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Efforts are under way to help prevent further disruption to the buying and selling of homes across Scotland after Registers of Scotland (RoS) temporarily closed the application record and the UK Government advised home buyers and renters to delay moving unless the new property is empty.

The University of Strathclyde's Fraser of Allander Institute has said that due to the outbreak of Coronavirus, we should expect a significant impact on the economy.

The two private finance initiative (PFI) hospitals that Carillion was building at the time it collapsed are currently due for completion at vastly increased budgets with most of the increased costs being met by the contractor and private PFI investors, a National Audit Office (NAO) investigatio

Kingdom Housing Association’s Nick Pollard discusses whether the law regarding Mid-Market Renting in Scotland is outdated, counter-productive and detrimental to the affordable housing sector and its tenants and participants. The Housing (Scotland) Acts provide for the development of Mid-Market

Equal pay claims have certain special features, and the case of Graysons Restaurants Ltd v Jones and others highlights what that means in an insolvency context. Equal pay claims are based on discrimination principles but are basically breach of contract claims. They also have a unique treatment unde

Andrew Reynolds, Wealth Manager at French Duncan, makes the case for alternatives to cash holdings  

The number of corporate insolvencies in Scotland fell by 15 per cent in April-June 2019 compared with the previous quarter, and fell by 2 per cent compared with the same quarter the previous year (April-June 2018), latest data from the Accountant in Bankruptcy. However, figures also s

Buying a property as a couple has always been a major relationship milestone, but now new research suggests young Brits consider the act a bigger commitment than marriage and even have ‘break up plans’ for what to do with their joint house should things turn sour. The study, conducted by

As EO Day - the national celebration of employee ownership - is marked today; social care support services provider, Aspire Housing and Personal Development Services Ltd., has announced it has become the latest employee-owned Scottish business. Members of the Aspire team at the organisatio

The UK's automotive sector manufacturers continue to play an outsized role in the trajectory of regional economies and the outlook for international trade, according to the new Royal Bank of Scotland UK Automotive PMI® report published today.

New analysis of the 2.1 million people that work in the UK digital tech sector and live job adverts has captured the extent to which the digital tech sector is spreading beyond its stronghold in London and the South East.

REIT NewRiver has announced that it has agreed terms to form a new 50:50 joint venture with Bravo Strategies and has kicked-off the partnership with the acquisition of a portfolio of four retail parks, including three north of the border in a £60.5 million deal from Zurich Assurance. The portf

Twenty-eight business leaders from 23 of Scotland’s most promising, pioneering and accomplished businesses, have been announced today as the finalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards - Scotland. For the first time, the awards dinner will take place in Dundee in June. The City of Dis

New figures have been published showing that a quarter of all Scots are today struggling to make it to their next payday on their current income. Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) conducted a YouGov survey last month that questioned over 2,000 Scots aged 18+.

The advent of 5G technology could supercharge Scotland’s economy by up to £1.12bn per year by 2025 – but the opportunity could be missed because industry leaders still do not know enough about the benefits of investing in the technology, according to new research from Barclays