Scottish tech company founders have raised £257 million in investment since joining Techscaler, Scotland’s national tech scaleup programme, which was launched in 2022. The latest Techscaler annual…
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James Watt, co-founder and former CEO of of Aberdeenshire craft beer firm BrewDog, has admitted that when he started the firm he “had no idea”…
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said John Wood Group plc — the troubled Aberdeen-based engineering and consulting giant — has been fined £12.9 million…
Edinburgh-based Commsworld, in collaboration with CGI, primary provider of IT and business consulting services for Scottish Borders Council, has delivered a new smart CCTV system…
NatWest — the bank formerly known as RBS — has announced Adeel Hyder as its new Managing Director of Business Banking, leading the bank’s strategy…
Weir Group, the Glasgow-based global mining and engineering FTSE 100 firm, said its 2025 revenue from continuing operations rose 6% to £2.565 billion and orders…
Maven Capital Partners announced the appointment of Ewan MacKinnon as managing partner, with founder and previous managing partner Bill Nixon moving to the role of…
Stirling-based construction, development, infrastructure and support services firm Robertson Group said Bill Robertson is to step back from daily involvement in the firm and that…
With International Women’s Day approaching on March 8, the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has revealed that 42% of investment trust directorships are now held by women, but…
Weir Group, the Glasgow-based global mining and engineering FTSE 100 firm, said it has completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% share of its Chile-based…
Edinburgh-based investment firm Aberdeen Group plc said its profit before tax rose 72% £442m in 2025, a figure that included “a gain of £236m from…
Tilray Brands, Inc. of North America said on Monday it completed the acquisition of “certain highly strategic assets” of Aberdeenshire-based craft beer company BrewDog for…
Santander UK announced on Monday its intention to appoint Nicola Bannister as the new CEO of TSB Bank, dependent on regulatory approval being received for…
SSEN Transmission said it has accepted a new five-year funding settlement from energy regulator Ofgem — securing a big programme of investment for grid upgrades…
Standard Life plc, the retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement saving and income, has completed its name change from Phoenix Group Holdings plc and was…
Edinburgh-based Craneware plc, a provider of “healthcare financial performance solutions” for the US healthcare market, said its revenue rose 6% to $105.7 million in the…
Scottish Water has published its business plan for 2027–2033, setting out proposals to invest £13.4 billion to protect and improve water and wastewater services across…
Estate agents Savills said the Tulchan Estate, a 21,768-acre Highland sporting and rural estate on the River Spey, east of the Cairngorms National Park, is…
Trade body Salmon Scotland said an independent review has found that innovation in Scotland’s salmon farming sector in recent years has surged to almost £200…
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) said on Thursday it plans to execute a further £3 billion of share buybacks over the next 12 months as…
The Scottish Parliament has approved the 2026-27 Scottish Budget, which includes a record £22.5 billion for health and social care and enhanced cost of living…
Aberdeen Investments said that UK small cap companies yielded more than large caps last month for the first time in two decades “as smaller companies…
Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, said its 2025 revenue increased 11% to £300.8 million but profit before tax fell 61% to…
The Insolvency Service announced that the civic head of Shetland Islands Council has been banned as a director after her company went into liquidation owing…
Scotland’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.4% over 2025 as a whole, compared to 2024 — while equivalent UK growth was 1.3%. That’s according to…
Quantcore, a University of Glasgow spin-out, has raised £2.5 million in seed funding to create a “sovereign supply chain for quantum hardware” as the UK…
Savings and retirement Phoenix Group said on Tuesday its previously announced change of name to Standard Life plc has been registered at Companies House with…
The Scottish National Investment Bank, Scotland’s development bank, said it has surpassed a key milestone with its £10 million investment in Aurora Energy Services —…
Scottish tech ecosystem builder CodeBase has announced a “strategic leadership transition” aimed at strengthening its position “as a powerhouse for founder support.” CodeBase co-founder and…
Legendary Edinburgh-based UK life insurance and investment executive David Henderson — Aegon UK’s first CEO — has died, aged 81. Aegon UK said: “We are…
Professor Wendy Loretto has been appointed as the new Head of the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School. She joins the University of Glasgow…
