The Scottish Government plans to hold a second independence referendum in October 2023, according to Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson. Robertson told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good…

The estimated unemployment rate in Scotland was 3.2% in the February to April 2022 quarter, down 0.5 percentage points since December 2019-February 2020 and down 0.6…

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday set out the “fresh case” for Scotland to become an independent country as she declared “It’s time” and published…

Aberdeen-based bus and rail giant FirstGroup said on Tuesday it signed an extension of its contract to operate Great Western Railway (GWR) — as it announced…

Linlithgow-based telecoms testing and measurement firm Calnex Solutions plc said on Tuesday that following nine years as chair George Elliott will retire from his position on the…

Glasgow-based cloud computing firm Iomart Group said its revenue fell 8% to £103 million in the year ended March 31, 2022, and profit before tax slipped…

Beeks Financial Cloud Group plc, the Glasgow-based cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets, has announced the launch of Exchange Cloud which it called “an evolution…

Workforce numbers rose across Scotland’s private sector again in May, extending the current run of expansion to 14 months, according to the latest Royal Bank of…

The chief executive of SSE, the Perth-based renewable energy and power networks giant, has hit out at UK finance minster Rishi Sunak’s plan to impose…

More parts of Scotland have reached “Alert” level for water scarcity in the latest report from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). The agency said…

The £300 million Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust said its net asset value per share (NAV) total return was negative 16% in the year to April…

UK finance minister Rishi Sunak has been accused of losing £11 billion of taxpayers’ money by paying too much interest servicing the government’s debt. The…

A multi-billion pound bid for an ambitious air, sea and rail economic zone on the River Clyde — supported by a large public private partnership…

Scotgold Resources Limited, the Australia-based gold exploration firm focused on Scotland, on Thursday reported record production for April and May 2022 totalling 1,984 ounces of gold…

Aberdeen-based bus and rail giant FirstGroup said on Thursday its board has unanimously rejected a £1.23 billion cash and shares takeover approach from US private…

Trade association Energy UK has warned of the impact a windfall tax could have on the UK’s long-term energy plans “by increasing costs to customers…

The cost of turning off wind farms in the UK has reached record levels, according to a new report. The report found that over the…

TSB announced it is launching an innovation lab called “TSB Labs” in Edinburgh with FinTech Scotland and is inviting fintech small and medium enterprises (SMEs)…

Edinburgh-based rocket company Skyrora has appointed former SpaceX executive and retired US Air Force Colonel Lee Rosen as chief operations officer. Rosen is an ex-VP of…

Shares of Thurso-based battery cell developer AMTE Power rose as much as 17% on Tuesday after it announced it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)…

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has narrowly survived a vote of no confidence, but 148 of 359 UK Conservative MPs — about 41.2% — voted…

Leeds-based JMG Group said it has acquired Scotland’s largest independent insurance broker GS Group, subject to FCA approval. The deal represents JMG Group’s second acquisition…

NatWest Group plc, formerly called RBS, announced that it will hold a tender process for the role of its external auditor in line with the requirements…

Deloitte announced the appointment of Angela Mitchell as its senior partner for Scotland, the first woman to hold the position. Mitchell has been office senior partner…

Scottish Rugby announced on Monday that Glasgow Warriors head coach Danny Wilson has been “stood down” from his role with immediate effect. “The decision was…

Baillie Gifford’s £1 billion Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust said its net asset value per share fell 34.1% in the six months to April 30, 2022, as the stocks favoured…

Linlithgow-based telecoms testing and measurement firm Calnex Solutions plc said on Monday its CEO Tommy Cook sold 1 million ordinary shares in the company at around £1.59 per…

The biggest shareholder of Aberdeen-based bus and rail giant FirstGroup has urged it to reject the recent £1.2 billion takeover approach from private equity group…

The Scottish Government said on Friday that offshore work to connect thousands of island homes and businesses to faster and more reliable broadband services has…

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust once again retained its title as the most-popular investment trust among Interactive Investor customers in May, despite the fund’s high-flying share price…

UK regulators have approved Shell’s revised plan to develop the giant Jackdaw gas field 250 kilometres east of Aberdeen as the Westminster government seeks to boost domestic…

The CEO of German asset manager DWS, which recently agreed a deal to buy Perth-based transport giant Stagecoach, has decided to resign after raids by prosecutors…

Intel announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Edinburgh-based Codeplay Software, which it called “a global leader in cross-architecture open standards-based developer technologies.” Subject…

The board of Edinburgh-based airport logistics giant John Menzies announced that its shareholders voted to approve the £571 million cash takeover offer from Kuwait-based National Aviation Services…

Abrdn said its European Balanced Property Fund is making a number of acquisitions in the logistics, hotels and senior living sectors for a total of…

Edinburgh-based ready meals firm Parsley Box Group plc on Wednesday published a trading update for the five months ending May 31 and revised guidance for FY22….

