Scottish Financial Review

The Scottish Government said a new trade envoy has been appointed to promote Scotland’s interests in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Dubai-based Ronnie Graham is…

Almost 100 seafood and aquaculture projects are to share in more than £16 million of Scottish Government funding, supporting an estimated 122 jobs in coastal…

Blackford, Perthshire-based natural source water producer Highland Spring Group said its 2025 revenue rose 10.2% to £163.4 million and profit before tax soared 70% to…

The annual financial statements of Edinburgh fund manager Walter Scott & Partners reveal its assets under management — discretionary and advisory — fell 19% to…

Glasgow-based Scottish Friendly, which said in February it will merge with Brighton-based OneFamily, announced the completion of its acquisition of pension and annuity in-payment books of…

Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has launched a £3.5 million fund for smaller businesses across West of Scotland. The pilot phase of the scheme opens applications…

Reform of business rates comes top of the list of priorities for Scottish businesses ahead of the Scottish Government Budget, according to the latest Scottish…

Royal Bank of Scotland announced that it will roll out its successful She Scales initiative throughout all of its Accelerator hubs across the UK. She…

Edinburgh-based Aegon Asset Management, which manages and advises on £336 billion of assets, has appointed Iain McGowan as Partnership Director. In a new role for…

Scottish biotech company MiAlgae has secured a £2.5m investment from the Scottish National Investment Bank to support the company’s new commercial-scale production facility in Grangemouth….

Aberdeen-headquartered Ithaca Energy Plc has agreed to acquire a portfolio of “conventional offshore oil assets” located in shallow waters off the East Coast of Newfoundland…

Peter Mathieson has announced that he decided earlier this year that he will not seek a third term as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University…

The South of Scotland Regional Transformational Opportunities report has identified 202 potential investment projects across Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders with a combined…

Scottish salmon farmers have launched a landmark trade mission to India as they target a new export market worth up to £130 million over the…

Strike action by over 100 Unite union members at Diageo’s Cameronbridge distillery in Fife will escalate “in response to management reiterating its threat to force…

Unite, the UK’s largest offshore union, has warned that imminent strike action by 160 Apache offshore workers could severely disrupt UK fuel supplies. Unite said…

The prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction has revealed the six authors shortlisted for the 2026 Prize. The shortlist is: Nicholas Boggs, Anand Gopal, Patrick…

The Scottish Government said it is investing nearly £3 million to help turn university research projects into commercial business propositions. Seventeen projects from seven different…

The board of the Aberdeen-managed £440 million Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust said it has undertaken a “robust in-depth review” of the “investment philosophy and…

Audit Scotland has warned that the Scottish Government plan to boost the offshore wind supply chain is making slow progress and faces “multiple risks” to…

European space technology group Omnidea has acquired the UK-based manufacturing assets and intellectual property of Scottish orbital launch services company and space rocket manufacturer Orbex….

Glasgow-based Scottish Friendly, which said in February it will merge with Brighton-based OneFamily, has appointed Scott McNeill as its new chief financial officer (CFO), subject…

Royal Bank of Scotland announced the appointment of Catriona Penny as its Venture Banking Director, expanding its work with Scotland’s high growth companies and the…

SSE, the Perth-based electricity infrastructure giant, published a half-year trading update saying its renewable generation output is expected to be around 20% higher than the…

The Scottish economy continued to show resilience in the second quarter of 2026, according to the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde….

The Scottish Government has published the Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2025 with statistics on the employment and production from Scottish fish farms. “It is…

Scotland’s onshore gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.7% in the three months to July 2026, compared with GDP growth of 0.2% in the three months…

NatWest Group plc, the bank formerly known as RBS, announced that Roisin Donnelly will succeed Lena Wilson as Chair of the Group Performance and Remuneration…

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney will lead a trade mission during an official visit to India from October 20 and 27. During the visit, the…

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney has announced an independent review into the roles of the Lord Advocate and Solicitor General, chaired by Lord Boyd of…

Scotland based charity Outer Spaces announced it will acquire the shares in Radge Media CIC to “stabilise operations and secure a future for the Scottish…

The Scottish Government said there were just over 17,000 new homes built and 15,500 homes started in Scotland in the twelve months ending June 2026….

