Scottish Financial Review

London-based investment firm Victory Group said on Tuesday it has acquired Cameron House, the luxury resort at Loch Lomond in Scotland, from affiliates of Colorado-based…

The £10 billion Lothian Pension Fund (LPF), the second largest Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) provider in Scotland, announced the appointment of Jennifer O’Brien as…

The UK government’s long-term borrowing costs rose on Tuesday to a 28-year high amid rising fuel prices and concerns about political stability at Westminster. The…

Dundee-based digital product consultancy Waracle has agreed to acquire Inov8, an Edinburgh-based cloud and data services consultancy. Backed by BGF (British Growth Fund), Waracle also…

BP is considering potentially exiting part or all of its operations in the UK North Sea as the oil giant works to strip assets and…

The Scottish Government said initial estimates for 2025 total income from farming, the official measure of the profit — output minus costs — of the…

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has paid tribute to Hamish Buchan, a leading investment trust analyst, respected investment trust director and former chair of…

Edinburgh-headquartered NatWest Group, the bank formerly known as RBS, said its operating profit before tax for the quarter to March 31, 2026, rose 12.2% to…

Santander UK said on Friday it has completed its £2.9 billion cash acquisition of TSB, following regulatory approval from the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority and…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) on Thursday night welcomed the news that US President Trump has apparently announced the removal of tariffs on Scotch Whisky…

Aberdeen Investments announced the appointment of London-based Marianne Zangerl as Global Head of Multi Asset and Alternative Investment Solutions. Zangerl succeeds Darren Wolf, who is…

Dublin-based Version 1, a global “AI and digital transformation” consultancy, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Edinburgh-based CreateFuture for an undisclosed amount. CreateFuture is…

The chair of the Baillie Gifford-managed £860 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (EWIT) has warned that the UK’s entire £261 billion investment trust sector…

Weir Group, the Glasgow-based global mining and engineering FTSE 100 firm, announced on Thursday that Jon Stanton will step down as chief executive officer on…

Glasgow-based Scottish Friendly, which said in February it will merge with Brighton-based OneFamily, has announced record overall sales of £56.1 million for the year ended…

Scotland’s Chief Statistician has released figures for all of Scotland showing that total salmon catch by all methods in 2025 was the lowest, and total…

Bellshill-based EnteroBiotix Limited, a biopharmaceutical company developing best-in-class microbiome therapies for gut health, has announced the completion of a £19 million financing. The financing will…

Edinburgh-registered Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) — owner of Bank of Scotland, Scottish Widows and Halifax — said its statutory profit before tax rose 33% to…

Aberdeen Investments said its Strategic Insurance Group has been appointed by Flood Re, the UK’s government‑backed flood reinsurance scheme, to manage a £1 billion credit…

Madrid-based Matrix Renewables said it has successfully closed a £245 million non-recourse project financing deal to support the construction of a large-scale, transmission-connected 500MW /…

NatWest Group, the bank formerly known as RBS, has committed to a faster deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) as an “accelerant of our strategy” —…

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has claimed that low confidence in the Scottish economy “is already holding back investment and job creation…

WTW Scotland has announced several new appointments and a number of senior promotions within its Retirement and Pensions Outsourcing teams. Heather Wright, James Cassidy and Lindsay Cassidy,…

The David Hume Institute announced Paul Atkinson as its new chair “at a time when Scotland faces growing economic and policy challenges.” Atkinson is a…

ICAS said it has appointed former Deloitte executive David Cruickshank as its new President “with social mobility in the accountancy profession and the amplification of…

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is to headline DataFest 2026 — Scotland’s biggest AI gathering — at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh on May 27 and…

Scottish Bakers, the national trade body for Scotland’s bakery sector, has unveiled its Bakery Category Insight Reports 2026, a data-led resource produced in collaboration with…

The majority of closed-end investment trust companies have outperformed “sister” open-ended funds run by the same manager over one, three, five and ten years, according…

Edinburgh Airport delivered £2.7 billion of economic value to Scotland in 2025 and supported almost 44,000 jobs, according to a new independent economic impact report….

