May 2017


Standard Life teams up with Sage for auto enrolment

Edinburgh-based pensions and investment giant Standard Life said it has fully integrated its auto enrolment offering with Newcastle-based software giant Sage Group, the UK’s largest tech company. Standard…




Elliott succeeds Grossart as IndigoVision chairman

Edinburgh-based video security company IndigoVision said on Monday that tech industry veteran George Elliott will join its board of directors on June 1, 2017 and succeed Hamish Grossart as chairman of…











Wood Mackenzie owner buys wind power specialist

Verisk Analytics, owner of Edinburgh-based energy, metals and mining consultancy Wood Mackenzie has acquired MAKE, a research and advisory business specializing in wind power. New Jersey-based…





BP hails first oil from massive Shetland field

BP and its co-venturers Shell and Siccar Point Energy announced first oil from the redeveloped Schiehallion Area following completion of the multi-billion-pound Quad 204 project in the west…





Johnston Press revenues edge higher

Johnston Press — owner of The Scotsman, the i newspaper and the Yorkshire Post — issued a trading update on Friday ahead of its annual general meeting…







£45m loan payments start for Scots farmers

Payments from a loan scheme designed to help vulnerable farmers and crofters in Scotland have started, the Scottish government said. More than 7,400 payments worth more…




Johnston Press shareholders force executive bonus cut

Johnston Press — owner of The Scotsman, the i newspaper and the Yorkshire Post — said that following consultations with shareholders, its proposed new directors’ remuneration policy would be changed…



Scots job creation at eight-month high

Job creation in Scotland reached an eight-month high in April despite business confidence easing to its lowest in six months, according to April’s Bank of Scotland Regional…



Edinburgh tidal power firm Atlantis in Hyundai deal

Edinburgh-based tidal power company Atlantis Resources said it signed a strategic partnership agreement (SPA) with South Korean offshore construction giant Hyundai Engineering & Construction regarding global…


Executive shake up at Aggreko

Glasgow-based international mobile power firm Aggreko announced a big change to its executive management team, with Nicolas Fournier, managing director of its Power Solutions division since November…


Advertising worth £8.8bn to Scottish GDP

Advertising contributed £8.8 billion to Scottish gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015 — about 5.6% of the Scottish economy — according to a new report from Biggar…


Menzies confident DX Group deal will go through

Edinburgh-based John Menzies said on Friday its proposed deal to merge its Menzies Distribution division with mail delivery firm DX Group continued to “move forward positively” and…






800 roles could go in Standard Life-Aberdeen merger

Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management expect to cut their combined workforce by up to 800 roles — nearly 9% of the companies’ combined payroll — within three years of their proposed merger, Standard…







Aberdeen Asset CEO Gilbert joins Glencore board

Mining and commodities trading multinational Glencore said it appointed Aberdeen Asset Management CEO Martin Gilbert as an independent non-executive director of Glencore with immediate effect. Aberdeen Asset Management is…


Shareholders threaten to block Menzies-DX deal

Activist shareholder Gatemore Capital Management has written to the board of mail delivery firm DX Group threatening to block its reverse takeover deal with the distribution arm of…



Strong start for Edinburgh conference business

Convention Edinburgh said the Scottish capital, the UK’s leading international meetings destination outside of London, made a “solid start” to 2017 with five new bid wins equating…