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Scottish footfall decreased by 17.5% in February (Yo2Y), 1.3 percentage points worse than January, according to the latest Scottish Footfall Monitor from the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and Sensormatic IQ.

Businesses in Scotland are being urged to withdraw from trading with Russia, following its invasion of Ukraine. Finance and economy secretary Kate Forbes has asked companies to take “economic action” by reviewing operations for links and connections to Russia and severing them.

FinTech Scotland has published a ground-breaking Research and Innovation (R&I) Roadmap with the objective of boosting economic recovery, driving growth and creating jobs over the next ten years. Over the ten-year period, the ambition will be to deliver in Scotland an additional 20,000 plus finte

The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is keeping the pressure on the UK Government to fulfil its recent commitments on assessing the environmental impact of trade deals and domestic tax measures.

Lewis Sadowski has joined the CBRE team as a senior surveyor and will be based in the Glasgow office. He joins from CBRE’s Property Management team where he worked for the last five years. In his new role in the Retail team Lewis will work alongside director Chris Humphrey, assisting with ongo

The Scottish Government has set up a new working group that will consider the economic opportunities available to Gaelic-speaking communities in Scotland. The Short Life Working Group on Economic and Social Opportunities for Gaelic will have representation from a range of sectors with experience of

Mackay Corporate Insurance Brokers has appointed three senior directors to join its team in Aberdeen as part of a £1 million investment in the company. David Binnie and Steven Thomson, former directors at Central Insurance Services and formerly Marsh, joined MacKay Corporate this week, and Dar

Commercial property and investment firm HFD Property Group has agreed terms with HSBC UK to refinance its flagship 177 Bothwell Street development in Glasgow.

Murray International Trust Plc, a fund managed by abrdn, has posted a net asset value return of 14.1% for 2021. The company has no benchmark, but this performance compares with a rise over the same period of 7.6% for the UK Retail Price Index and a total return for the Reference Index, the FSTE ALL

People who antagonise alligators will face tougher penalties under a new law. The South Carolina House of Representatives has passed a bill to raise penalties for those who also try to feed the animals.

A £17 million world-class research and innovation facility at the University of Stirling has moved a step closer after the plans were approved by Stirling Council.

Robert Headspeath, 60, and Mandy Headspeath, 56, both of Galashiels have been disqualified as directors for six years each for failing to pay £70,000 in tax.  The couple were directors of Advanced Signs Ltd from March 2015 until February 2020 when the company went into liquidation followi

Four Diageo subsidiaries have been formally removed from the Prompt Payment Code (PPC) after failing to honour their commitments. The voluntary code requires companies to pay 95% of invoices within 30 days to their small suppliers and pay 95% of all invoices within 60 days.

Chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset has partnered with pharmacist-led training provider Pharmacy in Practice to provide a range of support services to Scottish pharmacy owners, pharmacists, and their teams. The partnership agreement will see the accountancy firm work alongside the training provi

UK businesses only have one year left to register unresolved historical banking complaints with the Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS). The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) is an independent and free dispute resolution service that is appealing directly to professional services fir