Scottish Water unveils £13bn investment plan
Scottish Water has published its business plan for 2027–2033, setting out proposals to invest £13.4 billion to protect and improve water and wastewater services across…
Scottish Water has published its business plan for 2027–2033, setting out proposals to invest £13.4 billion to protect and improve water and wastewater services across…
Estate agents Savills said the Tulchan Estate, a 21,768-acre Highland sporting and rural estate on the River Spey, east of the Cairngorms National Park, is…
Trade body Salmon Scotland said an independent review has found that innovation in Scotland’s salmon farming sector in recent years has surged to almost £200…
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) said on Thursday it plans to execute a further £3 billion of share buybacks over the next 12 months as…
The Scottish Parliament has approved the 2026-27 Scottish Budget, which includes a record £22.5 billion for health and social care and enhanced cost of living…
Aberdeen Investments said that UK small cap companies yielded more than large caps last month for the first time in two decades “as smaller companies…
Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, said its 2025 revenue increased 11% to £300.8 million but profit before tax fell 61% to…
The Insolvency Service announced that the civic head of Shetland Islands Council has been banned as a director after her company went into liquidation owing…
Scotland’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.4% over 2025 as a whole, compared to 2024 — while equivalent UK growth was 1.3%. That’s according to…
Quantcore, a University of Glasgow spin-out, has raised £2.5 million in seed funding to create a “sovereign supply chain for quantum hardware” as the UK…
Savings and retirement Phoenix Group said on Tuesday its previously announced change of name to Standard Life plc has been registered at Companies House with…
The Scottish National Investment Bank, Scotland’s development bank, said it has surpassed a key milestone with its £10 million investment in Aurora Energy Services —…
Scottish tech ecosystem builder CodeBase has announced a “strategic leadership transition” aimed at strengthening its position “as a powerhouse for founder support.” CodeBase co-founder and…
Legendary Edinburgh-based UK life insurance and investment executive David Henderson — Aegon UK’s first CEO — has died, aged 81. Aegon UK said: “We are…
Professor Wendy Loretto has been appointed as the new Head of the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School. She joins the University of Glasgow…
UK wealth managers’ share of investment trust company shares has held steady after two years of decline, according to a new report released by the…
Edinburgh-registered NatWest Group Plc — the bank formerly known as RBS — is in discussions with investors to issue a “significant risk transfer” (SRT) tied…
Edinburgh-based oil and gas firm Capricorn Energy said on Monday it continues to evaluate M&A (mergers and acquisitions) opportunities “in the UK North Sea, Egypt…
TDR Capital and I Squared Capital, the current private equity owners of Glasgow-based mobile power giant Aggreko plc, are exploring options to either re-list the…
UK government borrowing in the first 10 months of its current financial year to January 2026 was £112.1 billion — about £14.6 billion or 11.5%…
Trade group Salmon Scotland has said new figures reveal that Scottish salmon exports to India could deliver up to £130 million over the next decade…
Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky business of Pernod Ricard, said its total net sales fell 5% in the first six months of its financial year…
The plan by Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) to transform its Port Hamilton Scottish Widows building on Morrison Street in Edinburgh into a state-of-the-art innovation hub…
Debt rating giant Moody’s Ratings said it has affirmed its Baa1 long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings of SSE plc, the Perth-based electricity infrastructure giant,…
Edinburgh-based Lario Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing precision medicines for epileptic and neurological disorders, has received $2.4 million in grant funding from The Michael J….
Property firm Savills said Scotland’s £1m+ residential housing market “has shown remarkable resilience against a cautious geo-political backdrop, alongside economic and taxation challenges.” The total…
Gordon Dewar has announced that he will step down as CEO of Edinburgh Airport — part of France’s Vinci Airports network — after 14 years….
The UK’s Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has published its first Scottish election briefing, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and the Robertson Trust. The IFS…
Standard Life said it has concluded a £700 million Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) transaction with the Trustee of the IBM I.T. Solutions Pension Scheme. “The…
SSEN Distribution, part of SSE plc, announced the five contract partners it will work with to deliver future investment of up to £950 million in…
Preston-based life and pensions consolidator Chesnara plc said it agreed to acquire Scottish Widows Europe SA, a Luxembourg based closed life insurance business, from Scottish…
Elgin-based house builder Springfield Properties plc said on Tuesday it “remains very excited about the significant prospects in the North of Scotland.” SSEN Transmission said…
ScotRail fares will be frozen for the next year, First Minister John Swinney has announced. The First Minister said this is part of the Scottish…
New IPPR Scotland analysis said many European countries with high spending on social protection measures such as benefits, childcare and training “also sustain highly productive,…
Glasgow-based Beeks Financial Cloud Group plc, a cloud computing and connectivity provider for international financial markets, published an update on trading for the six months…
Scottish Borders Council Pension Fund has committed £30 million to the major new UK Social Investment Fund launched by M&G plc. “This investment is contributing…
Scottish craft beer firm BrewDog said it has hired restructuring experts AlixPartners to identify new investors in the drinks firm. Although no decisions have been…
Tokyo’s Zeon Corporation, through its California venture capital arm Zeon Ventures, said it has strategically invested in and partnered with University of Glasgow spinout firm…
Celtic plc on Friday night published its interim report for the six months to December 31, 2025, showing first-half revenue fell 28.9% to £59.4 million…
NatWest Group — the bank formerly known as RBS — said on Friday its 2025 operating pre-tax profit rose 24.4% to £7.71 billion as its…
Trade group Salmon Scotland said Scottish salmon has retained its position as the UK’s top food export, with international sales of £828 million in 2025….
