Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based protective packaging, design and distribution firm, said the increase in employers’ national insurance rates and National Minimum Wage announced in the…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, has appointed Joost Meijs to the new role of Managing Director, Macfarlane Packaging Distribution, Europe, as the…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, said its revenue fell 8% to £129.6 million and  profit before tax slipped 3% to £9.7 million…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, announced the acquisition of Leighton Buzzard-based Polyformes Limited for up to £11.5 million in cash, including an…

Shares of Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, fell as much as 10% after it published an AGM trading update covering 2024…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, has announced the acquisition of East Anglia-based Allpack Packaging Supplies Limited for up to £3.25 million. “This…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, said its adjusted profit before tax grew 10% to £25.8 million in 2023 despite revenue slipping…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, said it expects its adjusted profit before tax for 2023 to be ahead of last year and…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, announced the acquisition of B&D 2010 Group Limited, a specialist protective packaging business based in the…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, said its revenue grew 2% to £141.6 million and profit before tax increased 13% to £10…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, announced it has appointed David Mansfield to the newly created leadership role of Managing Director –…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, said on Tuesday it has made a solid start to 2023 with first quarter sales and…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, announced the acquisition of A & G Holdings Limited, owner of Manchester-based Gottlieb Packaging Materials Limited. “This…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, announced the acquisition of A.E. Sutton Limited, trading as Suttons Performance Packaging, a specialist protective packaging…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, said its revenue from continuing operations grew 10% in 2022 to £290.4 million while profit before…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, said its sales revenue in the year-to-date is 11% ahead of the same period last year,…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, announced the appointment of former John Lewis executive Laura Whyte as a non-executive director with effect from…

Shares of Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, fell about 4% on Thursday after it published half-year results warning that it expects…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, has announced the acquisition of PackMann Gesellschaft für Verpackungen und Dienstleistungen mbH (PackMann), a protective packaging distribution…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, said on Tuesday it has made a solid start to 2022 with first quarter sales and profits…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, said on Thursday that its sales from continuing operation rose 26% to £264.5 million in the…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group has announced the sale of its Macfarlane Labels Limited division to The Reflex Group Limited for £6.4 million. Macfarlane said…

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, said on Thursday its sales revenue has grown 25% in the year to date and profit…

Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm Macfarlane Group has announced the appointment of former Eversheds Sutherland executive and corporate governance expert Aleen Gulvanessian as a non-executive…

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm Macfarlane Group rose about 15% on Thursday after it said its sales rose 26.5% to £133.5 million and profit…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said on Tuesday its sales in the first quarter were 15% ahead of the same period in 2020 and that group…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group announced it acquired Carters Packaging (Cornwall) Limited, the owner of Carters Packaging Limited. “Carters is a well-established business, based in Redruth, Cornwall,…

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group rose about 6% on Monday after it announced the acquisition of GWP Holdings Limited, the owner of GWP Group…

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group rose 9% on Thursday after it said its 2020 sales rose 2.1% to £230 million, profit before tax increased 9.6%…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group on Thursday published an update on its trading for the period from June 30 to October 31, 2020. “The board…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said on Thursday its sales slipped 1.8% to £105.6 million in the first half of 2020 and profit before tax was…

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group rose 9% on Monday after it used a trading update saying its sales performance “has been more resilient…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said on Tuesday it expects demand levels in its second quarter to reduce to between 75% and 80% of those…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said on Monday its board members have waived 25% of their salaries and fees for the period from April 2020…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said on Thursday its 2019 sales rose 4% to £225.4 million and profit before tax rose 10% to £12 million….