A.G. Barr, the Cumbernauld-based owner of Irn-Bru, said its first-half revenue rose 8.5% to £247.4 million in the 26 weeks to August 1, 2026 —…

Edinburgh is to host Scotland’s first-ever Global Investment Scale Up Summit in a bid to drive focus and investment in domestic scale-up companies. The business-led…

Leith-based Build A Rocket Boy, the independent video game developer and publisher and maker of the MindsEye game, has appointed administrators. Build A Rocket Boy…

Montrose Port on Scotland’s Angus coast has been selected by Perth-based electricity giant SSE as the preferred location for the operations and maintenance base for its…

Aberdeen-headquartered transport giant FirstGroup plc said it has completed the buy-in of its £90 million Group Section Pension liabilities. “The Group Section escrow of c.£22…

Peel Ports Group said a new guaranteed weekly shipping service from Greenock to Rotterdam is set to give Scotland’s independent whisky businesses “a faster and…

Baillie Gifford’s $2.5 billion Schiehallion Fund investment trust company said its ordinary share net asset value (NAV) returned 29.1% and its share price returned 10.1%…

TSB has announced that four members of its executive committee are leaving the business in the coming months following the £2.9 billion cash acquisition of…

(UPDATE 11) Edinburgh-based oil and gas firm Capricorn Energy — formerly Bill Gammell’s Cairn Energy — said on Thursday that two takeover offers for the…

Wheatley Housing Group — Scotland’s biggest social landlord — has published its annual report for the year ended March 31, 2026, showing turnover grew from…

Aberdeen-based subsea technology firm Ashtead Technology on Wednesday ​said it has received a ‌non-binding indicative takeover proposal from Ember Infrastructure Management pitched at £6.15 per…

Weir Group, the Glasgow-based global mining and engineering FTSE 100 firm, announced that Brian Doffing has been appointed as President of its ESCO Division following…

Aberdeen Investments and Florida-based alternative asset manager DigitalBridge said they have completed the combination of ZEmobility and VGMobility, creating one of the largest sustainable transportation…

Diageo, the largest Scotch whisky producer in the world, has announced another major change in the ranks of its senior executives. Recently-appointed CEO Dave Lewis…

Celtic plc announced its results for the year ended June 30, 2026, late on Tuesday, saying group revenue fell 22.7% to £111 million and it…

Edinburgh investment group Baillie Gifford’s offer in July of “a voluntary exit programme to UK-based staff, giving them the option to leave on enhanced terms”…

The Baillie Gifford-managed Pacific Horizon Investment Trust, which manages assets of £955.56 million, announced its results for the year to July 31, 2026. Over the…

The UK risks losing thousands more skilled North Sea workers and critical industrial capability before new energy industries are ready to replace them unless the…

Property firm Rettie has produced its latest report on Scotland’s Land & Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT). Scotland’s LBTT was introduced by the Scottish Government in…

UK central government debt interest payable was £8.8 billion in August 2026 — the highest August figure since monthly records began. That’s according to latest…

Edinburgh Airport has unveiled the first phase of what it is calling the largest capital investment programme in its history — with more than £500…

Shares of Edinburgh-based US healthcare software firm Craneware plc fell another 23% on Monday after it published annual results and updated investors on the potential…

Aberdeen Investments said it has accelerated its exchange-traded funds (ETF) ambitions with the appointment of Caroline Hertrich as Head of UK & EMEA ETF Strategy,…

The Scottish Government said more than £296 million in agricultural support has been paid out to Scottish farmers and crofters since the start of September….

Baillie Gifford and Essentia Analytics have announced a partnership to develop Essentia Data-Out (EDO), a new offering “that delivers Essentia’s behavioral intelligence directly into an…

Celtic plc announced the appointments of investment executive James Mark Keane and former BBC journalist Raymond Buchanan as non-executive directors of the company. “Mark’s appointment…

Aberdeen-headquartered transport giant FirstGroup plc said the capital reduction of the group’s share premium account approved by shareholders at the firm’s AGM in July has…

Edinburgh Airport announced that Mark Johnston has been appointed as its new CEO. Currently chief operating officer at London Gatwick Airport, Johnston will take up the…

South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) said the region is showing growing economic confidence, with record support for businesses, communities and social enterprises helping to create…