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NEW FINTECH SCOTLAND PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOOST INSURTECH CAPABILITIES

Finance Isle of Man has signed a partnership agreement with FinTech Scotland to promote and develop Insurtech and FinTech capabilities across the two jurisdictions, with the intention to boost economic and business co­operation and investment. They will work together to stimulate education, recruitment and employment opportunities, as well as provide businesses with opportunities to attend […]

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SCOTTISH BUILDINGS AT RISK OF DEMOLITION DUE TO VAT RULES

Some of Scotland’s oldest and possibly finest buildings could be at risk of being knocked down instead of lovingly restored due to a quirk in the UK’s Westminster-controlled VAT laws, says a report published today. Currently, in the UK, renovation and retrofitting costs are subject to the standard 20% VAT, but demolition and new build

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EQUITY FIRM SIGNS NEW CONTRACT TO SUPPORT OFFSHORE WIND EFFORTS

(L) Mark Davidson, project director and energy transition leader  & (R) Thomas Barter, head of renewable business development Aberdeen headquartered PD&MS Group has secured a three-year operations and maintenance (O&M) contract with Vattenfall to support its European offshore wind portfolio for an undisclosed sum. The contract, which also has options to extend for a further

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SCOTTISH TOWNS LEADING UK HIGH STREET RECOVERY

Scottish spending power is fuelling strong high street growth, while other UK towns and cities lag behind, according to new data on high street spending. The insights, from takepayments’ bi-annual research into high street spending have revealed how high streets across the country are continuing to navigate their Covid recovery. Interestingly, the top three places

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PORTUGUESE STYLE BAKERY COMES TO GLASGOW’S WEST END

CO Owners (L) Emma Airley and (R) Sebastian Bacewicz Glasgow’s west end will be home to Scotland’s first specialist Pastelaria, a Portuguese Pastel de Nata bakery this week, as an entrepreneurial couple open up their new shop on Byres Road. Emma Airley and Sebastian Bacewicz will launch Pastéis Lisboa today making up to 1,200 tarts from

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MAJOR INVESTMENT MADE IN VEHICLE AND OFFICE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors and Hardies Construction Services have accelerated their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint by committing to invest £1 million in a new fleet of electric vehicles and office charging infrastructure in 2022. The firms have just taken delivery of 10 new electric BMW i4’s from Arnold Clark BMW as part of their

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PROPERTY GROUP STRENGTHENS BOARD WITH NEW APPOINTMENTS

Scotland’s leading commercial property company, HFD Group has made two new appointments to its board, with the promotion of Katrina Ovenden (pictured above) and Stuart Teape to legal director and finance director respectively. Katrina has spent over four years as HFD’s in-house solicitor offering strategic legal counsel and, prior to joining the property company, held

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NEW SUMMER SHOW HOME LAUNCHED IN POPULAR DEVELOPMENT

A housing developer has launched a new show home at one of its fastest selling developments, in the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow. Dundas is inviting house-hunters to view the contemporary Gilbertfield Woods show home in Cambuslang which has been designed by Get Fully Furnished. Headquartered in Livingston, the proudly Scottish independently owned Dundas has a

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NEW COMPANY HELPS BUSINESSES CHASE NET ZERO

A first-of-its-kind business has been launched to guide organisations through the carbon-offsetting journey, from identifying sites to growing trees and navigating the rapidly emerging carbon market. Akre, the brainchild of Renwick Drysdale, builds on his forestry heritage and is an evolution of the woodland creation consultancy, Kilrie Trees. Created following a £2m private funding package,

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