s latest expansion into the UK Private Rented Sector (PRS).

In a speech to Liverpool University last night, Bank of England chief Mark Carney estimated that up to 15 million of the current jobs in Britain could be automated over time, with whole professions—including accounting—eliminated.

Chris Gauld. CEO of Spark Energy and James Milne CBE. Chairman and MD of Balmoral Group with their awards. (Picture: to Robert Perry) James Milne CBE, chairman and managing director of Balmoral Group, has been named Scotland’s ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’.