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Day: 23 November 2016

Keen interest in city block

Dundee listed building sold in £800,000 deal

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has sold an imposing listed building in Dundee city centre to the Hussain Partnership for £800,000. Courthouse Square is a category B building comprising 18,700 sq ftRead More

Firm joins growing list

ERS follows switch to employee ownership

Land remediation specialist Environmental Reclamation Services has become Scotland’s latest employee-owned business. ..

Latest acquisition for entrepreneur

Rasul’s SRA Ventures in £1.4m gym deal

Property investment specialist SRA Ventures has acquired PureGym Stirling in a £1.4 million deal..

Comment

Hammond goes for light touch tax policies

Graeme Cran says the Chancellor kept his changes to a minimum..

Salary sacrifice

Millions to be hit by change to benefits in kind

Pay
New proposals for the taxation of benefits in kind and salary sacrifice schemes are likely to impact on millions of employees, it has been claimed. From April 2017 tax billsRead More

Housing

Scots government ‘must prioritise new homes’

Nicola Barclay 2
Scotland’s home building industry called for the Scottish government to use the £800 million extra funding it will receive through to 2020-21 to boost the housing sector.  Mr Hammond outlined aRead More

Minister apologises to MSPs

Yousaf: ‘ScotRail has learned lessons from public’

Humza Yousaf
Transport Minister Humza Yousaf told MSPs today that ScotRail had learned lessons from recent criticism of its performance...

Consumer and retailing

Slowdown will concern hard-pressed stores

David Lonsdale
Retail sector leader David Lonsdale said the warnings on inflation and risks to consumer confidence will alarm retailers. “The Autumn Statement may have come late this year, but it willRead More

Move for radio station

Kingdom FM switches on to new studios

Kingdom FM has moved into new studios in Kirkcaldy after putting £150,000 funding in place...

Digital connectivity

Scots urged to match digital investment

Polly Purvis
Polly Purvis, chief executive of ScotlandIS, said the National Productivity Investment Fund should help drive digital technologies which in turn boost productivity and economic growth. “We were also pleased to hearRead More