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Last year, the Scottish housing market broke the record for £1 million+ sales in a year, with 504 transactions passing the landmark price, according to a new report. The figures from property firm Rettie & Co., who were involved in the sale of more than one in five transactions in excess o

Scottish start-up Manus Neurodynamica is developing real solutions to conditions that - despite the advance of modern medicine - still require digital tools to further improve the standards of care. The company recently secured a loan from UMi Debt Finance Scotland, funded through the Scottish Growt

PwC’s annual pantomime will head to Glasgow later this week for its 36th production, ‘Babes in the Wood’. The show, which will be hosted at The Theatre Royal for three nights, comes to the city following a successful week-long run in London’s West End.

Edinburgh and Glasgow have ranked second and third in commercial real estate firm Colliers' latest Top UK Residential Investment Cities report.

Ellon-headquartered Phil Anderson Financial Services has donated £5,000 to local children’s charity Rainbow Rogues. The Ellon-based charity has worked with vulnerable children and their families across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire since 2005 and in recent weeks they have been fundraising t

After a decade in supporting UK tech, Tech Nation has announced it will cease operations and seek to transfer its assets, following termination of its core government grant funding. The organisation announced it will be closing its doors from 31 March 2023. Tech Nation’s core grant funding fro

The number of profit warnings issued by UK-listed companies in 2022 increased by 50% year-on-year, with record levels of warnings citing rising costs, according to EY-Parthenon’s latest Profit Warnings report.

Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisers, has backed calls from the Scottish hospitality sector for business rate support. The firm agrees with UKHospitality (UKH) Scotland that a lack of business rates support for Scottish hospitality is unfairly hindering the sector in comparison to E

Conditions in the commercial property market in Scotland deteriorated at the end of last year, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Commercial Property Monitor as the industry faces a challenging environment. Overall demand from both occupiers and investors fell in

Levels of businesses in Scotland that are already experiencing ‘critical’ or advanced distress have seen a massive increase in the final quarter of 2022 compared with the same period the previous year, according to new research from business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor

Spotless Commercial Cleaning Ltd has acquired of two rivals south of the border, which has bolstered its annual revenues and widened its UK customer base. The Edinburgh-headquartered company has taken over the Manchester-based Purity Group, purchasing its assets out of administration. The move furth

Scotland sales and lettings agent firm, DJ Alexander Ltd has opened a new premises in Byres Road in Glasgow. The outlet at 303 Byres Road employs 20 people and reflects the firm's optimism about the strength of the Glasgow sales and lettings property market.

Stuart Beattie discusses the difficulties faced by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) in Scotland, including the recent rent freeze imposed by the Scottish government and new energy efficiency standards requirements. Households are not the only group feeling the chill of winter. Registered Social La

Social enterprises contributed over £2.63 billion in 2021, according to a new report. The Social Enterprise in Scotland: Census 2021 report shows that the sector has continued to grow despite the joint challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit.

Politically and economically, 2022 was a tumultuous year. Despite an encouraging start, by the third quarter it was clear that Scotland’s property sector was being impacted by spiralling inflation, soaring energy costs and increasing interest rates, writes Barry McKeown. Yet, let me recall som