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Northern Bank Pension Trust which is managed by Danske Bank, has sold a prime foodstore investment in Newton Mearns in the southside of  Glasgow for £12.1 million to a UK investor.

A “radical” infrastructure programme to improve transport in and around Edinburgh city centre is to be released for consultation.

Transactions and values in Scotland’s housing market have started 2019 at levels consistent with the previous year, despite the potential proximity of Brexit, according to estate agent's Rettie & Co’s latest report. John Boyle, Rettie & Co’s director of research and strateg

Buyer activity in scenic and commutable countryside locations is supporting a buoyant Aberdeenshire property market, according to a new statistical report by estate agents Galbraith covering the first quarter of 2019 ending 31st March.

A University of Dundee academic is to work with the Scottish Government as it attempts to increase the number of women entrepreneurs in Scotland. Dr Norin Arshed, senior lecturer in Entrepreneurship and innovation at the University’s School of Business, has been appointed Independent Advisor t

Musselburgh-based water and waste water services provider Brightwater has secured £350,000K in private external investment. The equity-based finance sourced from undisclosed private individuals will be used to support the company’s growth strategy as it continues to increase its share of

There are 374,000 more employees working from home than 10 years ago, new TUC analysis published today to mark Work Wise UK’s National Work from Home Day shows.

Nearly two million UK adults have barely half an hour of free time a day, because of the dual challenges of caring for younger and older relatives.

Royal Bank of Scotland is among five banks today taking a share in a €1.07bn (£935m) European Commission fine after regulators found traders clubbed together to rig the foreign exchange market. RBS and its subsidiary NatWest Markets Plc said they acknowledge the announcement by the Europe

Scottish spirits firm William Grant & Sons has hired Helen Cowing as group chief financial officer. Billionaire whisky tycoons Glenn Gordon and family which owns William Grant & Sons, was last week named Scotland’s richest family for the sixth year in a row.

The owner of Clydesdale Bank has been hit by a rise in customers struggling to pay their credit card bills. Glasgow-based Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group (CYBG) has said it wrote off £77m in the six months to March.

The rising prominence of so-called ‘zombie firms’ – companies under sustained financial strain – is threatening to cause a significant drag-effect on the UK economy, new analysis from KPMG has found. A look at the last three annual accounts of listed UK companies (FTSE and AI

A leading Disputes Resolution and Litigation lawyer has urged Scottish SMEs to take action to ensure they receive any money they are owed, and to be proactive in using the law. John Bett, a Partner at Lindsays, said that there are a number of myths around legal redress for outstanding debt that is p

Fintech disruptor Soar says it is aiming to change the face of ethical banking following the award of a £450,000 Research and Development (R&D) grant from Scottish Enterprise. The Glasgow-based company is developing a cloud-based and fully-integrated banking platform for credit unions

Wimbledon, US Open and Olympic champion, Andy Murray, has added to his investment portfolio with a stake in Game4Padel. Game4Padel’s aim is to become the market leader in the UK padel tennis market which is widely believed to be on the verge of the same exciting and explosive growth seen in ma