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AWARD WINNING FIRM TRANSITIONS TO EMPLOYEE OWNED TRUST

L to R Andy Findlater, Kat Borrowdale & Rosie Neill An award-winning construction management training company has become the latest successful Scottish business to embrace the future as an employee-owned enterprise – the ‘crowning achievement’ of its 35th anniversary celebrations. With immediate effect, shares in Glasgow-based Esteem Training Limited previously owned by founder and director […]

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NEW PARTNERSHIP WILL ACCELERATE DUNDEE’S DRIVE TO ELECTRIFY SCOTLAND

L-R: Jamie Duffy (Tronius), Gill Simpson (Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc), Caryn Gibson (Dundee and Angus College) and Seiki Payne (Tronius). Dundee and Angus College, Dundee-based Tronius and Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP) are joining forces to position the city as a driving force in skilling and upskilling the workforce to help Scotland achieve net-zero. Tronius,

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DEAL REACHED TO PURCHASE SLIVERBURN SHOPPING CENTRE

Scottish shopping centre Silverburn has been purchased by international real estate company Eurofund and London-based private equity real estate manager Henderson Park. The pair first announced interest in purchasing the 100,000sq centre back in December and recently announced they had closed a deal worth £140 million. Silverburn is Scotland’s newest shopping centre having opened back in

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HARPER MACLEOD COMMITING TO MORE MODERN APPRENTICES

Scottish law firm Harper Macleod aims to grow its number of Modern Apprentices as it congratulates its latest cohort of successful graduates coming through the programme. There are currently 32 colleagues who are working towards, or have completed, their Modern Apprenticeships. More than 75% of the Modern Apprentices who started or achieved their qualification while

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PLANS SUBMITTED FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN PAISLEY

A housing developer plans to create ‘a new gateway to Paisley town centre’ as it unveiled proposals for 67 new apartments on the site of a former Department for Work and Pensions office. An application was validated by Renfrewshire Council’s planning department this week. Kelvin Properties, an award-winning developer renowned for regenerating urban brownfield sites

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CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS URGE TRADERS TO PREPARE FOR NEW BASIS PERIOD REFORM

With the Finance Bill 2021/22 receiving Royal Assent last month, it is all systems go for Basis Period Reform for unincorporated trading businesses from tax year 2024/25. Chartered Accountants Wylie & Bisset are stressing the importance in planning for this and, more importantly, the impact of the transitional year 2023/24. Basis Period Reform is intended

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WHERE IN SCOTLAND IS THE MOST EXPOSED TO ONLINE SHOPPING SCAMS?

New research has revealed that Glasgow is the place in Scotland’s most exposed to online shopping scams. The study by leading chargeback firm and online scam specialists Payback Ltd analysed ONS data on how much different age groups shop online, and the age of the population in all 32 Scottish councils to pinpoint the area

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TWO OF SCOTLAND’S OLDEST LAW FIRMS SET TO MERGE

 L-R: Colin Graham, Lesley Larg and Chris Anderson Dundee-based Thorntons Solicitors has announced a merger with Edinburgh-based rival Stuart & Stuart, creating the fourth largest law firm in Scotland. The merger of two of Scotland’s oldest firms will expand the combined business to a total of 564 people, of which 71 are partners. Stuart &

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