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Brian Donnelly: Anger as housebuilding market ‘closed’ by SNP, Green homes law

The critical build to rent market in Scotland has been "basically closed" until there is more clarity around the SNP and Green administration’s...

13.04.2024 4

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Brian Donnelly: SNP, Green homes law will 'send investors south as rents here spiral’

Scotland’s housebuilders have warned the new SNP and Green Housing Bill risks "serious unintended consequences" amid concerns of investors walking...

06.04.2024 10

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Brian Donnelly: How did Scotland get it so wrong on business and England get it right

How could Scotland appear to many to have got it so wrong, while England seemingly gets it right first time? The UK Government’s newly released...

24.02.2024 9

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Brian Donnelly: Astonishing moment housing crisis council flips coin over new homes

It was an incredible scene as hundreds of new homes were put at risk as councillors made a critical funding decision by flipping a coin in council...

17.02.2024 6

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Brian Donnelly: Scotland's crackdown on Airbnb-style holiday homes hits legal buffers

A move that could lift red-tape restrictions on hundreds of short-term lets operators will be considered by the architect authority behind the...

03.02.2024 10

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Brian Donnelly: £2.5bn worth of housing goes south after SNP, Green rent curbs

The damage may have already been done to Scotland’s home rental sector with £2.5 billion in housing investment set to go south. While the SNP and...

27.01.2024 6

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Brian Donnelly: Developer axes new homes as direct result of SNP, Greens rent curbs

Ninety new homes for a community that is living under the spectre of an almost unthinkable housing shortage were scratched as a direct result of...

20.01.2024 9

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Brian Donnelly: Takeover of historic Scottish firm by Polish giant open as jobs axed

A famous business that was born of one of the country’s oldest companies has seen profits and turnover diminish in the wake of the pandemic. ...

13.01.2024 10

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Brian Donnelly: Demolition of city building for student flats plan lodged

A construction giant has outlined why it plans to demolish a building on a historic city site to make way for student flats. It comes as a panel of...

06.01.2024 6

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Brian Donnelly: ‘Betrayal’ – retailer slams Yousaf in wake of loss of half its stores

The owner of a historic Scottish retail chain that was on the brink of collapse has told how the high street had been banking on support pledged by...

23.12.2023 10

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Brian Donnelly: Scottish airport hails 700 per cent profit rise

A Scottish airport has hailed a 700% rise in profit that is "testament to the hard work and creativity of the team". The airport reveals it is...

09.12.2023 6

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Brian Donnelly: Michelin star chef launches new restaurant with £7,500 membership

An acclaimed chef has dropped a spectacular "soft launch" of a new restaurant that is opening in the former premises of something of a Scottish fine...

02.12.2023 4

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Brian Donnelly: Scottish dockyard operator in Korean submarine agreement

The private giant that operates key defence facilities in Scotland has hailed a major agreement that will centre on the future of conventional...

25.11.2023 10

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Brian Donnelly: Airline bids to 'safeguard remaining services' as Scots routes axed

An airline has ceased and suspended several routes from Scottish airports and said it is working to "safeguard remaining services". The carrier...

18.11.2023 9

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Brian Donnelly: Art deco cinema threatened with demolition protected status challenge

The beloved art deco landmark that has lain empty for almost eight years holds within it a "rare survival in Scotland". Rare is the survival of...

11.11.2023 7

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Brian Donnelly: Art deco cinema threatened with demolition in protected status win

The beloved art deco landmark that has lain empty for almost eight years holds within it a "rare survival in Scotland". Rare is the survival of...

11.11.2023 10

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Brian Donnelly: Michelin star chef toasts first Scottish restaurant launch

It was especially sad to see the closure after almost 20 years of a popular family-run fine dining restaurant that holds particular memories for me. ...

04.11.2023 3

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Brian Donnelly: Investors to create 'Scotland's largest traditional hotel'

It will be Scotland’s largest traditional hotel by a considerable margin. By comparison, The Caledonian in Edinburgh has about 240 rooms, the...

21.10.2023 6

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Brian Donnelly: Entrepreneur brothers to open 'extravagant' hotel in city landmark

The owner of a new multi-million-pound hotel in a historic city centre landmark has revealed a glimpse of the "destination that celebrates true...

14.10.2023 4

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Brian Donnelly: Tourism law D-Day – Anger as just 206 licensed in Scotland's capital

Only a few hundred short-term lets operators in Scotland's two largest cities have been granted licences, The Herald has learned on the eve of...

30.09.2023 7

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Brian Donnelly: Yousaf in short-term lets clampdown criminality challenge

The original architect of Scotland's crackdown on unregulated short-term lets has moved to challenge part of the resulting law set out by the...

23.09.2023 7

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Brian Donnelly: First Minister Humza Yousaf faces vote over tourism law

First Minister Humza Yousaf will be the target of a barrage on behalf of an unlikely uprising of Scots this week. A usually mild-mannered swathe of...

09.09.2023 9

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Brian Donnelly: First Minister Humza Yousaf faces showdown over tourism law

First Minister Humza Yousaf will be the target of a barrage on behalf of an unlikely uprising of Scots this week. A usually mild-mannered swathe of...

09.09.2023 9

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Brian Donnelly: First Minister Humza Yousaf faces angry showdown over tourism law

First Minister Humza Yousaf will be the target of a barrage on behalf of an unlikely uprising of Scots this week. A usually mild-mannered swathe of...

09.09.2023 5

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