By Fiona Nicolson, editor

Global private-markets manager, CVC Capital Partners (CVC), has announced the opening of an office in Edinburgh, expanding the firm’s presence in the UK.The new office in the South Gyle, is set to be home to 20 people. Ken Young, managing partner and chief operating officer, said: “There is a fantastic pool of talent in Edinburgh, thanks to the city’s history as one of the world’s first global financial centres and as a birthplace of the modern asset-management industry. There has always...

Scottish chartered-surveying firm, Shepherd is stepping up its expansion in England with the opening of a new Mayfair office and an enhanced focus on London's commercial and residential-property markets. The move marks a significant new chapter in the firm's English growth strategy, bringing together its established London team with additional senior expertise in commercial-agency and residential valuations. The new office, at 12 Bolton Street, will be home to commercial-agency partner Adam...

A family-run Edinburgh property firm managing around 15,000 properties across Scotland has acquired new headquarters, as it marks 50 years in business and targets further growth. Trinity Factoring Services, which provides property factoring, lettings and buildings-insurance services, has purchased the whole of the Canal Court office space on Craiglockhart Avenue, with support from a building-transition loan from Bank of Scotland. Trinity currently employs 75 people, including 50 office-based...