Glasgow-based media firm STV said it appointed David Mortimer — the man behind hit shows including Dragons’ Den, Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends and 71 Degrees North…

Stirling-based construction and infrastructure firm Robertson Group said it delivered a 33% increase in turnover to £752 million and an 18% hike in profit before tax…

Glasgow-based drinks giant Edrington — owner of Scotch whisky brands The Macallan, Highland Park and The Famous Grouse — said on Thursday it has formed a strategic partnership…

Shares of Glasgow-based engineering giant Weir Group fell about 7% on Thursday after it warned in an update on North American oil and gas market conditions of “a…

Royal Bank of Scotland said on Wednesday it will close a further 54 branches and cut 258 jobs in a move that is related to its…

Shares of Edinburgh-based Craneware, a software firm that specializes in the US healthcare market, rose more than 15% on Tuesday after it said its revenue increased 16% to $67.1…

Glasgow-based media firm STV Group plc said its revenue rose 6% to £57.7 million in the six months to June 30, 2018, as STV enjoyed its…

UPDATE 3 – TSB Bank Plc said on Tuesday that its CEO Paul Pester is leaving the company after months of pressure that followed a botched…

Glasgow-based media firm STV Group plc and Virgin Media on Monday signed a four-year strategic partnership will see Virgin TV customers in Scotland having access to…

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said on Monday that the number of Scottish businesses winning work from Scottish local authorities — which spend £7 billion…

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced on Monday £16.7 million of additional funding to help significantly increase the number of green buses across the country and…

TSB — which is owned by Spain’s Banco Sabadell — said on Monday some of its customers are having problems using its internet banking facilities, its…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Standard Life Aberdeen late on Friday announced the completion of the sale of Standard Life Assurance Limited to Phoenix Group Holdings for a…

The Scottish Salmon Company plc (SSC) said its first-half revenue grew 36% to a record £98.3 million, with harvest volumes rising to 15,777 tonnes from…

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Thursday it has provisionally cleared the merger of SSE Retail and Npower after an in-depth review. Perth-based energy giant SSE…

Glasgow-based Beeks Financial Cloud Group, the recently-floated automated trading provider for financial markets, said its revenues increased 41% to £5.58 million for the year ended June…

Johnston Press — the debt-laden owner of The Scotsman, the i newspaper, the Yorkshire Post and about 200 local newspapers and websites — said on Wednesday its revenue…

The value of commercial property sales across Scotland in the second quarter of 2018 fell to £684 million, down 29% on the first quarter of…

Perth-based transport giant Stagecoach on Tuesday announced a £56 million plan to deliver Europe’s largest single investment in electric buses for Greater Manchester. New Enviro400…

A new plan unveiled on Monday to develop food and drink tourism in Scotland will aim to deliver an additional £1 billion to Scotland’s economy by 2030….

Souter Investments said on Monday it completed the sale of Dalgety Bay-based First Scottish Group, a firm of professional database searchers, to “a significant international private…

Buccleuch — one of Scotland’s biggest private landowners — has announced that it is to merge operations at its Bowhill and Eskdale & Liddesdale Estates….

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…

Ellon, Aberdeenshire-based craft brewing firm BrewDog on Thursday released a half-year trading update and said its total revenue is at £78 million, up 55% on…

The Scottish Government said on Wednesday that Scotland’s public sector finances “are continuing to improve” — with total public sector revenue reaching £60 billion for…

Edinburgh-based fund management giant Aberdeen Standard Investments said it has launched a new fund that utilises machine learning to identify sources of potential returns. The…

Creative Scotland said on Tuesday that latest available figures show that spend on film and TV in Scotland in 2017 reached £95 million – the…

Shares of Aberdeen-based oil services and engineering giant Wood plc rose more than 8% on Tuesday after it said its revenue for the six months…

The Scottish Government said Scotland’s economic ties with Canada will be strengthened through the launch of a new Scottish Government office in Ottawa next month….

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said on Friday that Katie Murray, currently RBS deputy chief financial officer, will be appointed interim chief financial officer on October…

The 1.5 million passenger barrier has been broken for the first time ever at a Scottish airport as Edinburgh Airport recorded its busiest ever month…

Scotland’s GDP for 2017-18 has been estimated at £170.4 billion in total — or £31,367 per person — including a geographical share of UK extra-regio…

The chief executive of Edinburgh-based Aegon UK on Thursday apologised to financial advisers and customers affected by large-scale problems experienced in the migration of Cofunds clients to…

Royal London on Thursday reported a 1% increase in half year EEV operating profit to £187 million and a 9% increase in half year EEV…

The US Justice Department announced late on Tuesday it finally reached a $4.9 billion settlement with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS) “resolving…

