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In October, the average rent on a newly let home rose to £1,204 pcm, passing the £1,200 mark for the first time, costing the average tenant an extra £960 per year in rent compared to last year, according to Hamptons. Average rents passed the £1,100 mark back in September 2021

Within the context of extremely challenging economic circumstances, Campion Homes has delivered another strong set of results for the year ended 30 June 2022 and increased operating capacity with a 16% rise in turnover to £48.5 million. Margins have been impacted this year by the challenges of

Auditors hired by the Vatican to tidy up its accounts claim they were fired for digging up too much dirt – and are now suing the Holy See for €9.3 million.

Analysts at JP Morgan have suggested Bitcoin could fall to $13,000 (£11,040) amid the recent market instability. After this week's collapse of FTX, which was one the largest bitcoin exchanges by volume often handling over $1 billion (£850 million) in daily transactions, the cryptocu

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown that the UK economy contracted 0.2% in Q3 between July and September. The UK's GDP fell by 0.6% in September alone. The information and communication sector was the worst affected and services output dropped 0.8%, causing th

Local businesses are being invited to sign-up for a Johnstone Town Hall event on Tuesday 29 November at at 9am, designed to help them bid for Renfrewshire Council contracts. The council is hosting the event to make sure as much as possible of the £200m it spends on external contracts each

Dunfermline-based furniture and fit-out specialist Deanestor has delivered a £1.6 million contract for one of the highest-performing secondary schools in Scotland. Built by McLaughlin & Harvey and designed by Ryder Architecture for East Dunbartonshire Council, the new £40.9m Boc

Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its Tech Advisory Board (TAB) by adding leading Scots gaming figure Colin Macdonald to its ranks. Mr Macdonald, a former producer on the multi-billion dollar generating Grand Theft Auto franchise and a previous Channel 4 Games Commissioner, has joined the busines

Clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch has leased a space in Edinburgh as it plans to open its first Scotland store.  Savills, on behalf of Patrizia, has let the 65 George Street location in Edinburgh to AFH Stores UK Ltd.

A tenant who tried to sell the house he was renting for £400,000 without his landlord's knowledge has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

Property factoring specialist Newton Property Management has appointed Karen Trickett as CEO. Ms Trickett will work alongside Newton’s existing leadership team and founding chairman Stephen O’Neill as the property firm sets its sights on continuing growth in the sector.    

Demand for prime office space continues to outstrip supply in Glasgow and Edinburgh as the market holds steady despite challenges, according to the latest analysis from Avison Young. The Big Nine quarterly review shows the take-up in the major regional office occupier markets in the UK, including Ed

Over £18 billion worth of Russian assets have been frozen as a result of UK sanctions, according to the first official figures. The figures have been published by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in its first annual review since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which led to

MPs have been urged to fix the "dysfunctional" Companies House as it is inadvertently facilitating business fraud in its current state. The warning call came from the anti-fraud leader at the trade body UK Finance during a session of the business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) committee, in

First Group has revealed a statutory operating profit of £62.1 milllion, up from £52.2m, in its H1 results for the six months ending 24 September 2022 Earlier this year the group sold off its East Scotland division to McGill's Buses.