Sturgeon to ‘protect Scotland’s place in Europe’
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said talks will take place with EU institutions and member states to “protect Scotland’s place in Europe” after Scotland voted in favour of…
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said talks will take place with EU institutions and member states to “protect Scotland’s place in Europe” after Scotland voted in favour of…
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said a second Scottish independence referendum was now “highly likely” after Scotland voted in favour of remaining in the EU by 62% to…
Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) chief executive David Frost said the £5 billion industry had “serious issues to resolve” now that the UK had voted to leave the EU…
Edinburgh-based Business Stream, a subsidiary of state-owned Scottish Water, said it bought the non-domestic customer base of Southern Water to strengthen its position as it prepares to…
Royal Bank of Scotland has received bids for its Greek ship finance business — with Credit Suisse and China Merchants among the suitors — according to Reuters. Experts…
Glasgow-based engineering firm Weir Group said it is selling two renewables focused businesses — American Hydro Corporation and Ynfiniti Engineering Services — for up to £36.7 million….
Falkirk-based bus maker Alexander Dennis enjoyed a 20% increase in sales to £602 million and a £10 million increase in profit before tax to £23 million in the…
Energy services company Subsea 7 said it will cut 1,200 jobs — including several hundred in the Aberdeen area — after being forced into a second…
Glasgow-based Smart Metering Systems (SMS) said it signed a “framework agreement” with First Utility as its “preferred domestic smart meter asset provider.” First Utility currently supplies energy to…
A new wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway has signed a 15-year deal to provide power for about half of Nestlé’s operations in the UK &…
Scotland’s local authorities have set a net revenue expenditure budget of £11.724 billion for spending on all services in 2016-17, the Scottish Government said. That is £153 million…
Scottish tourist attractions have recorded a 3% rise in visitors, the fourth consecutive year of growth, the Scottish Government said. Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions…
Professor Timothy O’Shea, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, has announced his intention to step down from his role in September 2017. O’Shea took…
Edinburgh-based Standard Life said its Indian joint venture HDFC Standard Life has started merger talks with Max Life Insurance Company Limited and Max Financial Services Limited. Such…
Edinburgh-based fund manager Standard Life Investments has launched an American Equity Income fund to UK-based retail investors. The fund will be run out of the firm’s…
North Sea exploration firm EnQuest has denied it is in any “company-specific discussions” with the UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) over contingency plans to tackle the risk…
Tesco said it sold Midlothian-based Dobbies Garden Centres to an investor group led by Midlothian Capital Partners and Hattington Capital for £217 million in cash….
Wood Group has acquired the trade and assets of Enterprise Engineering Service Limited’s (EESL) Aberdeen-based fabrication and manufacturing business following the announcement on May 26 that EESL…
The University of Dundee supports more than £740 million of turnover in businesses in Scotland, according to an economic and social impact study carried out by…
The average FTSE 100 company’s defined benefits pension scheme saw its asset allocation to bonds increase to 61% in the year to December 31, 2015, according to recent research by Jardine…
Aberdeen-based transport giant FirstGroup said it will make a joint venture bid for the South Western rail franchise with MTR Corporation (UK), following the assent of…
Shares of Aberdeen-based Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company, rose more than 5% after it announced an oil and gas discovery in the Faroe-operated…
The Scottish Government said £2.025 billion of council tax — 95.7 % of the bills issued — was collected in Scotland in the year to March 31, 2016. That brings…
There is a “high probability” that output and growth in the Scottish economy would be damaged if Britain left the EU, according to the latest economic…
Unemployment fell by 11,000 to 160,000 in Scotland over the last quarter, according to the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS). Scotland’s jobless rate is now…
Shares of Aberdeen-based bus and rail gaint FirstGroup rose at least 9% after it said its statutory profit before tax rose 7.3% to £113.5 million despite revenue…
Microsoft said it will acquire professional network LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion. The deal would give Microsoft access to LinkedIn’s 433…
New York and Edinburgh-based fantasy sports operator FanDuel is in early-stage talks to merge with rival DraftKings, according to news reports. Bloomberg reported that investors in DraftKings and…
A report by the UK music industry said £295 million was generated for the Scottish economy from music tourism in 2015. The UK Music report…
The North Sea basin has a “two year transformation window” in which to ensure a strong, productive and profitable future for the oil and gas…
Scotland’s seven cities require a “New Deal” with the Scottish and UK Governments that “will enable them to compete, innovate and support the inclusive growth outcome at the…
Tennis world number two Andy Murray — who has just reunited with former coach Ivan Lendl — has made three further investments in British start-up firms via equity…
The Scottish Government said it will work with mobile operators to improve coverage throughout Scotland mobile even though such connectivity is officially a matter reserved for the UK Government. The…
Jobs supported by the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry will have fallen by the end of 2016 by an estimated 120,000 since their peak…
