PLANT machinery tycoon Morris Leslie this week lodged a planning application for a major leisure-based destination in Perthshire.

The Morris Leslie Group has put in a planning bid for a site at West Kinfauns, where it has its headquarters, to Perth and Kinross Council, following extensive community consultation.

READ MORE: The firm said the development is capable of supporting a variety of leisure and tourism functions and aims to include a four-star hotel, lodge-style cabins, and a museum that will tell the story of transport.

The proposed scheme is of a scale that can support additional development and is ideally placed in terms of transport connection - Morris Leslie

Scottish investment company founded in 1887 to lose independence in deal

The Herald: Scottish Investment Trust announced in June that it was inviting proposals from external asset managers following a five-year period in which it had underperformed a key global equities index.Scottish Investment Trust announced in June that it was inviting proposals from external asset managers following a five-year period in which it had underperformed a key global equities index.

THE board of Scottish Investment Trust, which was founded in 1887, has agreed a deal which will end the company’s long history as an independent, self-managed fund.

READ MORE: It has agreed heads of terms with JPMorgan Global Growth & Income and this fund’s manager, JPMorgan Asset Management, for a combination of Scottish Investment Trust’s assets with JGGI.

Scottish carbon capture cluster eclipsed by ‘Red Wall’ projects​

The Herald: Grangemouth refinery owner Ineos has backed plans to develop a Scottish carbon capture and storage cluster.Grangemouth refinery owner Ineos has backed plans to develop a Scottish carbon capture and storage cluster.

HOPES that a pioneering carbon capture and storage cluster will be developed in Scotland within the next few years have suffered a big setback.

READ MORE: Supporters of plans for the development of a Scottish Cluster hoped to win backing under a UK Government programme to encourage the development of carbon capture and storage facilities as a key element of its net zero drive.

Scotch whisky company secures giant warehouse in central belt

The Herald: Artisanal was valued at nearly £78 million when it floated on the stock market earlier this year.Artisanal was valued at nearly £78 million when it floated on the stock market earlier this year.

THE owner of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has signed a 10-year lease on a giant logistics facility in Uddingston in a move to give it greater control of its supply chain.

READ MORE: The Artisanal Spirits Company said the 37,000 square foot property will provide it with a high-quality warehouse, production building and offices, along with “excellent transport links”.

First Royal Navy crew joins HMS Glasgow in Govan

The Herald: The ship is the first of eight Type 26 frigates which will safeguard both the nation’s nuclear deterrence and its aircraft carrier strike groups from interference from hostile submarines.The ship is the first of eight Type 26 frigates which will safeguard both the nation’s nuclear deterrence and its aircraft carrier strike groups from interference from hostile submarines.

THE inaugural ship’s company of sailors and BAE Systems engineers are breathing life into the first of the UK’s next-generation warships.

READ MORE: Six sailors have joined HMS Glasgow – under construction on the Clyde – to begin turning a lifeless hull into one of the world’s most advanced submarine hunters.

City letting prices 'going crazy' with record rental levels

The Herald: Riccardo Giovanacci said offices are handling 250 enquiries per day, with people chasing only a handful of available properties as stock levels have never dipped so low.Riccardo Giovanacci said offices are handling 250 enquiries per day, with people chasing only a handful of available properties as stock levels have never dipped so low.

The residential property letting market in Glasgow and is “going crazy”, the head of a city centre agency has said, with rental prices soaring to record levels.

Riccardo Giovanacci of Newton Letting said monthly rents are achieving levels he has never experienced in his 15 years in the sector, with enquiry levels off the scale.

Insight, Opinion, Analysis

Kristy Dorsey: Battles over flexible working threaten exodus of millions

Mark Williamson: Crunch time is looming for Scottish carbon capture cluster project

Ian McConnell on Wednesday: Never mind the horizon, Brexit brigade cannot gaze past navel

Scott Wright: No help from Boris Johnson and co as Glasgow hotels battle to cope with COP26

Ian McConnell on Friday: In cost-of-living crisis Britain, further misery lies ahead

Brian Donnelly: Anger as Boris Johnson 'grants unfettered access' to UK market

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