Scottish Building Society said its retail savings balances grew 4% to £612.9 million in 2025 as it revealed the number of mortgages it offered to…

Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday announced a new partnership with the University of Edinburgh “to combine entrepreneurship expertise.” A dedicated member of RBS staff…

Scotland’s salmon farming sector has written to all Holyrood election candidates, urging the next Scottish Government “to cut red tape and support jobs, investment, and…

The CEO of The National Robotarium in Edinburgh, Stewart Miller, said on Thursday he has resigned “as a direct consequence of Heriot-Watt University senior leadership…

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners Plc is emerging as the frontrunner to form a UK pension partnership with Standard Life Plc, according to a…

A coalition of eight spirits industry representative organisations across the UK — including the powerful Scotch Whisky Association — has released a joint statement condemning…

Edinburgh-based Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC), creator of limited-edition whiskies, said its chair Mark Hunter “has decided to step back from all formal business commitments for…

UK government borrowing in the financial year ending (FYE) March 2026 has been initially estimated at £132 billion — £700 million less than had been…

Recent data has remained positive for the Scottish economy, but the outlook for future growth is being dampened by the ongoing conflict in the Middle…

Edinburgh, London and Manchester-based Hampden Bank said it broke through £1 billion of client deposits during 2025, with deposits at the UK private bank increasing…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Aberdeen Group plc said on Wednesday its assets under management and administration (AUMA) “recovered strongly” from outflows in the first quarter to…

Scottish Renewables announced that its chief executive officer Claire Mack “has decided to step down from her role to pursue the next stage of her…

Texas-based Shrieve Chemical Company, a portfolio company of Gemspring Capital, said it has acquired Aberdeen-based FIS Chemicals, a formulator, manufacturer, and distributor of high-performance chemical…

Clean heat tech company Exergy3, a University of Edinburgh spinout, has raised £10 million in seed funding to scale its proprietary technology addressing three of…

The £4 billion East Anglia THREE offshore windfarm being developed by ScottishPower and Masdar has set a UK offshore wind record with the installation of…

Edinburgh Innovations (EI), the University of Edinburgh’s commercialisation service, has announced the appointment of two new non-executive directors — Elizabetta Camilleri and Gemma Atkinson —…

Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has welcomed the latest comments by UK finance minister Rachel Reeves on North Sea oil and gas production, which it described…

The latest Scottish Technology Industry Survey 2026 from digital technology trade body ScotlandIS reveals that 58% of Scottish technology companies reported rising sales in 2025,…

The latest headline Royal Bank of Scotland Business Activity Index shows that a second month of employment growth offered some positivity during a modest month…

Celtic Football Club announced late on Wednesday that former Clydeport CEO Tom Allison has retired from the board of Celtic plc after 25 years.   …

Standard Life plc — formerly called Phoenix Group — said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy Edinburgh-based Aegon UK for £2 billion. Aegon UK…

The UK government sold 10-year bonds on Tuesday at the highest yield since the global financial crisis. The 2036 gilt syndication raised a record £15…

The IMF has cut the UK’s growth prospects for 2026 by more than any other G7 nation as it warned that the UK faces a…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has appointed former UK Ambassador Ian Duddy as its new International Director. Scotch Whisky exports were valued at £5.36 billion…

AGS Airports — which operates Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton airports — said it appointed professional services firm WSP and international architectural practice Pascall + Watson…

Delta Air Lines announced on Monday it will connect Edinburgh to New York year-round as the airline extends its JFK service from the Scottish capital….

Aberdeen Investments announced the appointment of Parker Wertz as chief financial officer for the group’s asset management business — and also unveiled two senior leadership…

Shares of Linlithgow-based Calnex Solutions plc, a provider of test and measurement solutions for telecoms, cloud computing and defence markets, rose as much as 10%…

The Baillie Gifford-managed £860 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (EWIT) said late on Friday that its tender offer with an exit option “has not…

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has fined North Sea licensee EnQuest Heather Limited a total of £16.5 million for failing to decommission 33 inactive…

March delivered a positive boost to retail activity across Scotland, with footfall rising +8.4% month on month across all retail destinations. That’s according to new March footfall…

The chief executive of SSE plc, the Perth-based electricity infrastructure giant, said the UK needs to “finish building the UK’s clean energy system.” Martin Pibworth…