Trade body Oil & Gas UK said Neptune Energy Group’s decision to acquire interests in two of Apache North Sea’s development and exploration assets in the UK…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Tuesday it has referred Menzies Aviation’s purchase of de-icing and ground handling specialist Airline Services for an…

The Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) announced on Monday its chief executive Mark Bevan has resigned from the organisation after a year at…

Private sector companies in Scotland increased output to the greatest extent in four years during July, according to the July Royal Bank of Scotland PMI…

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International announced on Friday it acquired House of Fraser from administrators for £90 million in cash. Sports Direct International said in a stock exchange…

By Mark McSherry Edinburgh-based fund management giant Baillie Gifford, one of Tesla’s biggest shareholders, has claimed that Tesla could be worth more than the $420…

GlaxoSmithKline announced that Iain Mackay has been appointed GSK’s next chief financial officer (CFO). Mackay joins GSK from the global bank HSBC, where he has…

The latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs for Scotland shows job vacancies are rising but recruiters are reporting poor candidate availability — a…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said it has successfully registered “Scotch Whisky” as a certification trademark in South Africa, the seventh largest Scotch Whisky market…

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and UK Prime Minister Theresa May will on Tuesday formally sign off on the £1.3 billion Edinburgh and South East Scotland…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Tuesday that Menzies Aviation’s purchase of de-icing and ground handling specialist Airline Services will face an…

Edinburgh-based asset management giant Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) said on Tuesday its assets under management and administration slipped to £610.1 billion in the first half of 2018…

Shares of Alva-based Omega Diagnostics Group fell more than 15% after it said its turnover fell 5% to £13.55 million in the year ended March 31,…

Edinburgh-based global fund management giant Baillie Gifford, which manages £193 billion of assets, has confirmed reports that it is to set up a new EU subsidiary company…

Urgent action is required from the UK Government in Brexit talks to protect Scotland’s world-renowned food and drink produce, according to the Scottish Government’s cabinet secretary…

Edinburgh-based preventive dentistry firm Calcivis said on Friday it closed a £3.15 million equity funding round from existing investors Archangel Investors, Julz and the Scottish Investment Bank….

Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday reported an operating profit before tax of £1.8 billion for the first half of 2018, a figured that included an…

Glasgow-based sausage skin and collagen products firm Devro said its revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2018, slipped to £120.2m from £125.2m in the first half of…

Scotland’s Auditor General Caroline Gardner has found in a new report that Transport Scotland’s management of the Forth Replacement Crossing project “delivered value for money…

Edinburgh-based Circularity Capital LLP, the private equity firm that invests in growth stage European firms, said it invested €4m in Grover, a Berlin-based business that focuses…

Scotch Whisky tourism saw record numbers of visitors in 2017, with 1.9 million visits to Scotch Whisky distilleries and spending at visitor centres up 15.6% to…

Cumbernauld-based Irn-Bru maker A.G. Barr said in a trading update its revenue for the 26 weeks ended July 28, 2018, is expected to be around £136…

Shares of Glasgow-based Aggreko, the world’s largest temporary power firm, rose more than 10% after it said revenue rose 10% to £857 million in the six…

Scottish Rugby announced that head coach Gregor Townsend has extended his contract with the Scotland national team until 2021, together with extensions for his coaching…

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Tuesday it will not take any action against Royal Bank of Scotland or its former executives for…

Glasgow-based engineering giant Weir Group said on Tuesday its revenue for the the six months to June 30, 2018, rose 15% to £1.062 billion and profit before…

Shares of Elgin-based housebuilder Springfield Properties rose about 5% on Monday after it said it secured 400 acres of zoned land in Livingston, West Lothian,…

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank owner CYBG, which is buying Newcastle-based Virgin Money for roughly £1.7 billion, said on Monday its third-quarter trading was in line with its…

Global fund manager Fidelity International announced it hired Anne Richards as chief executive officer from M&G Investments. Richards, currently CEO of M&G Investments, will join…

Edinburgh-based health tech firm snap40 said it has secured $8 million in seed financing led by ADV with participation from MMC Ventures. “Total funding to date is…

TSB — owned by Spain’s Banco Sabadell — said on Friday its recent IT meltdown contributed to a statutory loss before tax of £107.4 million in…

Dundee-based investment firm Alliance Trust plc said on Thursday it has received “a number of expressions of interest” in buying its Alliance Trust Savings (ATS) business….

Edinburgh-based funds platform Nucleus Financial Group Limited said its shares started trading on AIM on Thursday at a placing price of 183p, giving the firm…

Newcastle and Edinburgh-based Virgin Money, which is being bought by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank owner CYBG for around £1.7 billion, said on Thursday its underlying profit before…

Edinburgh-based John Menzies plc said on Thursday it agreed to sell Menzies Distribution, its print media division, to investment funds managed by private equity fund Endless…