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Paris has lowered its height limit for new buildings in the city in an attempt to preserve the skyline.

Ellon-based brewer and pub operator, BrewDog, has reported substantial losses for the third consecutive year, despite showing a 12% rise in revenue to £321.2 million. Following last year's £30.5m loss, the company states that this is a result of higher operational costs due to the p

Scottish home furnishings retailer, Gillies of Broughty Ferry, has reported a notable increase in sales, achieving a turnover of £24.5 million for the financial year ending 31 August 2022.

Estate and letting firm DJ Alexander has achieved £15 million in property sales in May, recording its highest-ever sales figure in a single month. As part of the national Lomond Group, the firm stands at the forefront of the booming Scottish property market.

Renfrewshire's ShopMobility Paisley & District, a provider of mobility equipment, has seen a nearly 100% rise in its turnover, escalating from £29,000 to £56,000 since 2020, due to digital support and funding advice from Business Gateway. Starting as a small community group nearly th

April witnessed a significant surge in insolvency-related activities in Scotland, the highest this year, new research by R3, the insolvency and restructuring trade body, has revealed. R3’s analysis of data provided by Creditsafe shows there were 122 cases of insolvency-related activity, which

The Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited, collaborating with the University of Aberdeen's Business School Centre for Real Estate Research, has issued new statistics for Q1 2023 relating to the Aberdeen housing market. The report follows a constant quality methodology, revealing a quart

Management consultancy firm, Connect Three, has unveiled ambitious expansion plans, following a surge in revenues that saw it break the £1 million turnover mark for the first time. The Glasgow-based company, established in 2014 by CEO Colin Lamb, witnessed a 71% year-on-year increase in revenu

The Scottish Land Commission (SLC) has warned that local communities, family farms, and smaller businesses are at risk of being priced out of Scottish rural land, as it is increasingly sought after by forestry interests, natural capital investors, and corporate buyers, becoming a scarce commodity. T

In 2022, older UK homeowners accessed a record £5.2 billion from their housing equity, a rise of 28% from the previous year's £4.1bn, revealed data from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Scottish private sector firms have shown strong growth in the second quarter, according to the Royal Bank of Scotland's latest PMI survey for April. The Business Activity Index reported a ten-month high of 54.3 in April, a rise from March's 52.9, fuelled by increased customer activity and a consiste

Each cohort of international students living in Dundee’s two parliamentary constituencies generates £275 million for the UK economy, according to a new report published today. ‘The benefits and costs of international higher education students to the UK economy’ estimated the

New research has revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) will be instrumental not only in enhancing the efficacy of accountants as strategic business partners to their clients, but also in sustaining small businesses, according to Intuit QuickBooks. The study found that almost nine in ten (86%) a

Lloyds Banking Group has reported a pretax profit of £2.3 billion for Q1 2023, surpassing analyst expectations and marking a significant increase from the £1.5bn in Q1 2022.

Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisers, has called for Scottish employers to consider adopting creative employment packages to attract and retain the best candidates in response to a widening gap in personal taxation levels between Scotland and the rest of the UK. Scots earning more t