Scottish Financial Review

Cazenove Capital, the wealth management business of Schroders in the UK, announced the appointment of Sandra Dailidyte in the newly created role of portfolio manager…

A £150 million deal to transform the site of the former Marks & Spencer store on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow into a major mixed-use development…

Abrdn said Steve Logan has returned to the Edinburgh-based asset management group as Head of European High Yield and Global Loans, four years after leaving…

The board of Abrdn’s £664 million Asia Dragon Trust plc has proposed a merger with Invesco Asia Trust, a much smaller £215 million rival. Invesco Asia Trust said…

Aberdeen clean energy firm D2Zero announced the acquisition of Kelton, a flow measurement consultancy to the energy industry. Headquartered in Aberdeen and with 12 offices…

Abrdn investment trust managers from around the world have published their outlook updates as they navigate an upcoming UK budget, shifting interest rates, geopolitical tensions, the American…

Shares of NatWest Group Plc — the bank formerly known as Royal Bank of Scotland — rose another 4% as it raised its outlook for…

Just 9% of Scottish firms agree that the Scottish Government understands the business environment in Scotland, compared to 64% of businesses that disagree for the…

Ashtead Technology, the Aberdeen-based provider of subsea technology and services, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Seascan Limited and its subsidiaries — known…

The recently-merged Alliance Witan investment trust announced the completion of the transition of assets from Witan Investment Trust to Alliance Witan following shareholder approval for…

Lloyds Banking Group’s Jackie Leiper has been appointed as deputy chair of Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE), the member body for Scotland’s £13.6 billion financial and…

OnPath Energy, formerly called Banks Renewables, said it completed the sale of its shares in the recently constructed Kype Muir Wind Farm Extension near Strathaven…

Aberdeen-headquartered transport group FirstGroup plc announced it acquired Shropshire-based Lakeside Group, comprising Lakeside Coaches, Merediths Coaches and A. T. Brown Coaches. Lakeside operates a fleet…

Perth-based electricity infrastructure giant SSE plc and its subsidiary SSEN Transmission have signed new sustainability-linked Revolving Credit Facilities totalling £3 billion through two £1.5 billion…

Edinburgh and Glasgow have both improved their position in the latest Z/Yen Global Green Finance Index, underlining Scotland’s potential in green finance. Edinburgh has moved…

Up to £10 billion of North Sea oil and gas pre-tax value could be unlocked from existing assets if the UK government was to implement…

Abrdn said on Thursday its assets under management and administration (AUMA) rose 2% YTD to £507 billion, reflecting positive markets and net inflows at its Interactive…

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has appointed Paul Lewis as its new chief executive officer. Lewis will join the IFoA on January 6,…

Aberdeen-based consulting and engineering group Wood plc has opened its third office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Located in Sharjah, the new 18,625 square foot office…

Bright Red Triangle (BRT), the enterprise hub at Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), said it has agreed a new partnership with Queen Margaret University (QMU) and…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, has appointed Joost Meijs to the new role of Managing Director, Macfarlane Packaging Distribution, Europe, as the…

Sweden-based bank Handelsbanken has strengthened its position in Edinburgh with a move to a new branch in the city’s West End. The move supports the bank’s…

By Mark McSherry Franklin Templeton said it has launched three new emerging markets funds following demand from clients. These are the actively-managed Luxembourg-registered Templeton Emerging…

Shares of Aberdeen-based Plexus Holdings plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business, fell about 17% on Tuesday despite the firm saying its…

Sunderland-based Fairstone Financial Management said it completed the full acquisition of Aberdeen-based Forbes Lawson Wealth Management Limited, further strengthening its presence in Scotland. The acquisition…

The home of the Morningside branches of Waitrose and Kwik Fit in Edinburgh has been sold in a deal that exceeded the £18.15 million asking…

SSEN Transmission has pledged to support the building of more than 1,000 new homes across the north of Scotland as the important employer aims to…

UK government borrowing in the six months to September 2024 was £79.6 billion, £1.2 billion more than at the same point in the last financial year…

French investment firm Iroko Zen has paid around £50 million to acquire Morgan Stanley’s office building in Glasgow in what is understood to be the largest…

Montrose Port Authority (MPA) said it is set to embark on a major expansion with the acquisition of Montrose Commercial Park and the adjacent former…

