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Plan for all-year attraction

Plan for highest zip wire at revamped ski centre

zip wire at ski slope
High wire: users of a planned zip wire will get views across the Forth   Plans to turn a snowsports centre near Edinburgh into an all-year-round visitor attraction include creatingRead More

Next phase of £1bn project

Hunter and CALA team up for Winchburgh project

Winchburgh
Winchburgh: a new central belt community    Almost 3,500 homes will be built as the next phase of one of the UK’s biggest housing-linked infrastructure projects. Winchburgh Developments is a newly-createdRead More

Brits spend £25bn on phone

Buying on mobiles outstrips shopping centres for first time

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Shopping on smartphones and tablets will outstrip shopping centres this year for the first time as Brits become addicted to buying goods on the go. The amount spent via smart devicesRead More

As PM urges cross party talks...

Brexit ‘hysteria’ threatens recession in UK and Germany

Theresa May at Downing St
Theresa May speaking from Downing Street: ‘time to work together’   German industries have issued a stern warning to Britain’s squabbling politicians that a failure to reach a deal onRead More

Solicitors on growth track

Thorntons sees profits uplift following merger spree

Colin Graham and Craig Nicol
Colin Graham and Craig Nichol   Scottish law firm Thorntons has reported a 14.6% rise in profits on a 13.1% increase in turnover to £26.9 million. The 53 partner firm,Read More

Regeneration to meet demand

Student housing plan unveiled for derelict Canongate site

Canongate housing
Filling a gap in Canongate and student housing needs   Plans have been lodged by property developer, Summix for student homes on a derelict site off Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. LocatedRead More

The UK inflation rate fell to 2.1% in December, from 2.3% the previous month, according to the Office for National Statistics

New facility to tackle obesity

Dermalclinic expands weight loss treatment to Aberdeen

Jackie Partridge
Aesthetic treatment clinic, dermalclinic, is expanding into Aberdeen with the launch of Alevere by dermalclinic, a weight loss treatment which grew by 13% at its Edinburgh centre last year.  TheRead More

Latest retailer in trouble

Paperchase appoints advisers to look at restructuring

Paperchase, Union Square Aberdeen
Paperchase’s Union Square unit in Aberdeen is among 130 in the UK Paperchase, the gift card and stationery retailer, has bought in advisers to help draw up a rescue planRead More

New diversity campaign

SMEs targeted in push for more women in engineering

women female engineeer (Institute of Engineering and Technology)
Women wanted: campaign will call for greater diversity   Engineering bodies Scottish Engineering and Semta along with the gender equality organisation Equate Scotland, are launching a new push to encourageRead More