Scotland commerce

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland and Wales are within reach of a deal with the central government over power-sharing, Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday, easing the pressure on the British government as it negotiates its exit from the European Union. Speaking after a meeting with Prime ...

And they've backed that up with first-hand evidence from four Scots firms who swear by flexible working. Nikki Slowey, Joint Programme Director of Family Friendly Working Scotland, said: “We want to get the word out loud and clear that offering flexibility doesn't mean sacrificing your business goals – even ...

The Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Pat Breen is on a four-day official visit to Scotland, as part of the Government's St Patrick's Day “Promote Ireland” programme. During his visit, Minister Breen will meet with senior Scottish Government ...

Transactions in the Scottish market for purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) topped £100m in 2017 as applications for student housing increased for the fifth year in a row. According to the annual Student Housing Review produced by real estate agency GVA , Aberdeen saw the most activity north ...

Scotland's bio-revolution is attracting unprecedented international interest – and nowhere is it more firmly on the radar than in the meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) sector. Rory Archibald, business development manager at VisitScotland, says: “Scotland has one of the largest clusters ...

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) came into force in Scotland on 1 April 2015, replacing the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) regime for land transactions in Scotland. A major difference between LBTT and SDLT is that the LBTT rules require tenants of subsisting non-residential leases to submit ...

Great content with comprehensive Scottish business coverage in a global context. It never feels parochial and is one of my major sources of intelligence for all things within the Scottish Business community. High quality media coverage like Insider will be a huge contributor to our collective goal of Scotland ...

A Scottish government £500m support fund to increase private sector business investment, first announced in 2016, has still failed to provide any money to companies. The Scottish growth scheme, which was unveiled in Holyrood in September 2016, is now 18 months into its three-year life span.

Having previously been finance director of Scottish Friendly, McBain presided over a period of rapid growth during her 11 years at the helm. Under her leadership, the mutual's assets grew by more than 50 per cent to some £2.5 billion, new business expanded by 400 per cent while membership increased ...

Owen Kelly, former head of Scottish Financial Enterprise and now an academic at University of Edinburgh Business School, told me: “The structure proposed ... Mark Fleming, from the Scottish investment team at Savills, told me he sees “a notable shift” in investor sentiment towards Aberdeen's commercial ...

A Scottish government £500m support fund to increase private sector business investment, first announced in 2016, has still failed to provide any money to companies. The Scottish growth scheme, which was unveiled in Holyrood in September 2016, is now 18 months into its three-year life span.

IN Inverness earlier this month I attended a Scottish Government event designed to engender a sense of optimism in our economy. It was called ... Scotland's commercial behaviour doesn't help. ... For Glasgow 2014 we had a buyer that wanted to use local business, large and small, and drive economic growth. It did so ...

The Scottish Government's annual Farm Business Survey showed median income last year was £12,600 or about £8,000 less than the Scottish average. That wouldn't be so bad if they were sitting in a warm shop or a cosy office but instead of that they face the worst weather Scotland can muster. The past ...

Scotland last year remained the only part of Britain with a surplus in traded goods, according to the latest data from HM Revenue and Customs. Exports of goods were up by 19% to nearly £29bn, while they rose 13% for the UK as a whole. Imports to Scotland rose by 12% to more than £24bn, a faster rate ...

The value of sales of commercial property has also fallen sharply. David Melhuish, director of the Scottish Property Federation, said "The industry has experienced challenging times in recent years due to the economic downturn and fragile levels of business and consumer confidence which has led to a ...

The chief executive of Arts & Business Scotland said he was "deeply saddened" after Scottish Youth Theatre revealed it is to close after losing out in the latest round of Creative Scotland funding. David Watt said the decision of SYT, whose alumni include Gerard Butler and Karen Gillan, was a "major blow" ...

Scotland's commercial property sector – seen as a broader barometer of economic activity – contributes almost £5 billion to the Scottish economy and supports more than 92,000 jobs, according to a ... The report's authors credited high-quality and effective commercial property as crucial to business activity.

Scottish businesses are returning to "cautious optimism" as confidence rises, according to a new report. Confidence in Scotland rose 17 points during February to reach 35%, the latest Business Barometer from Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking found. The report also discovered that companies' hiring ...

Research by the Bank of Scotland suggests business confidence in Scotland is at its highest level in more than three year. Its PMI survey found higher staffing levels and a return to growth in the private sector in January, compared with the previous month. In the service sector, employers reported that ...

Research by the Bank of Scotland suggests business confidence in Scotland is at its highest level in more than three year. Its PMI survey found higher staffing levels and a return to growth in the private sector in January, compared with the previous month. In the service sector, employers reported that ...

The recent severe weather has cost Scotland's economy hundreds of millions of pounds, according to a leading economist. Highlands-based Tony Mackay said many firms had been forced to close or cut back on production after snow storms hit most of the country last week. He estimated the loss in ...