Families are being left without support after a suicide – and it’s causing more deaths
Those bereaved by suicide have a 65 per cent increased risk of taking their own lives. So why is there not more funding for support after tragedy strikes?
Land Ownership
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Taxable derelict land increase in most council areas sparks calls for tax reform
The number of vacant and derelict land plots subject to business rates grew in most Scottish council areas in recent
FFS Show 43: Who Owns Urban Scotland?
This week’s episode is a special one, focusing on our series in conjunction with The Herald called Who Owns
Red tape and legal fees: Call to make community ownership in cities easier
Barriers such as red tape, incomplete data and difficulties tracking down absentee landlords must be urgently tackled to help more
More than a third of properties in Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street are vacant
Sauchiehall Street is Scotland’s most struggling high street with 36 per cent of its shops, offices and domestic properties
Five ways to fix the high street
Once considered one of Scotland’s best shopping streets, Sauchiehall Street is now the most struggling. Dr Allison Orr and
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
Scotland’s infrastructure linked to tax havens, China and the ‘Vampire Kangaroo’
Vital parts of Scotland’s infrastructure are linked to tax haven firms, China, multinationals accused of greenwashing, foreign pension funds
Scottish broadband rollout firm linked to Pegasus spy spyware
One of the firms building broadband services across Scotland’s towns and cities is backed by a state-owned Emirati
Fears raised more cultural venues could end up in private hands
More Scots cultural venues could be at risk of takeovers by multinational firms and private developers — including those with links
Retail haven: Three in four city shopping centres have offshore links
More than three out of four of Scotland’s largest city shopping centres are owned in, or linked to tax
Two-thirds of high street property owned outwith Scotland
Only a third of properties on Scotland’s busiest shopping streets are owned by companies registered in the country, The
Locked gates and keep out signs: hundreds of access issues logged by councils
Landholders have allegedly blocked or deterred public access to Scotland’s paths more than 1,000 times in recent years