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Yesterday, as part of Scotland’s 2019/2020 Draft Budget, Scotland’s Finance Secretary Derek MacKay announced cuts to rates aimed at boosting town centres as part of a £750 million package which have been welcomed by business leaders.

Uncertainty caused by Brexit is leading buyers and sellers in Scotland to sit tight in increasing numbers, according to the November 2018 RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

Alan Gordon, principal commercial partner in the Glasgow North office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, considers the opportunities that challenger banks provide to the commercial property sector. Challenger banks have been nibbling at the ankles of major UK lending institutions with increasing enthus

Glasgow-based investment house Maven Capital Partners and the Scottish Investment Bank have announce the profitable exit from Incremental Group Holdings Limited, delivering a return more than four times the original investment for investors.

Permanent roles in Scotland continued to be filled in November but at a rate of expansion that has now slowed for a second month running, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.

The commercial wing of the St Andrews Links Trust has lost its appeal to register the town’s name as an EU trade mark for services relating to golf. St Andrews Links Ltd – which runs seven famous courses (including The Old Course) and is one of the town’s biggest employers –

AAB’s Alex Matthews, Kenny Fraser, Kevin Meaney and Brian McMurray Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has expanded its technology advisory offering on the back of growth in its Edinburgh office, which launched earlier this year, with the recruitment of a former PwC partner.

Following publication by HM Treasury and the Bank of England of their Brexit economic forecasts last week, KPMG’s restructuring practice has said it is seeing a flurry of enquiries from organisations who are looking to take action to mitigate a significant ‘working capital crunch’

Advisers are increasingly optimistic about the future of the industry with growing numbers predicting expansion and happy to recommend financial advice as a career, new research from Prudential shows. Its 2018 Adviser Barometer found more than two out of five (41 per cent) advisers an

Mike Stirton The proportion of applicants failing employment background checks has nearly doubled since 2015, according to research by Core-Asset Verify, the Edinburgh-based provider of vetting and contract services for Scotland’s financial sector.

Alan McIntosh Senior Money Adviser Alan McIntosh looks ahead to a future without the Common Financial Tool

Kirsten Partridge Kirsten Partridge, partner and real estate specialist at law firm CMS assesses the significance of the new retail event for an embattled British high street

Michelle Elliot and Stuart Robb LCBSG Scotland Leonard Curtis Business Solutions Group (LCBSG) has made a significant addition to its team in Scotland with the recent appointment of Michelle Elliot as a director. Ms Elliot will be based in Glasgow, heading up the team together with Stuart Robb, who

David Alexander, managing director of D J Alexander More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or falling since 2016, according to a study by Edinburgh-based property management firm DJ Alexander.

Vandana Pillai and Dhruv Trivedia of Bounce Back based in Glasgow – an after-alcohol replenishment drink - with Scottish EDGE CEO Evelyn McDonald (Image: scottishphotographer.com) A competition that provides grants to accelerate growth in Scotland’s start-ups has been awarded £1 million from Sc