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Mark Sterritt: Investment Fund for Scotland aims for further impact after strong first year

Published 3 days ago

Mark Sterritt looks at the impact of the £150 million Investment Fund for Scotland in its first year, highlighting how it has supported diverse businesses across the country and addressed historical funding imbalances.

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Ahsan Mustafa: Good news for entrepreneurs as moveable transactions law comes into force

Published 4 days ago

New moveable property reforms are due to come into force in Scotland in April, brought about in response to widespread concerns that the current legal framework was outdated and inhibited economic growth, writes Ahsan Mustafa.

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Liam McKay: The sting in the tail of construction contracts

Published 1 week ago

Liam McKay, a Glasgow-based senior solicitor in Anderson Strathern’s Contentious Construction team, explains why the Scottish construction sector may be less affected by a ruling south of the Border.

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Calum Allmond: Planned changes to EPCs are welcome but leave some questions unanswered

Published 1 week ago

Insight: Surveyor Calum Allmond believes that while it is good news that domestic and non-domestic Energy Performance Certificates are both set to be revised, full alignment with UK measurement goes unaddressed.

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Eline Lofgren: How housing associations can utilise reserves as inflation looms

Published 3 weeks ago

Back in 2016, Eline Lofgren, an investment director at Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services, wrote an article about housing associations and their untapped potential. The article was first published in the Spring 2016 issue of ‘Charities Management’ and below Eline brings it up to speed for 2025.

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Matthew Aitchison: What proposed changes to rent controls could mean for Scotland’s PRS market

Published 3 weeks ago

Insight: Matthew Aitchison, valuations & advisory partner at Knight Frank Scotland, discusses the implications of the proposed changes to Scotland’s rent controls for the PRS market.

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Karen Gatherum: Why securing planning permission is crucial before letting your Edinburgh property short-term

Published 1 month ago

Karen Gatherum delves into the complexities and inconsistencies of Edinburgh’s new short-term let regulations, highlighting the challenges faced by those wishing to operate short-term lets and the potential negative impact on the city’s tourism capacity.

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Stuart McCallum: Whisky industry faces challenging 2025

Published 1 month ago

Stuart McCallum discusses the challenges and opportunities facing Scotland’s whisky industry in 2025, including potential tariffs, a slowdown in the Chinese market, and increased competition, while also the potential for growth in tourism.

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Lynsay Bell Manson: Future holds wellbeing-inspired sustainable-led designs

Published 1 month ago

Insight: Studio LBA managing director Lynsay Bell Manson shares her views on the trends for wellbeing-inspired sustainable-led designs.

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Louise Norris: The impact of women in property has never been greater - and everyone will benefit from it growing

Published 1 month ago

Lindsays partner Louise Norris shares her belief that the success of Scotland’s property sector would be accelerated by an increase in female participation.

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William Rankine: What 2025 and beyond has in store for Scotland’s leisure sector

Published 1 month ago

William Rankine discusses the impacts of recent events on the leisure sector, and analyses trends and opportunities within specific sub-sectors.

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Dr Ollie Folayan: Setting a new standard for diversity & inclusion in engineering

Published 1 month ago

Aberdeen-based Dr Ollie Folayan MBE, co-chair of AFBE-UK Scotland, announces the nationwide rollout of the Engineering Ethnicity Index (EEI) in 2025, a groundbreaking framework to improve diversity in the UK engineering sector where ethnic minorities remain underrepresented despite strong participation in education and apprenticeships. 

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Steven Simpson: Innovation, collaboration, and solutions for Scotland’s housing crisis

Published 1 month ago

Cruden Group MD Steven Simpson discusses the outlook for house building in the year ahead and reveals why 2025 is a time of opportunity and optimism.

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Laura Jordan: Will 2025 see employers mandate full-time office working?

Published 1 month ago

Research conducted by Towergate Health and Protection of 500 HR professionals undertaken in 2024, revealed that 98 per cent of companies surveyed have encouraged their employees to return to the office for at least part of the week, writes Laura Jordan.

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Marcus Di Rollo: Six themes to shape Scotland’s property market in 2025

Published 1 month ago

Insight: Marcus Di Rollo, lettings director at Gilson Gray, has outlined six key themes that will shape Scotland’s property market in the coming year from the continued supply-demand imbalance and recalibrating rents to the evolving debate over short-term lets and eviction processes. 

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