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...
Retirement planning: Are baby boomers footing the bill for lacklustre economy?
Surge in number of pensioners paying income tax at the highest rates From whatever political standpoint there is general agreement that Scotland is a wealthy country. But there remains a...
The numbers don’t add up: Why is no-one addressing this imminent financial black hole?
The challenge facing Holyrood: Scottish Government’s own projections show a £4.8bn shortfall between spending and funding by 2030. Our political parties spent this year’s Holyrood election campaign promising more spending,...
Energy, tech and AI lead next wave of dealmaking as investors pursue M&A deals across sectors
As the summer recedes, there is a renewed push to get M&A deals across the line. The two industrial sectors that we are seeing leading the charge are energy and...
Homes for Scotland Annual Conference: ‘Too early to tell’ on new housing agency
On 16 September – aptly Scottish Housing Day – Homes for Scotland’s annual conference at Dynamic Earth in the capital felt like a stress test for the Scottish Government’s new...
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...
The cost of caution: how is employment reform shaping hiring and business growth?
The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduced a significant package of reforms being phased in over several years. Businesses need to stay abreast of the changes; make necessary adjustments to internal...
THE BIG READ: How Judy and Susan lifted Scottish women to become confident leaders
Building confidence and delivering executive change: A decade of the Executive Leadership Programme (ELP) at the University of Edinburgh Business School. Founders Professor Susan Murphy and Judy Wagner of FWB...
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...
HEALTHY FINANCE: Lothian Pension Fund’s £11bn delivers strong growth for 39,000 public sector retirees
Scotland’s second-largest local government pension scheme, Lothian Pension Fund, with over £11.1bn in assets under management, has achieved an investment return of 8.7 per cent, with three and five-year annualised...