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Day: 11 March 2019

Architect in lobby role

Oberlanders’ McCabe takes Women in Property chair

Samantha McCabe
Samantha McCabe: ‘we need to retain skilled women’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Women in Property, the national property and construction industry lobbying and networking organisation, has appointed Samantha McCabe asRead More

Last gasp talks to save agreement

May secures ‘legally binding’ changes to Brexit deal

may and juncker
Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker speaking in Strasbourg   Prime Minister Theresa May has secured “legally binding” changes to her Brexit deal in an eleventh hour negotiation with EU officialsRead More

New vice principal

Cordon Bleu chef takes up senior role at cook school

Annette Sprague
Edinburgh New Town Cookery School has appointed Cordon Bleu cook Annette Sprague as vice principal. Originally from California, she brings 20 years of experience in professional cooking and running food-related businesses.Read More

New watchdog created

Financial Reporting Council axed after audit failures

Carillion sign
Carillion’s collapse triggered calls for change   The watchdog for the accountancy profession is to be scrapped after being criticised over the failure of auditors to spot high profile companyRead More

New partner

Promotion for charity lawyer at Gillespie Macandrew

Lianne Lodge
Scottish law firm, Gillespie Macandrew, has promoted experienced charity and private client lawyer, Lianne Lodge to partner. Ms Lodge joined the practice as an associate in 2014.  Over the pastRead More

Development under way

Signal gets to work on Grade A Glasgow office block

55 Douglas Street
The building will provide badly-needed Grade A space   Work has begun on Signal Capital’s transformation of a six-floor block, formerly known as the Cerium building in Douglas Street, Glasgow. Read More

Hospitality deal with city arena

Aberdein Considine and AAB tie up TECA package

AAB Managing Partner Graeme Allan (left) and Aberdein Considine Partner Ritchie Whyte at TECA
Graeme Allan and Ritchie Whyte at TECA   Two of Aberdeen’s largest professional services firms have become the first backers of the city’s new multi-million-pound entertainment arena. Anderson Anderson & BrownRead More

London Road development

Student homes for site near Meadowbank Stadium

Summix project
Summix plans 198 rooms on a former commercial site   Student accommodation is being planned near Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh by property developer, Summix Capital which intends to build a 198-bedRead More

Tool to help customers

Digitonic and Fore tie up Facebook marketing venture

Grant Fraser and Stuart Stott
Grant Fraser and Stuart Stott   Smart mobile marketing specialist Digitonic and creative agency Fore have announced a partnership which aims to maximise business interactions with customers on Facebook.  The deal willRead More

City round-up

Kier debt; Interserve investor plea; Bank warns banks

Kier workers
Construction and services group Kier has issued a warning that its debt has increased by around £50 million to £180.5m. In a statement ahead of the group’s full year resultsRead More