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has released figures for 2025 that show global exports of Scotch Whisky falling by -0.6% in value, and by -4.3%…
Equity investment into Scottish companies rose 31.5% to £1.11 billion last year, even though the number of deals increased by less than one per cent,…
The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) said it has written to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Department for Business and Trade “calling for…
New York hedge fund Saba Capital Management, the largest shareholder of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc, said on Thursday it has recommended that if elected,…
US-based Nuveen, the global fund manager with $1.4 trillion in assets under management, said it agreed to acquire London-based Schroders, which has $1.1 trillion in…
Scottish orbital launch services company and space rocket manufacturer Orbex announced that it is in the process of appointing administrators after fundraising, merger and acquisition…
Activist investor Elliott Management has built a stake in the London Stock Exchange Group and has been in talks with LSEG to help drive improvement…
Shares of Iomart Group plc, the Glasgow-based secure cloud services firm, fell another 10% on Wednesday after it said chief financial officer Scott Cunningham will…
The Baillie Gifford-managed £860 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (EWIT) said on Tuesday it is to face a third attempt by New York hedge…
Stirling-based construction, development, infrastructure and support services firm Robertson Group announced its results to year end June 2025, showing a return to profit “reflecting strategy…
Standard Life said it has concluded a £700 million Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) transaction with the Deloitte UK pension scheme (DUKPS) section of the Pensions…
The Scottish Government said spending on schools across Scotland has increased by more than £1 billion in real terms over the past decade, citing “official…
A housing development in Newhaven by CCG Homes has been purchased by the City of Edinburgh Council in a £30.5 million deal that will see…
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is aiming to tackle a “drastic under-reporting” of market liquidity that has driven some companies to move their listings…
NatWest Group plc — the bank formerly known as RBS — confirmed on Monday it reached an agreement to acquire wealth manager Evelyn Partners from…
The UK government said on Sunday that Morgan McSweeney has resigned as prime minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff amid the Peter Mandelson scandal. Starmer’s…
TSB has reported a statutory profit before tax of £350.4 million for 2025, up 20.7% on 2024. Sabadell Group agreed last July to sell TSB…
Glasgow City Council has announced that the restoration of the city’s “Egyptian Halls” has taken another step forward with the selection of a preferred developer…
Alistair McAlinden and Geoff Jacobs from Interpath have been appointed joint administrators to Orion Retail Limited, Tarak International Limited and Zandra Systems Limited, collectively trading…
Custodian Property Income REIT announced the sale of an office building in Glasgow’s George Square for £6 million, representing a 24% premium to the September…
A new report from Audit Scotland said the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) needs to be more transparent about its progress updating thousands of people…
Lanarkshire-based DataVita has announced a “strategic partnership” with Glasgow City Council to “transform and maintain the digital infrastructure and provide the city’s core compute and…
Edinburgh-based hospitality trade technology provider Zonal, which works with many of the sector’s biggest bar, restaurant and hotel companies, has been acquired by Volaris Group,…
Whitburn-based Window Supply Company, one of Scotland’s fastest-growing manufacturers of PVCu windows and doors, has expanded with new branches in Inverness, Lincoln and Manchester, won…
The boards of Brighton-based OneFamily and Glasgow-based Scottish Friendly on Wednesday announced proposals to merge, bringing together the two mutual life assurance providers to create…
SSE plc, the Perth-based electricity infrastructure giant, said on Wednesday that “momentum continues” behind delivery of its five-year, £33 billion investment plan, with a number…
Standard Life said it has re-entered the onshore investment bond market with the relaunch of its “Tailored Investment Bond” — adding a range of fully…
STAC (Smart Things Accelerator Centre), Scotland’s industry-led technology accelerator, has appointed Jim Rowan as its new chair as the organisation launches a £15 million investment…
AGS Airports — which operates Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton airports — has completed a £745 million refinancing package, with support from Allied Irish Bank (AIB)….