Howden, the global insurance intermediary group, has agreed to acquire the Insurance and Financial Services (IFS) Consulting Team of Hymans Robertson LLP, strengthening its specialist…

Bus maker Alexander Dennis, a subsidiary of Toronto-listed NFI Group Inc, announced on Tuesday it is consulting on a “new approach aimed at securing Scottish…

The Scottish Government has reported that farm incomes rose in 2024-25, following steep declines in 2023-24. Average income across all farm types rose 30% from…

The £480 million Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon plc investment trust said its net asset value per share increased 5.4% and its share price rose 14.4%…

ScottishPower’s transmission business SP Energy Networks has started its five-year £12 billion rewiring programme of the central and southern Scotland electricity grid. Creating 1,400 direct…

Shares of A.G. Barr, the Cumbernauld-based owner of Irn-Bru, Rubicon energy drinks, Boost Drinks and Funkin cocktail mixers, rose as much as 8% after it…

A new research partnership between the University of Glasgow and Lloyds Banking Group is planning to explore the potential of AI to support software and…

Scottish-headquartered UK law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn announced that Andy Hall will succeed Andrew Blain as Managing Partner from May 1, 2026. In its most…

Investment in Scottish commercial property investment was £387 million in the first quarter of 2026 — a 21% drop year-on-year and 16% down on the…

Edinburgh-based house builder Miller Homes, the UK’s largest private housebuilder, has published full-year results for 2025, delivering a “record year” for the business. The firm…

Edinburgh-based Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC), creator of limited-edition whiskies, said its 2025 revenue fell to £19.9 million from £23.6 million and it made a loss…

Shares of Edinburgh-based Capricorn Energy rose as much as 11% on Monday after it said the Egyptian House of Representatives ratified “the consolidated and amended…

The £625 million Aberdeen Asia Focus investment trust company delivered a net asset value (NAV) total return of +11.4% and a share price total return…

Some of the most famous Scotch whisky brands are again in ownership focus amid confirmed merger talks between Paris-based Pernod Ricard and Kentucky-based Brown-Forman. The…

The £380 million Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust plc (BGEU) announced that Joe Faraday will succeed Stephen Paice and Chris Davies as the investment trust…

Digital technology trade body ScotlandIS has announced the departure of CEO Karen Meechan. “After 22 years of service at the company, Karen will officially step…

Scotland exported £12 billion of financial and related professional services in 2023, up 16.3% from 2022, according to latest TheCityUK estimates. “According to ONS data,…

Edinburgh has placed 10th and Glasgow 15th in Europe in the latest Z/Yen Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI). The move sees Edinburgh break back into…

Edinburgh-based Capricorn Energy said on Thursday “no firm offer” has been made to take over the company from Alamadiyaf al Masiyyah for Trading LLC, a…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Aberdeen Group plc said on Thursday it has failed to find a new, permanent chair to succeed Douglas Flint, 70, who has…

The UK Government has blocked Chinese firm Ming Yang from building what would have been the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturing facility in Scotland. The…

NatWest Group, the bank formerly known as RBS, has announced the sale of its employment law, HR, health and safety, and environmental management consultancy business,…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Aberdeen Group said it has appointed Richard Denning as the new CEO of its Adviser business. He will succeed Noel Butwell, who…

Vestas of Denmark has announced plans to establish a “nacelle and hub factory” in Scotland to meet growing demand for offshore wind energy in the…

Crown Estate Scotland (CES) — the public corporation which manages Scotland’s seabed — has announced a new £7 million funding agreement to support the work…

Transport Scotland said the compendium Scottish Transport Statistics publication released on Wednesdeay shows that travel across a range of modes increased over the latest reporting…

The Scottish Government has confirmed £17.8 million of funding for a package of incentive schemes in 2026-27 to support the continued uptake of electric vehicles…

The chief executive of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) Valerie Davidson has announced her “retirement” from the organisation. SPT said Davidson a decided “after much…

Former Castlemilk and Drumchapel high schools head teacher and West Lothian Council head of education Donna McMaster has been appointed as the new chief executive…

EY announced that its Edinburgh office is relocating to new premises in Haymarket later this year, as part of the firm’s continued investment in its…

The UK will continue to need “significant volumes” of oil and gas for decades to come, even with accelerating use of renewables, according to the…

A new report from Rettie said sales of Scottish £1 million+ homes fell in 2025, with 478 registered sales, down 7% year on year. The…

The chair of the Baillie Gifford-managed £860 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (EWIT) has hit back at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) comments suggesting the…

The UK’S Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) has released the 2025 visitor figures of its member venues. At the National Galleries of Scotland, the…

SSE plc, the Perth-based electricity infrastructure giant, said its Ferrybridge Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in West Yorkshire is now fully operational, marking the successful…

The Scottish Government has unveiled wide-ranging measures “to place Scotland at the forefront of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution.” Scotland’s AI Strategy sets out a…

