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October saw footfall numbers in Scotland down 0.6 per cent year-on-year but better than the 0.8 per cent decline recorded in September, according to latest figures. The data from the Scottish Retail Consortium and Springboard also showed that the vacancy rate in Scotland was 8.7 per cent, a sharp fa

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Aberdeen Asset Management is set to reveal job cuts to reduce costs in the face of emerging markets pressures. The firm is expected to announce job cuts at the end of the month but says investment roles will be spared.

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Premium single malt Scotch whisky exports to the US have soared by 60 per cent between 2004 and 2014. The most popular single malt Stateside is 12-year-old Glenlivet, with 2.4 million litres exported last year, followed by 12-year-old Macallan (1.4m litres) and 15-year-old Glenlivet (1m litres).

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Edinburgh-based insurer Aegon UK is eyeing an online expansion having more than doubled assets on its digital platform this year already. The Dutch firm, which employs 2,000 staff at Edinburgh Park and another 400 throughout the UK, believes it has identified a gap in the market and described the lo

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Scotland's poorest people are more likely to be victims of crime while the clear-up rates of police have not helped the worst hit areas of the country according to two new studies. The University of Edinburgh studies suggest the criminal justice system in Scotland inadvertently punishes the poor and

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A £50,000 competition has been launched to inspire Scotland’s creative businesses to collaborate and grow. Launched by Scottish Enterprise (SE), in partnership with Creative Scotland, Cultural Enterprise Office, Interactive Scotland and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), and delivered by Co-

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