The boards of Edinburgh-based Capricorn Energy and London-based Tullow Oil have agreed to merge the companies in an all-share transaction. Tullow said the proposed deal is a…

Aberdeen-based global engineering and consulting giant John Wood Group said it agreed to sell its Built Environment Consulting business to Canada’s WSP Global Inc. for…

The Scottish Government has published what it called an “ambitious but realistic” public spending framework which it said outlines “how more than £180 billion will…

Scotland recorded a 14% increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in 2021, according to Ernst & Young’s (EY) latest Annual Attractiveness Survey. This compared…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Abrdn has completed its £1.49 billion cash acquisition of Manchester-based Interactive Investor (ii), the UK’s second largest investment platform for private investors. Abrdn said…

The Scottish Government’s Resource Spending Review on May 31 will have to “either take the axe to certain areas of spending, signal higher levels of taxation…

Edinburgh-based Menzies Aviation, the global aviation logistics specialist, announced it has renewed a ground services contract with Air Canada at Heathrow Airport (LHR) and won…

A.G. Barr, the Cumbernauld-based maker of Irn-Bru, Rubicon energy drinks and Funkin cocktail mixers, saw many shareholders vote against its directors’ remuneration at the firm’s…

Perth-based transport firm Stagecoach said its subsidiary Stagecoach Bus Holdings Limited agreed to acquire Kelsian Group’s east London bus operations and depot at Lea Interchange…

Forth Ports said it has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) to The City of Edinburgh Council for Harbour 31, a mixed-use development on…

New research commissioned by Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS), part of Scottish Enterprise, has given the clearest picture yet of Scotland’s employee-owned businesses (EOBs) and their…

The UK government on Thursday announced a 25% windfall tax on oil and gas producers’ profits –alongside a £15 billion package of support for UK…

Aberdeen-based bus and rail giant FirstGroup plc announced it has received a series of unsolicited, conditional proposals from private equity group I Squared Capital Advisors (UK)…

Professor Graeme Roy has been appointed the new chair of the Scottish Fiscal Commission, Scotland’s official independent economic and fiscal forecaster. Following a vote in…

SSE plc, the Perth-based renewable energy and power networks giant, said on Wednesday its investment in Great Britain’s electricity infrastructure system could total in excess of £24…

Edinburgh investment giant Abrdn is “on the lookout for the right signs” to increase its exposure to bonds amid the soaring inflation that is “upending traditional…

Edinburgh-based Artisanal Spirits Company plc (ASC), owner of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), said on Tuesday the society’s global membership growth, which it considers a…

Linlithgow-based telecoms testing and measurement firm Calnex Solutions plc on Tuesday reported revenue growth of 23% to £22 million in the year to March 31, 2022,…

UK government borrowing was £144.6 billion in the financial year ending (FYE) March 2022, revised down by £7.2 billion from last month’s first provisional estimate, but remaining…

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on Monday overwhelmingly approved a Declaration of Friendship with the Catholic Church in Scotland. The Moderator put…

Scotgold Resources Limited, the Australia-based gold exploration firm focused on Scotland, said on Monday its April 2022 gold concentrate sales totalled just over £1 million for…

Property investment volumes in Scotland reached £460 million in the first quarter of 2022, up from £380 million a year ago, but 20% below the five-year…

Glasgow-based DeepMatter Group plc, the AIM-listed digital chemistry data and software company, said it will appoint former IP Group CEO Alan Aubrey as its non-executive chairman…

Wealth fund managers who align investment strategies to green and sustainable stocks have become “highly prized recruits” in a restricted Scottish employment market, according to…

Edinburgh-based Stamp Free Limited, the digital postage company, said it raised £600,000 in an oversubscribed funding round as the business makes progress towards the commercial…

German asset manager DWS — a standalone unit of Deutsche Bank — said on Friday it has won control of Perth-based transport giant Stagecoach as…

By Mark McSherry US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has warned the UK government there could be no US-UK trade deal if the UK…

Edinburgh-based Securities Trust of Scotland, the £250 million global fund, reported that its net asset value total return for the year to March 31, 2022, was…

Aberdein Considine has announced it will merge with Edinburgh law firm and solicitor estate agent Russel+Aitken Edinburgh LLP. The combined businesses – which will trade…

By Mark McSherry Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has admitted it made a “mistake” in reducing its holdings of western online platform companies rather than their…

The oil and gas industry will pay £7.8 billion in UK taxes this year, and will likely pay another £4.8 billion in 2023-24, Offshore Energies…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Abrdn plc announced that all resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday were passed — but some of the votes…

Aberdeen biologics company Elasmogen has secured £8 million investment in a funding round led by BGF and Scottish National Investment Bank, with additional support from existing…

UK inflation surged in April to its highest annual rate since 1982, increasing the pressure on finance minister Rishi Sunak to help households facing a…