River & Mercantile Asset Management announced on Tuesday that Dan Hanbury is to leave the firm both as a partner and a portfolio manager. Martin…

Investec has provided Clyde Munro Dental Group with a further £25 million of financing to help the firm make acquisitions – taking its investment in Scotland’s…

Perth-based renewable energy and power networks giant SSE — the biggest listed company run from Scotland — on Tuesday upgraded its expectations for full-year 2021-22…

The value of mergers, acquisitions and share deals involving Scottish registered corporates soared from £4.9 billion in 2020 to £16.4 billion in 2021, according to…

Edinburgh-based TV advertising analytics firm TVSquared has been acquired by New York-based Innovid in a cash and stock transaction valued at $160 million. TVSquared CEO Calum Smeaton…

Royal London confirmed on Monday it has had “initial, exploratory discussions” with mutual life insurer LV= — formerly known as Liverpool Victoria — about a potential merger….

Beverly Hills-based international real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson said it has acquired Waverleygate, the historic prime office building opposite the Balmoral Hotel in central…

The UK’s Investment Association (IA) has revealed that savers invested £43.4 billion in retail funds in 2021 — the second best year on record behind…

Scottish Widows — part of Lloyds Banking Group — announced it will invest up to £25 billion in companies leading on decarbonisation and climate solutions…

Edinburgh investment firm Abrdn announced that Sarah Deaves has joined its Personal Wealth business as head of financial planning from Schroders Personal Wealth. Deaves will…

Edinburgh-based asset management giant Baillie Gifford survived a downturn in its fortunes in the final quarter of 2021 to cling on to top spot in…

The angel investment market in Scotland rebounded in 2021 as deals led by angel syndicate members of LINC Scotland secured a record £146 million funding for…

Beeks Financial Cloud Group Plc, the Glasgow-based connectivity provider for financial markets, has announced the signing of a $2.2 million contract over four years for its…

PwC announced it is set to recruit more than 100 people into its growing financial services practice in Scotland. “Representing a 10% uplift in PwC’s…

Virgin Money, the banking group formerly known as CYBG, said its unsecured lending grew 3% to £5.6 billion in the three months to December 31,…

A.G. Barr, the Cumbernauld-based maker of Irn-Bru, Rubicon energy drinks and Funkin cocktail mixers, said on Tuesday its revenue for the 53-week financial year to January…

Edinburgh investment giant Abrdn has invested in Dott, a European e-scooters and e-bikes company, which has announced a $70 million extension to its Series B…

Newton Investment Management, part of BNY Mellon Investment Management, announced it hired veteran Scottish fund manager David Cumming and Abrdn portfolio manager Georgina Cooper for its…

SSEN Transmission — the electricity transmission owner for the north of Scotland — welcomed Monday’s publication by National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO) of this…

Oil & Gas UK (OGUK), the powerful representative body for the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry, said on Monday it is expanding to include the low-carbon offshore energy technologies that…

Edinburgh-based Craneware, a provider of software for the US healthcare market, said on Monday its revenue increased 110% to $80 million in the six months ended…

Shares of Alva-based Omega Diagnostics Group fell another 25% on Monday after it confirmed it is in discussions “with certain investors and shareholders” regarding a…

Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh has advertised a new executive role called “Executive Dean of the Edinburgh Business School & School of Social Sciences.” Heriot-Watt said…

Edinburgh investment giant Abrdn confirmed on Friday that it sold 39.98 million of its 144 million shares in life and pensions consolidator Phoenix Group Holdings…

The Scottish National Investment Bank has committed £30 million of funding for the expansion of Aberdeen Harbour, the largest marine infrastructure project in the UK….

Glasgow-based Smart Metering Systems plc (SMS) has announced that CEO Alan Foy will step down as chief executive officer and as an executive director of SMS…

Ineos announced it is taking the next significant step in its plan to convert its Grangemouth petrochemicals plant and oil refinery to run on hydrogen at…

Growth investor BGF said it invested almost £60 million in the Scottish growth economy in the last 12 months – more than double the previous…

The Scottish Government announced it will utilise the Scotland Reserve to give local authorities an extra £120 million next year in an attempt to avoid big…

Edinburgh investment giant Abrdn has announced it will sell 40 million of its 144 million shares in life and pensions consolidator Phoenix Group Holdings plc to institutional…

Standard Life Private Equity Trust plc — soon to be renamed Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust plc — has reported a record annual share price…

Forth Ports, which owns and operates eight commercial ports across the UK, has announced three new leadership roles as it restructures its senior team “to…

John Menzies plc, the Edinburgh-based global aviation logistics specialist, said on Thursday it has decided to change its presentational currency to US dollars “better reflecting…

TSB Bank plc said on Thursday it made a statutory profit before tax for 2021 of £157.5 million compared to a pre-tax statutory loss of…

