Scottish Financial Review

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…

Aberdeen UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust plc (AUSC) has announced a “proposed reconstruction and rollover” into JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income plc (JUGI)….

The £1 billion Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc said its share price and net asset value (NAV) returned 44.5% and 31% respectively in the…

A proposal to restore a new, direct freight and passenger ferry route from Rosyth to Europe has collapsed. Forth Ports confirmed that the line from…

Edinburgh-based oil and gas firm Capricorn Energy — formerly Bill Gammell’s Cairn Energy — on Thursday agreed to revised terms of a $396 million takeover…

More than £46 billion of investment is “in the pipeline” across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire over the next decade, according to Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of…

The Scottish Government needs to be “more transparent” about how it will use £755 million raised by the “high risk and reward” ScotWind offshore wind…

Edinburgh-based Miller Homes announced that Daiwa House of Japan has become a “long-term strategic partner and minority shareholder” in Miller. Miller said Daiwa House has…

Lone Star Funds has put Union Square shopping centre in Aberdeen on the market for around £175 million. The price tag represents a £64 million…

The Scottish Government said on Wednesday that large data centre applications are set to face “more stringent environmental requirements.” It has published a planning direction…

FNZ, the global “wealth management platform” that has had operations in Edinburgh, announced that Stephen Welch has been appointed Executive Group Chair and will assume…

Edinburgh University spinout firm Expanse, the AI infrastructure company, announced a $5.3 million seed funding round led by Crane Venture Partners with participation from PXN…

Edinburgh-headquartered Quorum Cyber, the Microsoft-centric cybersecurity services provider, said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zurich-based Ontinue from Swedish private equity group EQT. The…

Edinburgh-based Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC), creator of limited-edition whiskies, said its revenue fell 5% to £9.2 million in the six months to June 30 and…

Stirling deep-tech advanced materials firm iGii, a 3D carbon nanostructure company, said it raised £22.7 million in a package that brings together £11.7 million in…

Scottish Enterprise and the UK Government are supporting Glasgow-based digital chemistry company Chemify to accelerate its growth, create up to 300 jobs and strengthen Scotland’s…

Aberdeen Investments said it has provided €80 million, anchored by Standard Life, as part of an overall facility of up to €150 million, in debt…

The Scottish National Investment Bank said it has committed £19.5 million to support the development of 370 single-family build-to-rent homes at Little France, a major…

The Smart Data Foundry, a subsidiary of The University of Edinburgh and a private limited company, said Michelle Elliot and Callum Carmichael of FRP Advisory…

The CEO of Elgin-based listed house builder Springfield Properties plc said its strengthened balance sheet has enabled the firm to increase its dividend and launch…