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Book festival sponsor has major investments in fossil fuels
The book festival will this year host climate activists including Greta Thunberg, but its sponsor, Baillie Gifford, has significant investments in firms involved in the coal, oil and gas sectors.
Glen Affric: Pippa Middleton’s family estate urged to stop deterring access
A Highland sporting estate owned by the billionaire family of Kate Middleton’s sister has been urged to stop deterring access at Glen Affric's famous loch.
Revealed: Lothian Pension Fund’s hidden stake in firm piping Russian gas
Lothian Pension Fund has a hidden stake in a firm which runs coal power plants and controls part of a major pipeline transporting Russian gas to Europe.
Does the new foreign ownership law go far enough?
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the UK introduced a register of overseas entities. But does the new foreign ownership law go far enough?
Hundreds of foreign property owners stay secret despite new rules
A “loophole” in new legislation means more than half of the offshore entities which own hundreds of Scottish properties, including entire estates, can stay secret.
Why does who owns Scottish land and property really matter?
Steve Goodrich from Transparency International – which campaigns against corruption across the world – explains why who owns Scottish land and property matters.
Unmasked: The foreign states who bought up Scots property worth millions
The governments of China, Qatar, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates have extensive property portfolios in Scotland collectively worth nearly £250m.
Pippa Middleton’s family owns Highland estate via offshore tax shelters
Pippa Middleton's family own a lucrative Highland estate through companies registered in tax havens.
Revealed: The billionaire Wall Street investor behind a Borders shooting estate
Louis Moore Bacon is the named beneficiary of the 9,000 acre Raeshaw Estate in the Scottish Borders.