Future Growth Capital (FGC), the new private markets investment manager announced by Schroders plc and Standard Life parent Phoenix Group, announced that regulatory approval has…

Abertay University in Dundee has officially become Scotland’s first Adobe Creative Campus, part of a group of colleges and universities that have empowered students in…

The University of Aberdeen has announced a “new approach to fostering an enhanced spin-out culture” at the the institution that will now see it reduce…

Deltic Energy Plc said on Monday the UK “is not the ideal place in which to invest in new oil and gas exploration or appraisal…

Aberdeen-headquartered transport giant FirstGroup plc announced it acquired Anderson Travel, a central London based coach company comprising three trading entities, Anderson Travel Limited, Anderson Tours…

Property consultancy JLL said it has been instructed to seek offers in excess of £31.58 million for the building that houses the Johnnie Walker Princes…

The Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) has confirmed the reappointment of Tracey Ashworth-Davies, Jason McGibbon, Nicholas Moon and Candida Morley as independent non-executive directors of the…

New figures have revealed that international tourism in Scotland continued to outperform other parts of the UK in the first half of 2024, with almost…

Pensions & Investment Research Consultants Ltd (PIRC), the UK-based corporate governance and proxy voting consultancy, has announced big changes to its leadership team. The changes will…

Confidence amongst Scottish businesses is expected to hold steady for the next six months, with many firms in a “wait-and-see” mode as they look to…

A project to create a new high-end recording studio on the island of Mull has been awarded up to £39,000 by Highlands and Islands Enterprise…

Investing Women Angels (IWA) announced it will back a series of investment rounds over the next four months that is set to raise more than…

Equity deal activity involving smaller businesses in Scotland picked up during the first half of 2024, one of only two parts of the UK to…

Canadian decarbonised heating specialist Noventa Energy has acquired three heat-from-wastewater assets from a subsidiary of Scottish Water. Noventa said it will now apply its proprietary…

Edinburgh-based Abrdn, the global investment company, called on Thursday for “urgent measures” to be introduced by the UK government to “protect and support” listed smaller…

BrewDog co-founder James Watt said the firm has finally published its annual report for 2023, showing group revenue rose 14% to £366 million — but also…

Mark Logan, Chief Entrepreneurial Advisor to Scottish Government, said on Wednesday he has resigned from the role after “increasingly becoming a target for some in…

Aberdeen-based consulting and engineering group Wood plc announced it is leading a Joint Industry Partnership (JIP) to create industry guidelines for CO2 specifications to accelerate sustainable…

Edinburgh asset management giant Baillie Gifford has written to investors in its Baillie Gifford Health Innovation Fund to inform them of the fund’s closure after…

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce’s latest Quarterly Economic Indicator has revealed that fears over increased UK taxes and uncertainty over the impact of the UK Labour…

Amsterdam-listed parcel locker company InPost Group said it has acquired the remaining 70% stake in Menzies Distribution Limited in an all-cash transaction valued at £60.4…

Portugal’s main power utility EDP initiated merger discussions with Perth-based electricity infrastructure giant SSE earlier this year, but talks did not progress, according to a Reuters…

Scotland’s most important business organisations have called on UK finance minister Rachel Reeves to reduce the tax burden on Scotch Whisky in her first Budget…

Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, has announced the appointment of Andrew Davies as independent chair of its Independent Governance Committee (IGC) which oversees the…

By Mark McSherry New research from Edinburgh investment giant Abrdn said UK smaller companies (small caps) globally are at historically cheap valuations – and UK…

Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce (AGCC) has warned UK finance minister Rachel Reeves that 100,000 jobs rest on her sparing businesses operating in the…

Alex Salmond, the former First Minister of Scotland and one of the most prominent figures in the Scottish independence movement, died on Saturday, Reuters reported….

Aberdeen has been selected as the strategic and operational headquarters for Green Volt, a joint venture between Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, paving the way for…

BrewDog co-founder James Watt has claimed that “liberal democracy in the UK is facing an existential crisis” because the interest being paid on UK government…

Twelve Scottish business founders are being given the opportunity to showcase their products and attract international investment in one of the world’s biggest tech economies….

Scottish Widows has confirmed it will kill off its iconic “widow” model that has featured in its branding for decades. The £200 billion life insurer…