Baillie Gifford’s £700 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust has announced big changes to its board. Private equity expert Jonathan Simpson-Dent will succeed Henry Strutt as chairman…

City of Edinburgh Council said CEO Andrew Kerr plans to leave his post on June 14, 2024. The recruitment process to appoint the capital city’s…

John Wood Group, the Aberdeen-based global engineering and consulting giant, has announced two important developments for the company. Wood said it has been awarded a…

SSEN Transmission, the 75%-owned subsidiary of Perth-based electricity infrastructure giant SSE plc, has successfully issued a £500 million 20-year green bond maturing on January 15,…

Manchester based property company AM Sci Tech – a subsidiary of Hurstwood Holdings – has finalised one of the most significant property deals in the…

Edinburgh investment giant Abrdn said its Concession Infrastructure business, a long-term investor in infrastructure projects across the world, has made a strategic investment in France’s NGE…

Aberdeen-based housebuilder Stewart Milne Group has appointed administrators, with over 200 employees being made redundant. The company announced in April 2022 it was embarking on a…

VisitScotland CEO Malcolm Roughead is to retire after more than 20 years with the national tourism organisation. VisitScotland said a recruitment process for a new chief…

John Wood Group, the Aberdeen-based engineering and consulting giant, said it secured a contract from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for detailed engineering of the topsides…

Forres-based orbital launch services company Orbex announced the appointment of two tech and space sector stalwarts as the firm’s new CEO and executive chair. Entrepreneur and…

Edinburgh-based cancer therapeutics development specialist Cumulus Oncology has secured a £9 million funding package, which includes £6 million from the Scottish National Investment Bank. Cumulus…

The latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs survey has yet again reported that permanent staff availability across Scotland fell in December — stretching…

Aberdeen-based North Sea oil and gas producer Ithaca Energy Plc said CEO Alan Bruce is stepping down “to pursue new opportunities.” Bruce oversaw Ithaca Energy’s…

LDC, the private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, said it has made a significant investment in Kick ICT, Scotland’s largest independent…

Royal London is considering a bid to buy the Scottish Widows £6 billion bulk annuities portfolio being sold by Widows parent Lloyds Banking Group (LBG),…

The outgoing head of the UK’s Debt Management Office (DMO) has warned that Westminster politicians should be wary of provoking a backlash in financial markets by…

Stagecoach founder Brian Souter has been “extensively courted” in recent months by the SNP after distancing himself from the party during Nicola Sturgeon’s time in…

Edinburgh-based Artisanal Spirits Company plc (ASC), owner of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), announced it has acquired the trade and assets of US-based Single Cask…

Royal London has announced big changes to its board as its two longest-serving non-executive directors, Ian Dilks and Sally Bridgeland, retire. Dilks was appointed to…

Investment bank Peel Hunt has published a note warning that London’s stock market could shrink further in 2024 amid takeovers by foreign buyers and because…

The Scottish Greens said they have written to the Scottish Government’s Rural Affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon calling for urgent talks on tackling “problems” in Scotland’s…

HSBC has joined a number of rival high street banks competing to buy Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank as the bank’s supermarket owner starts a new effort…

The Scottish Government announced that 35 crofters and their families have received grant funding totalling over £1 million over the past year to build and…