The Scottish and UK governments have signed a £70 million investment programme with Argyll and Bute Council to deliver economic growth for the area. The…

Seagreen Wind Energy Limited (SWEL), a joint venture owned by SSE Renewables (49%), TotalEnergies (25.5%) and PTTEP (25.5%), announced that it has signed an agreement…

Blackford, Perthshire-based natural source water producer Highland Spring Group, said it will continue to invest in growth after completing a competitive process to refinance its business. The…

A new report shows there has been a shift in the ownership of investment trust companies away from wealth managers and towards institutions and private…

Glasgow-based Solasta Bio, an agri-biotech company specialising in the next generation of green insecticides, announced two significant developments which it said accelerate its path to regulatory…

Joe Griffin has been appointed Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government and will take up the post in April 2025. Griffin is currently Director General…

More than £100 million of funding to support Modern and Foundation Apprenticeships in 2025-26 has been confirmed by Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth. Contracts will now be…

Martin Gilbert’s asset manager AssetCo changed its name on Friday to River Global — a day after the investment firm announced its results for the year…

Mutually-owned Royal London, the life insurance, pensions and investment company, announced its 2024 results showing assets under management increased to a record £173 billion and…

The £5.2 billion Dundee-headquartered investment trust company Alliance Witan, has reported its 2024 results showing strong net asset value total return of 13.3%. Nonetheless, the fund…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has cleared the anticipated acquisition by William Grant & Sons Group of The Famous Grouse, Naked…

Growth expectations for the Scottish economy in 2025 are now weaker than previously anticipated, with an expected GVA growth of just 0.9% this year, 1.5%…

HSBC Holdings plc announced that Ian Stuart, currently CEO of HSBC UK, has been appointed as Group Customer and Culture Director. HSBC said this is…

The Port of Cromarty Firth said the UK Government has awarded it more than £55 million “in a huge boost to secure critical facilities needed…

Pioneering Scottish business Beta Bugs has secured a multi-million pound investment as it looks to become a global leader in insect genetics. Beta Bugs was…

Edinburgh-based biotech company Lentitek Ltd has secured £700,000 in private funding from Equity Gap, the Scottish angel investment syndicate, bringing its total investment to £1…

Scottish Wildlife Trust has announced the purchase of the 7,618-hectare Inverbroom Estate, near Ullapool, for £17.5 million following a “large private donation.” The deal is…

The UK business of German construction and real estate consultancy Drees & Sommer announced the acquisition of Scotland-based RSP Consulting Engineers LLP. RSP has offices in…

SSE plc Chief Commercial Officer Martin Pibworth has been appointed CBI Scotland Chair. SSE plc, the Perth-based electricity infrastructure giant, is the largest listed firm…

Equity investment levels in Scotland’s smaller businesses grew in 2024, bouncing back from a more difficult 2023, according to new research from the British Business…

Shares of Edinburgh-based investment giant abrdn rose as much as 12% on Tuesday as it returned to profit and abandoned its ridiculed, vowel-light brand name…

UK smaller companies are the “most unloved stocks in the world” according to new research by Edinburgh-based investment giant Abrdn. The global investment company looked…

Scottish businesses have created more than 400,000 apprentice jobs since the formation of the national skills agency Skills Development Scotland (SDS) in 2008. This milestone…