Wish you were here: Burnham’s Manchester teaches Scotland the importance of a Cannes-do attitude
Manchester has been attending MIPIM in force for 20 years. Andy Burnham’s brigade has been at the forefront. The city shells out a lot of money for a huge pavilion...
Why our pandemic saviours need a national champion
Practitioners tell The Business DealMakers’ event that life science sector is hampered by lack of funding and policymaking support Scotland desperately needs a national champion to re-ignite its struggling life...
More Homes Scotland: Housing agency must be a catalyst for delivery
Scotland is now in the third year of a national housing emergency. The danger is that, unless we act with greater urgency, this becomes normality. This cannot be allowed to...
Accountancy review: A hotbed of dealmaking opportunity
Private equity investment and consolidation is reconfiguring Scotland’s fragmented and dynamic accountancy sector Only a few years ago, the accountancy profession was viewed as industrious but rather staid. Today, it’s...
Bellfield shows the way for community share schemes
A former church near Portobello’s seafront offers a practical lesson in community finance. Action Porty raised £186,750 from more than 1,000 shareholders to help improve Bellfield, now a hub for...
The Scottish advantage: Building for what comes next
What distinguishes Scotland’s founders is not just ambition, but conviction. The businesses that define this economy are tied to family, to place and to a purpose that runs well beyond...
Planned IHT changes won’t stop commercial property strategy
Changes to pensions are fast approaching, but for business owners using their pension to hold commercial property, the reasons for doing so remain compelling.From April 2027, most unused pension funds...
SNIB, Hunter REIM and Ediston Real Estate form joint venture to develop 370 build-to-rent homes
The Scottish National Investment Bank (“the Bank”) has committed £19.5m to support the development of 370 single-family build-to-rent homes in Edinburgh.The development, located near Edinburgh’s Bio Quarter and Little France...
CHALLENGING TIMES: Ritchie believes investment bank on right course despite £138m losses on early failures
The new chief executive officer of Scotland’s national investment bank, David Ritchie, remains upbeat about the future despite posting yearly results which show a net loss of £138m.These losses reflects...
SOVEREIGN STATE: DataVita secures £300m for data centre rollout in Scotland’s AI Growth Zone
DataVita, Scotland’s largest independent data centre developer and operator, has secured £300m of funding to expand and build two data centres in the North Lanarkshire’s AI Growth Zone.The consortium fundraising...