Falkirk’s Howgate Shopping Centre is being sold at auction later this month with a guide price of £500,000. The 185,000 sq ft centre comprises 56 units and is among the lots at the Acuitus auction which will be livestreamed online on May 18. It currently annual gross rental income of just over £1 million from […]
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Leading automotive mobile game developer Hutch has announced the opening of a brand new office in Dundee, Scotland, within Chroma Developments’ award-winning Water’s Edge development. Hutch has maintained a presence in Dundee for the last four years, with the first office opening in 2018, as the developer built out a dedicated performance marketing function. The
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Lidl GB has called on the Scottish public for support in identifying sites for new stores across Scotland. The discount retailer, which is investing £1.3bn in its expansion across 2021 and 2022, is offering a finder’s fee to members of the public who successfully identify suitable sites for new Lidl stores. The fee is either
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Family-run jeweller Laings has signed a 15-year lease to take over Rowan House, the landmark B-listed building on Glasgow’s Buchanan Street. A planning application submitted to Glasgow City Council highlights Laings’ proposal to revitalise the 19th century retail and office development, with the independent jeweller set to make significant updates to the 34,468 sq ft
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Premium ice cream maker Mackie’s of Scotland has secured a distribution deal with Sainsbury’s to supply its Honeycomb ice cream and new flavour, Strawberry Swirl to over 500 of their stores in England and Wales. It comes after the family run business appeared on the BBC’s ‘Inside the Factory’ programme in which Gregg Wallace toured
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Music festivals help mark the beginning of spring and summer. They allow us to retreat from society, entering a world teeming with melodies and (hopefully) sunshine. In other words, whether you’re searching for a family retreat or a weekend away with friends, music festivals are escapism at its finest. These events are also highly beneficial
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Braehead Shopping Centre is set to see the opening of a new, upgraded H&M store thisMay.The centre which is owned by Property Company SGS is one of the UK’s most popular retailand leisure destinations. The upgrade comes as the retailer steps up investment in both itsphysical and digital stores, with a renewed focus on the
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GlamCandy, the Scottish make-up academy, has bolstered staff numbers with the appointment of 18 former students. It selected hires from over 100 applicants to the college with an aim to encourage amateur makeup artists to join the business. GlamCandy, which has bases in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dunfermline and Aberdeen, said it is rebuilding its staff count from the
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The Scottish Government is to form a new leadership group as part of its new retail strategy. Business minister Tom Arthur (pictured above) launched the plan last Thursday at Holyrood, saying he will co-chair a group bringing together industry leaders to look at ways to improve the sector. As part of the group’s work, it
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The store manager at M&S’s recently expanded foodhall store in Falkirk has been shortlisted for a ‘store hero award’ at the Retail Week Awards 2022. Brian Torley (pictured above) is one of only a handful of people across the UK to have been shortlisted for The Quadient store hero award which recognises everyday shop workers
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