Business

DOZENS of properties across the capital thought to be operating at Airbnb-style short-term lets against strict planning rules have been hit with warning letters from the City Council.

Nearly 1,800 used cars change hands on average every day in Scotland. For the overwhelming majority of drivers, the transaction is smooth and hassle-free. But sometimes, things go wrong, writes Andrew Bartlett of Advice Direct Scotland.

SIR ANDY Murray has expressed his excitement after investing in padel tennis - described as a cross between tennis and squash - and tipped it to become huge across the world.

Phone and TV companies will soon be required to tell customers when they have come to the end of their contract in a bid by the communications regulator to stop overcharging.

A STOCKBRIDGE bookshop, already voted the best independent bookseller in Scotland, has now been officially named the best in Britain.

Swiftly after declaring a climate emergency, the SNP abandoned their long-established plans to abolish Air Departure Tax, a move which delighted environmental ­activists and infuriated business, writes Kezia Dugdale.

BUS chiefs are to be carpeted by council chiefs amid an ongoing a row over space for buggies and wheelchairs on Lothian’s new 100-seater fleet.

Transport chiefs have been urged to “avoid playing a game of SimCity” over radical proposals to change how people move about the city centre.

EVERY home on a major new Capital housing complex will get an electric car charger in a national first.

Work is due to begin this week on a major refurbishment of the Wemyss Hotel in Port Seton, East Lothian by Star Pubs & Bars and new operators, mother and daughter team Christine O’Brien and Sarah Couch.

A CONTROVERSIAL £50m hotel and homes development plan for Leith Walk has been dealt a hammer blow after university bosses pulled the plug on their backing.

A fresh round of funding to promote the use of e-bikes has been announced by the Scottish Government.

The wealthiest residents in Edinburgh have been revealed.

THE billionaire reportedly responsible for introducing Arron Banks to Nigel Farage’s campaign to leave the European Union has topped a league table of Edinburgh’s richest people for 2019.

Broadcaster Danny Baker has been sacked from BBC Radio 5Live after tweeting a joke about the Duke and Duchess Of Sussex's son using a picture of a monkey.

Whether you agree with the Scottish Government’s decision on passenger airport tax or not, Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has more brass than Bet Lynch in reversing a policy which only a fortnight ago his deputy Kate Forbes told Edinburgh Airport was definitely going ahead.