MadeBrave, a creative branding agency from Glasgow, has taken an unusual approach to the problem of combating coronavirus while still keeping themselves commercially afloat. The leader, Andrew Dobbie, was aware of the potentially business-ending impact of all of his team being off work for the 14-day quarantine period now required if a member of a […]
Clockwise, a provider of flexible workspaces, will open their second Scottish premises in a Leith warehouse. Its first Scottish workspace was the refurbished Savoy Tower in Glasgow. The new building, which will be named Clockwise Commercial Quay, is intended to act as a hub for Edinburgh start-ups and SMEs, giving them a base to work from. […]
According to the Coffer Peach Business Tracker, managed pubs outside of London have seen an increase of 2.3% in like-for-like sales in January compared to January 2018, as opposed to London with just 0.7%. Restaurants outside of London did the best, with a 2.5 increase. Trevor Watson, executive director at Davis Coffer Lyons said: “To […]
Well-known hotel operator Premier Inn plans to open five new hotels in Scotland this year (2020.) This is part of its £70 million expansion plans for the UK as a whole, for 37 hotels this year and 4,000 rooms in total. These new sites include a 60-bed hotel in Aviemore, an 85-bed hotel in Thurso […]
According to Bank of Scotland’s Business Barometer survey, nearly 70% of two thirds of SMEs in Scotland want to be more environmentally sustainable. “The survey found 69% of small to medium sized businesses believe it is either important and very important while 72% said they have taken steps to become greener in the past 12 […]