June 2016




Trump plans Turnberry visit day after EU vote

US presidential candidate Donald Trump plans to visit Turnberry for the official re-opening of his Scottish golf resort on June 24, the day after the UK holds a referendum on its…


Stan Life fund buys Glasgow Art School halls

Standard Life Investments’ Long Lease Fund has paid £17.4 million for Blythswood House, a student accommodation development leased to Glasgow School of Art for 25 years. Blythswood House at 200…


Mundell seeks Texas lessons for North Sea

The UK Government’s Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell on Wednesday travelled to Texas to build links with the US energy industry to help support the…


OECD: Brexit could cut UK GDP 5% by 2030

A United Kingdom vote to leave the European Union “would trigger negative economic effects on the UK, other European countries and the rest of the world”…


Board changes at Smart Metering Systems

Glasgow-based Smart Metering Systems (SMS) has appointed Macfarlane Group chairman Graeme Bissett as a non-executive director. Bissett will become chair of the SMS audit committee while Miriam Greenwood, who currently…


New chairman at Scottish Financial Enterprise

Jim Pettigrew of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank (CYBG) has been appointed chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) to succeed Ewan Brown who is retiring from the post after four years on…