UK wealth managers’ share of investment trust company shares has held steady after two years of decline, according to a new report released by the…
Edinburgh-registered NatWest Group Plc — the bank formerly known as RBS — is in discussions with investors to issue a “significant risk transfer” (SRT) tied…
Edinburgh-based oil and gas firm Capricorn Energy said on Monday it continues to evaluate M&A (mergers and acquisitions) opportunities “in the UK North Sea, Egypt…
TDR Capital and I Squared Capital, the current private equity owners of Glasgow-based mobile power giant Aggreko plc, are exploring options to either re-list the…
UK government borrowing in the first 10 months of its current financial year to January 2026 was £112.1 billion — about £14.6 billion or 11.5%…
Trade group Salmon Scotland has said new figures reveal that Scottish salmon exports to India could deliver up to £130 million over the next decade…
Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky business of Pernod Ricard, said its total net sales fell 5% in the first six months of its financial year…
The plan by Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) to transform its Port Hamilton Scottish Widows building on Morrison Street in Edinburgh into a state-of-the-art innovation hub…
Debt rating giant Moody’s Ratings said it has affirmed its Baa1 long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings of SSE plc, the Perth-based electricity infrastructure giant,…
Edinburgh-based Lario Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing precision medicines for epileptic and neurological disorders, has received $2.4 million in grant funding from The Michael J….
Property firm Savills said Scotland’s £1m+ residential housing market “has shown remarkable resilience against a cautious geo-political backdrop, alongside economic and taxation challenges.” The total…
Gordon Dewar has announced that he will step down as CEO of Edinburgh Airport — part of France’s Vinci Airports network — after 14 years….
The UK’s Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has published its first Scottish election briefing, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and the Robertson Trust. The IFS…
Standard Life said it has concluded a £700 million Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) transaction with the Trustee of the IBM I.T. Solutions Pension Scheme. “The…
SSEN Distribution, part of SSE plc, announced the five contract partners it will work with to deliver future investment of up to £950 million in…
Preston-based life and pensions consolidator Chesnara plc said it agreed to acquire Scottish Widows Europe SA, a Luxembourg based closed life insurance business, from Scottish…
Elgin-based house builder Springfield Properties plc said on Tuesday it “remains very excited about the significant prospects in the North of Scotland.” SSEN Transmission said…
ScotRail fares will be frozen for the next year, First Minister John Swinney has announced. The First Minister said this is part of the Scottish…
New IPPR Scotland analysis said many European countries with high spending on social protection measures such as benefits, childcare and training “also sustain highly productive,…
Glasgow-based Beeks Financial Cloud Group plc, a cloud computing and connectivity provider for international financial markets, published an update on trading for the six months…
Scottish Borders Council Pension Fund has committed £30 million to the major new UK Social Investment Fund launched by M&G plc. “This investment is contributing…
Scottish craft beer firm BrewDog said it has hired restructuring experts AlixPartners to identify new investors in the drinks firm. Although no decisions have been…
Tokyo’s Zeon Corporation, through its California venture capital arm Zeon Ventures, said it has strategically invested in and partnered with University of Glasgow spinout firm…
Celtic plc on Friday night published its interim report for the six months to December 31, 2025, showing first-half revenue fell 28.9% to £59.4 million…
NatWest Group — the bank formerly known as RBS — said on Friday its 2025 operating pre-tax profit rose 24.4% to £7.71 billion as its…
Trade group Salmon Scotland said Scottish salmon has retained its position as the UK’s top food export, with international sales of £828 million in 2025….
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has released figures for 2025 that show global exports of Scotch Whisky falling by -0.6% in value, and by -4.3%…
Equity investment into Scottish companies rose 31.5% to £1.11 billion last year, even though the number of deals increased by less than one per cent,…
The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) said it has written to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Department for Business and Trade “calling for…
New York hedge fund Saba Capital Management, the largest shareholder of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc, said on Thursday it has recommended that if elected,…
US-based Nuveen, the global fund manager with $1.4 trillion in assets under management, said it agreed to acquire London-based Schroders, which has $1.1 trillion in…