In recent years, the Group has become known for taking a special interest in the purchase and investment in listed buildings, or those with significant historical importance.

[10] In 2017, the group made its most significant investment to date with the purchase of the Scotsman Hotel on Edinburgh's Northbridge.

The Shimmy Club in Glasgow, which is a Scotsman Group company, hit headlines in 2013 because it was designed to allow patrons to view the hand wash area of the ladies toilets.

[14] The Scotsman Group stopped this practice after it was named by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills in a list of companies that failed to pay the minimum wage.

Staff members were told a slowdown in trade brought on by the Coronavirus crisis was the cause of the job losses.