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Eric Curran, managing partner at DM Hall chartered surveyors, discusses the state of residential property market in Scotland. There is, I am sure, a more measured and professional way of saying this, and in more normal times I would instinctively reach for it, but the stark fact of the matter is tha

Barclays has launched a £250 million programme to help UK farmers drive sustainability through Agri-tech. Barclays has teamed up with Nigel Owens MBE, world-renowned rugby union referee and Welsh cattle farmer, to launch a new campaign to drive awareness amongst consumers on the benefits

The number of female ISA subscribers is continuing to fall sharply despite a surge in the number of younger women investing into stocks and shares ISAs, analysis of official HMRC data by Scottish Friendly has found. The latest figures show that between 2016-17 and 2017-18 the number of female ISA su

As we move past the six-month mark with COVID-19 and with further business restriction pending, our sister publication Scottish Legal News asked Douglas Mill, who in the last 12 years has consulted with over 130 firms throughout the country, how things were going for High Street solicitors and how h

A “game-changing” £300,000 has boosted the Langholm Moor Community Buyout’s attempt to secure southern Scotland’s biggest community land buyout – bringing its funding total to £3.1 million – as a 31 October deadline looms.

Peter Alderdice, senior associate in Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance team and Daniel Boynton, a solicitor in the firm's pensions team, detail how ethical finance can kickstart the green recovery of Scotland's economy after COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has made one thing a

During lockdown, people in the UK have experienced a significant spike in impersonation scams, with June seeing a surge in the monthly figures for scams involving con artists pretending to be police or bank staff, according to a new report from Barclays. 

Roland Smyth, head of Scottish hotels & leisure group at law firm CMS, provides some tips for bars and restaurant owners who are planning to reopen their businesses this week.  The hospitality sector, which has suffered immensely from the coronavirus lockdown, is set to reopen this week. Th

Whisky giant Diageo has announced that it will be allocating £4 million of funding for pubs and bars in Scotland as part of a global initiative to help the hospitality sector recover from the coronavirus crisis. 

Economy secretary Fiona Hyslop and finance secretary Kate Forbes have written to the UK Government to call for assurances that Scottish companies and workers will not be disadvantaged when decisions are made about scaling back the UK-wide Job Retention Scheme. The letter to Chancellor Rishi Sun

Neil Mitchinson, managing director at Edinburgh Asset Finance is the next participant in our Just a Minute feature. Name: 

As the coronavirus lockdown continues giving many businesses restricted or no option to trade, Angela Paterson, associate director of Dunedin Advisory, specialist restructuring and insolvency advisors, highlights a potential lifeline to consider – a CVA. A CVA is a procedure governed by Insolv

The CBI has outlined a comprehensive range of measures aimed at accelerating emergency support to distressed firms amid the continuing COVID-19 crisis.

New findings from TSB reveal that over two-fifths of people in the UK (42%) suspect they have been targeted by a phishing attack during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Scottish Government has announced that it will make a further £220 million of grants available for businesses including those with multiple branches after business objections that Scotland did not match the English support scheme.   The new package of measures includes £120