Abrdn has announced the appointment of former Virgin Money and Barclays executive Paul Titterton as head of digital solutions for its personal wealth business. Titterton…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced it is investigating the anticipated merger between National Express Group plc and Stagecoach Group plc. National Express…

Scotland’s onshore economic output is now estimated to be back above pre-pandemic levels, according to new figures published by the Chief Statistician. The figures show…

Shares of Edinburgh-based Frontier IP, a specialist in commercialising university intellectual property, rose about 6% after it said it sold 183,901 American Depositary Shares (ADSs) of…

By Mark McSherry Shares of the tech-focused £1.1 billion Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc rose as much as 5% after the closed-end fund company…

Heart of Midlothian Football Club chair Ann Budge has sold 654,621 of her shares Linlithgow-based telecoms testing and measurement firm Calnex Solutions plc at £1.25 per share…

Edinburgh-based specialist consumer brand investor Inverleith LLP has acquired a majority stake in craft gin and Scotch whisky company Eden Mill St Andrews. The gin and…

Toronto-based renewable energy developer Amp Energy announced it will create Europe’s two biggest battery storage facilities with a 800 MW battery portfolio in central Scotland called the Scottish Green Battery…

Scottish Water CEO Douglas Millican is to step down next year after 10 years in the role and 20 years on the publicly owned organisation’s…

Shares of Edinburgh-based Capricorn Energy — formerly Cairn Energy — rose about 7% on Tuesday after it published an update on its trading performance together with…

Martin Gilbert’s investment firm AssetCo plc said on Tuesday it agreed an all-share deal worth £99.8 million to buy fund manager River & Mercantile Group (RMG)….

Edinburgh asset management giant Abrdn has confirmed reports that it is exploring how it can enable individual and institutional investors to buy “tokens” in buildings,…

Interest payments on UK central government debt were £8.1 billion in December 2021, a December record and £5.4 billion more than in December 2020, according…

Salmon Scotland — formerly the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) — has protested strongly against huge rent increases for salmon farmers announced on Tuesday by…

UK company share dividends soared 46.1% in 2021 to £94.1 billion on a headline basis, according to the latest Dividend Monitor report from Link Group….

Edinburgh-based accessories brand Strathberry has announced a partnership with growth capital investor BGF after securing an £8 million investment to support its future growth plans. Founded…

The board of family-run Walker’s Shortbread Ltd announced that Nicky Walker has been appointed managing director with immediate effect and that Bryony Walker has been…

Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) chairman Bob Downes confirmed on Friday that chief executive Terry A’Hearn has stepped down and left his position “following conduct…

Virgin Money announced the appointment of Susan Poot as Group Chief Risk Officer with effect from January 24, 2022. Poot will succeed current Group Chief…

Edinburgh-based investment group Abrdn and its 60%-owned property and logistics investment fund Tritax announced they will provide up to £2 billion of private funding for…

Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, said it has concluded a £1.7 billion bulk purchase annuity (BPA) transaction covering all members of the Gallaher Pension…

The Auditor General for Scotland Stephen Boyle has said the Scottish Government needs to take “urgent action” to ensure essential progress in improving how workforce…

St Andrews University spinout firm Pneumagen, a clinical stage biotech company, announced it has raised a further £3.8 million to advance clinical development and manufacturing of…

Edinburgh-based Artisanal Spirits Company plc (ASC), owner of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), said on Thursday it expects to report that 2021 revenue grew…

International real estate consultancy Avison Young has predicted that economic growth in Edinburgh and Glasgow will more than double in 2022 and that Scotland’s largest…

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust plc, Baillie Gifford’s flagship fund, announced on Thursday it has raised a further $400 million of long-term borrowings. In a new private…

Scotland’s GDP is expected to grow by 4.8% this year, according to new analysis by KPMG UK. With Omicron posing a milder setback than earlier…

Alva-based Omega Diagnostics Group said on Wednesday that CEO Colin King notified the board that he will step down from his position with immediate effect. Omega…

Asset custody and investment tech firm Seccl has announced that former Nucleus Financial Group chief executive David Ferguson will join Seccl as its new CEO,…

New research from Savills shows that the Scottish hotel market saw investment volumes reach £185 million in 2021 — a 166% increase on the £70…

Martin Gilbert’s investment firm AssetCo plc has been given another extension to the deadline by which it must make an offer for fund manager River and…

Crown Estate Scotland on Monday announced the outcome of its application process for ScotWind Leasing — the first Scottish offshore wind leasing round in over a decade. It said a total of just…

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Scottish Financial Enterprise chair Philip Grant are to co-chair a “refocussed” national board to “ensure the crucial role of financial…

Shares of Glasgow-based fashion firm Quiz rose about 11% on Friday as it published an update for the month of December 2021 and its current…

Shares of Scotgold Resources Limited, the Australia-based gold exploration firm focused on Scotland, rose as much as 15% on Friday after the firm published a production…

ScottishPower — owned by Bilbao-based green energy giant Iberdrola — said it has signed two deals to acquire 17 solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the…