Glasgow-based packaging and distribution firm Macfarlane Group said on Monday it acquired Leyland Packaging Company (Lancs) Limited for up to £3.25 million. “The acquisition is in…

Glasgow-based packaging and distribution firm Macfarlane Group said on Thursday its first-half turnover rose 5.4% to £107.5 million and profit before tax was 8.7% higher…

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group rose about 6% on Tuesday amid a positive AGM statement. At the AGM in Glasgow, Macfarlane chairman Stuart Paterson…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group announced the acquisition of Ecopac (UK) Limited, a protective packaging distribution business based near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. “The acquisition is in…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said 2018 was another year of “significant growth” as it reported its sales rose 11% to £217.3 million and profit before…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said its turnover rose 14% to £102 million and profit before tax soared 39% to £3.5 million in the six months…

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group rose more than 3% after it said in an AGM statement that group profit for the year to date “is…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said its sales rose 9% to £196 million and profit before tax jumped 19% to £9.3 million in 2017. Macfarlane is…

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group rose 6% after it said its profit before tax for 2017 to date “is well above the corresponding…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said it appointed Stuart Paterson as its new chairman effective September 29, 2017. Paterson, who succeeds Graeme Bissett, is scheduled to…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said it conditionally agreed to acquire the packaging business and selected assets of Nottingham-based Greenwoods Stock Boxes Limited and 100% of its…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group on Tuesday published its annual general meeting statement covering 2017 to date, saying group sales had grown 11% compared to…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group pledged to continue looking for takeover deals as it revealed that recent acquisitions helped its 2016 sales rise 6% to £179.8 million and profit before tax…

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group rose 8% after it said its profit before tax for 2016 to date “continues to be well above the…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said revenue in the six months to June 30 rose 3.7% to £81.5 million and profit before tax rose 8.1% to just over £2 million…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said it agreed to buy Leicester-based Nelsons for Cartons and Packaging Limited for up to £6.75 million. The deal is backed by a placing…

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group ended Tuesday trading down almost 7% — having been down around 20% at one stage — after it gave…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group has continued its acquisition spree with an agreement to buy the packaging business of Edward McNeil Limited. Macfarlane said the deal was…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said it acquired Colton Packaging Teesside as part of its strategy “to develop its packaging distribution business in the UK protective packaging…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said its sales rose 10% in 2015 to £169.1 million and profit before tax soared 21% to £6.8 million as recent acquisitions and success…

A joint report by Professor Mariana Mazzucato of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (UCL IIPP) and Future Economy Scotland co-founder Laurie Macfarlane and has set out…

PwC has announced 234 promotions across Scotland, including two new equity partners. The latest round of promotions, which extends to team members across all lines…

Investor research by independent property advisory firm Lismore Real Estate Advisors has shown that 90% of investors would consider investing in Edinburgh over the second half of…

Independent property advisory firm Lismore Real Estate Advisors has published the latest figures on the commercial property market in Scotland — for the second quarter of…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Abrdn has completed the sale of its £7.4 billion-asset European headquartered private equity business to Nasdaq-listed Patria Investments for up to £100 million….

Scottish companies listed on the London Stock Exchange outperformed their indices in the third quarter of 2020 according to analysis from Brewin Dolphin, boosted by…

Shares of Scottish companies listed on the FTSE outperformed the FTSE 350 and All Share indices in 2019 — but Alternative Investment Market (AIM) firms…

Shares of banks, utilities, transport companies and property firms were among the biggest winners in Friday’s UK stock market rally on the back of the…

Scottish FTSE-listed company shares have gained 6.81% in the first nine months of 2019, against the FTSE All Share’s 10.39% rise, according to the latest…

Shares of Scottish companies listed on the main FTSE stock market ended June 9.5% higher than they started the year, compared to a rise of…

Scottish shares on the FTSE outperformed the wider market during the first three months of 2019 but their AIM-listed counterparts significantly underperformed the index, according…

More than 93% of the office space purchased in Edinburgh in 2016 was bought by overseas investors, according to new research from property firm JLL….

Glasgow-based Smart Metering Systems (SMS) has appointed Macfarlane Group chairman Graeme Bissett as a non-executive director. Bissett will become chair of the SMS audit committee while Miriam Greenwood, who currently…

The Royal Bank of Scotland said its Scottish board chose Scottish novelist and poet Nan Shepherd to feature on its new £5 note when it comes into circulation…