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Scottish businesses owners remain "hostile to the idea of Brexit", accountants and financial advisers French Duncan have said after a new survey showed two thirds of Scottish businesses don't believe they will benefit from Brexit. Just over eight per cent of businesses said they thought their busine

More than 70 actions are to be delivered through a strategy approved by Glasgow councillors which includes a proposed new partnership to deliver investment in digital infrastructure and 5G mobile technology throughout the city.

Scottish Enterprise will lead work to transform the future of the Michelin Dundee site under a new plan agreed by the Scottish Government, working group partners and Michelin management. A declaration to be signed by the end of the year will see the Scottish Government and Michelin work in partnersh

A modest Glasgow flat struggled to find a buyer after property website Rightmove accidentally listed it with a price tag of nearly £8 million.

Investment firm Brewin Dolphin said it had enjoyed a “strong” year in Scotland as it reported annual results showing profits across its business have risen by almost a fifth. The FTSE 250 company grew statutory pre-tax profits to £68.5 million in the 12 months to 30 September,

Scotland’s three largest councils could collectively save over £1 billion by re-financing controversial high interest ‘Lobo’ loans, after one high street bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, indicated it is “open to discussions” about loan re-financing after agreeing to

Firms with fewer than 50 employees sustain up to seven in ten private sector jobs in parts of Scotland, according to figures compiled by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) ahead Small Business Saturday this weekend.

Bruce Wood of Morton Fraser assess the implications for Scotland of the reinstatement of the "Crown Preference" in all insolvency processes  

Edinburgh-based global asset manager Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has released its first major study from the Aberdeen Standard Investments Research Institute. The research, entitled Social Capitalism: Taking a wider view of national progress, presents a new way of compari

Work to deliver a new distillery in Leith is set to begin next year after a group of private investors committed £10 million to the project.

Scottish commercial real estate achieved a total return of 1.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2018, according to new data released by property consultant CBRE. This is a rebound from the 1.4 per cent realised in the second quarter, and a return to the same rate of return achieved in Q1.

Legal & General has agreed to fund the development of new high-quality student accommodation block to a top Scottish university. Lincam Pentland Ltd, a subsidiary of Edinburgh housebuilder S1 Developments Limited, has completed the sale of the proposed new 315 room (359 bed) student re

Premium spirits company Edrington has announced the sale of its Cutty Sark whisky brand to French spirits group La Martiniquaise-Bardinet. The completion of the transfer to La Martiniquaise-Bardinet is expected within a month.

Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced that it is to be a corporate sponsor of Sleep in the Park, a nationwide sleep out organised by social enterprise Social Bite, aimed at ending homelessness in Scotland for good. This year’s event is

By Emma MacArthur, Manager at Scott-Moncrieff