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Barrhead Retail Park, developed by London & Scottish Property Investment Management Ltd (LSPIM), is soon to open in Spring 2023.

A Caithness-based mortgage adviser is celebrating after having passed her final exam to gain the Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning. Kayleigh Ross works at Phil Anderson Financial Services in Wick as a mortgage adviser has passed the Chartered Insurance Institute Exam R06 – Financial plan

The Scottish Government has announced it will take the Caledonian Sleeper into public ownership and will provide its services from the expiry of the current franchise agreement on 25 June 2023.

Pictured (L-R): Alastair Johnston, Emma Wright, Chris Clarkson, Alan Burns Morton Fraser has made five new appointments this month.

Equinor UK Limited has signed an agreement to acquire the UK oil and gas assets of Canada's Suncor Energy in a of $850 million (£708m) deal. The transaction includes a non-operated interest in the producing Buzzard oil field (29.89%), an additional operated interest in the Rosebank development

McGill’s Buses, the UK’s largest independent bus operator, has announced a £20 million investment to introduce a further 41 new electric buses to its fleet. The company, owned by Scottish billionaire businessmen Sandy and James Easdale, has now invested a total of £55million

A perfect replica of the famous "General Lee" car from US TV show The Dukes of Hazzard has been written off following a crash. In what might have resembled a stunt from the TV show gone awry, the car left a highway in southern Missouri and struck a tree.

TLT has appointed corporate lawyer Douglas Roberts as a partner. Previously a corporate partner at Lindsays, his portfolio includes over 20 years of M&A, equity investments and corporate advisory work across a broad spectrum of clients, including SMEs, family businesses and start-ups.

Scotland's fourth largest independent law firm, Thorntons, has seen its turnover and operating profits returned to pre-Covid growth rates with both increasing by more than 10% compared with the previous year. Turnover increased by 12%, hitting £35 million with operating profit growing by 11% t

Net store closures in Scotland are at their lowest rate since 2016 marking an overall positive turn for retail post-pandemic, according to new data from PwC and The Local Data Company (LDC).

Business investment in Scotland has lagged for the majority of the past decade and could have detrimental impact on productivity and longer-term economic growth, a new report has warned. Launched in 1998 and now in its 25th year, the Scottish Business Monitor is compiled by the Fraser of A

A police officer tracking a suspected spy balloon was left red-faced after discovering it was cack on his windshield.

Scotland's tourism industry is struggling under pressure from government policies, according to the Business Barometer Survey published by the Scottish Tourism Alliance.

Housebuilder Persimmon has told investors that its margin and profits will be lower than last year due to a marked decrease in completions. In its final results for the year ended 31 December 2022, the company said that while it is too early to assess a full year sales rate, should current rate

Hop, a Scottish hotel property management software firm, has broken into North American and African markets, after cementing a deal with the leisure group founded by former BBC ‘Dragon', Duncan Bannatyne. Hop was the 2017 brainchild of highlands-based hoteliers, Richard Drummond and Jon Erasmu