Ryanair has announced a £40 million expansion of its maintenance facility at Prestwick Airport, which will see the construction of a new 11,938 sqm 4-bay…

UK government year-to-date borrowing in the 11 months to February 2026 was £125.9 billion as borrowing for the month of February alone reached £14.3 billion…

The UK’s Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said in a new report that Scotland has made its tax and benefit system more progressive than the…

A proposal to restore a Rosyth to Europe ferry route has moved forward thanks to a £3 million UK Government commitment. The new, direct freight…

The University of Edinburgh said its ARCHER2 UK national supercomputer has delivered an eightfold return on investment to the UK economy, citing an independent report…

A UK Government investment of £20 million for the University of Edinburgh’s Quantum Software Lab (QSL) will accelerate the development of quantum software, the university…

Healthtech firm Bioliberty, which emerged from the University of Edinburgh, has secured a total of £7.7 million of funding over the last 10 months. The…

ScotRail has announced plans to replace its high speed trains (HSTs) following a procurement process. A contract has been awarded to London-based Beacon Rail, a…

Entourage AI, a longevity and healthspan focused data company, has become the latest spin-out company to be launched with investment from the University of Glasgow….

Edinburgh scaleup firm Earth Blox has secured £6 million in new investment led by PXN Ventures with support from Scottish Enterprise, follow-on investment from Archangels…

First Minister John Swinney announced on Wednesday that Scotland’s first Center Parcs resort will create 1,200 permanent new jobs, as he visited the site near…

TDR Capital and I Squared Capital, the current private equity owners of Glasgow-based power generator rental giant Aggreko plc, are ramping up preparations for a…

Volvo Group said it will shut down the Newhouse, Motherwell-based loss-making Rokbak articulated hauler business within its Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) unit, citing supply chain…

About 72% of accounting professionals fear that generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) could produce errors or reach incorrect decisions, according to a year-long research study…

Canadian mortgage billionaire Stephen Smith has agreed to buy a 26.9% stake in The Economist Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Smith and…

Lothian Pension Fund has completed the £23.4 million acquisition of Hanover Buildings in Rose Street, Edinburgh, from Oval Real Estate. Lismore and CMS advised Lothian…

New research from the British Business Bank’s Small Business Finance Markets 2025/26 report shows the value of announced equity deals involving smaller Scottish businesses rose…

Glasgow media firm STV Group plc said on Tuesday its 2025 revenue fell 6% to £176.9 million and its total advertising revenue (TAR) declined 10%…

Abrdn European Logistics Income plc (ASLI), the fund which is in shareholder-approved managed wind-down, announced the disposal of a Dutch asset for €35 million. This…

Anderson Strathern Asset Management Limited (ASAM) has appointed Arlene Ewing as managing director as it looks to grow its team and services across Scotland. “Arlene…

The Baillie Gifford-managed £860 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (EWIT) told shareholders on Monday its controversial tender offer for up to 100% of EWIT’s…

Shares of Glasgow-based Beeks Financial Cloud Group fell about 10% on Monday after it published unaudited results for the six months ended December 31, 2025,…

Savings and retirement giant Standard Life plc said it delivered £1 billion of free cash flow in 2025, comfortably covering its dividend of £548 million…

Edinburgh-based investment firm Aberdeen Group said that after more than 20 years with the business, Aberdeen Adviser CEO Noel Butwell “has taken the decision to…

Martin Gilbert’s asset management firm River Global Holdings (RGH) has agreed to be acquired by Liontrust Asset Management for an initial £7.6 million in Liontrust…

Baillie Gifford’s flagship investment trust company, the £15.2 billion Scottish Mortgage fund, will ask shareholders at a General Meeting on April 10 for approval to…

Scottish Enterprise said it has approved a £4.74 million package to deliver a major new development at the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) in…

Scottish Renewables has announced the appointments of a new chair and a new vice-chair, who will each serve three-year terms in their respective roles. Scottish…

Lloyds Banking Group — owner of Bank of Scotland, Lloyds and Halifax — said on Thursday it was investigating ​the causes of a glitch ‌that…

Edinburgh-based Capricorn Energy confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that it has received “multiple unsolicited non-binding proposals” from Alamadiyaf al-Masiyyah for Trading LLC, a member of the…

Revolut Bank UK Ltd said it has received regulatory approval from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) to exit the mobilisation phase and launch as a…

Responsible finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has appointed Chris Jamieson to the newly created role of Head of Investment Partnerships and appointed Louisa Shanks…

Edinburgh-based renewable energy company Red Rock Renewables said it has reached financial close on a £62 million financing with Lloyds, HSBC and China Construction Bank…

Dubai-based Sidara, one of the world’s largest privately-owned architecture, engineering and consulting groups, said it has completed the acquisition of Wood Group, the troubled Aberdeen-based…