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More than a third of properties in Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street are vacant
Glasgow shopping street is Scotland's most vacant high street with 36 per cent of its shops, offices and domestic properties now lying empty.
Pretty vacant: Local authorities and tax havens own hundreds of empty properties
Local authorities own over 1,100 vacant properties in Scotland’s cities while real estate investors, tax haven firms and others are responsible for more than 500 high street vacancies.
Scotland’s infrastructure linked to tax havens, China and the ‘Vampire Kangaroo’
Parts of Scotland’s infrastructure are linked to tax havens, China, multinationals accused of greenwashing, foreign pension funds and the ‘Vampire Kangaroo’.
Fears raised more cultural venues could end up in private hands
As the recession in the UK deepens, more Scottish cultural venues could be taken over by multinational firms and private developers.
Revealed: The Scottish cultural institutions linked to tax havens
Global firms linked to tax havens own or operate Scottish theatres, music venues, pubs and bars, analysis by The Ferret has found.
Retail haven: Three in four city shopping centres have offshore links
Our research also found that about a third of shopping centres in Scotland’s cities have announced, or are considering, plans for significant redevelopment.
Two-thirds of high street property owned outside Scotland
Only a third of properties on Scotland’s busiest shopping streets are owned by companies registered in the country, The Ferret can reveal.
Hundreds urge action over finance crisis at Edinburgh University
There is “urgent and profound concern” over a financial system at Edinburgh University which has left staff with no pay for weeks and students at risk of homelessness.
Claim the Scottish Government budget is effectively fixed is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim by the first minister that Scotland's budget is 'effectively fixed'.