Livingston-based smart metering firm Energy Assets Group said on Wednesday it agreed to an improved takeover offer of £209 million in cash from funds controlled by US asset manager Alinda Capital…
The board of Greenock-based packaging firm British Polythene Industries (BPI) has agreed for the company to be bought by Northamptonshire-based plastics firm RPC Group for roughly £261…
There was enough sunshine in May in Scotland to generate 100% of electricity required by an average household fitted with solar PV panels in Aberdeen, Dundee,…
The new £1.35 billion bridge across the Firth of Forth will now open in May next year — not December 2016 as expected –the Scottish government…
A new organisation aimed at generating even more business between Scotland and Ireland has been created. The Irish Business Network in Scotland has been set up at a time when…
Professor Sheila Rowan of the University of Glasgow has been named as Scotland’s next Chief Scientific Adviser. Rowan is director of the university’s Institute for Gravitational Research. Research…
Edinburgh Napier University has bought three landmark buildings totalling 107,255 square feet at South Gyle Crescent on the western edge of the Scottish capital. Royal…
Glasgow-based mobile power provider Aggreko said its Power Solutions business has been selected to enter contract negotiations to provide more than 100 megawatts of diesel-fuelled power in the Amazon…
Livingston-based industrial smart metering firm Energy Assets Group, which has agreed to be acquired for £198 million by funds controlled by US infrastructure asset manager Alinda Capital Partners, said on…
RIT Capital Partners, the investment trust chaired by Lord Rothschild, said on Tuesday it will not, after all, make a takeover offer for Dundee-based investment trust…
The value of residential house sales in Scotland from 2006 to 2016 was £148.2 billion, according to a new report published by Registers of Scotland (RoS)….
Glasgow-based cloud computing firm iomart group said its revenue grew 16% to £76.3 million in the year to March 31 and adjusted profit before tax…
Scotland faces a third consecutive year of slowing GDP growth and the poorest year for economic growth since 2012, according to the latest report from the EY…
Edinburgh Trams said it carried 5.38 million passengers in its second 12 months of operation, an increase of 9.3% on the previous year, when 4.92 passengers…
Scottish businesses raised £27 million from crowdfunding in the year to September 2015, according to The Scottish Crowdfunding Report 2016. There were 1,263 successful initiatives with the largest campaign raising…
Edinburgh-based investment firm Baillie Gifford has added to its Japanese fund range with the launch of the Baillie Gifford Japanese Income Growth Fund. Baillie Gifford had…
Royal Bank of Scotland said it will not continue as title sponsor of the Six Nations Championship when its current sponsorship deal runs out after the 2017 tournament….
Shares of Edinburgh-based Sigma Capital Group rose about 5% as the rented housing developer announced a new strategic partnership with regeneration firm Keepmoat to deliver 5,000…
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has brought forward the date of his planned visit to Turnberry for the official re-opening of his Scottish golf resort to…
East Kilbride-based Goals Soccer Centres said it has conditionally raised £16.75 million through a sale of 16.75 million new ordinary shares in the company for £1 each. The new shares would represent…
Almost all oil and gas operations in the UK North Sea are up for sale, according to an expert at Edinburgh-based global energy consultants Wood Mackenzie….
Glasgow-based media company STV Group announced on Thursday that Genevieve Shore had resigned from its board. “Genevieve joined STV in March 2012 and the board would…
Edinburgh-based Business Stream, a subsidiary of state-owned Scottish Water, said it has applied to regulator Ofwat for a supply licence to participate in England’s non-domestic water…
A new newspaper called “24” that hopes to be “The North’s National” — aimed mainly at readers in north west England and south west Scotland — will…
US presidential candidate Donald Trump plans to visit Turnberry for the official re-opening of his Scottish golf resort on June 24, the day after the UK holds a referendum on its…
Standard Life Investments’ Long Lease Fund has paid £17.4 million for Blythswood House, a student accommodation development leased to Glasgow School of Art for 25 years. Blythswood House at 200…
The UK Government’s Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell on Wednesday travelled to Texas to build links with the US energy industry to help support the…
A United Kingdom vote to leave the European Union “would trigger negative economic effects on the UK, other European countries and the rest of the world”…
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…
Jim Pettigrew of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank (CYBG) has been appointed chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) to succeed Ewan Brown who is retiring from the post after four years on…
State-owned ferry company Caledonian MacBrayne said on Wednesday that almost half of its 200-mile long network is now live with free wi-fi — and the rest…
Müller Milk & Ingredients has confirmed it will close its dairies in East Kilbride and Aberdeen — with up to 225 jobs being lost — and invest…
Real estate and investment firm JLL has been instructed to source offers of interest to develop a hotel for Scottish Rugby on land near the entrance to…
Passenger numbers for the new Borders Railway between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank near Melrose have exceeded original estimates by almost a quarter in the first…
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has recommended the appointment of James Wolffe QC and Alison Di Rollo as Scotland’s new law officers. Subject to approval by the Scottish…
Edinburgh-based logistics firm John Menzies has signed a memorandum of understanding with Oman Air for ground handling at Omani airports. Menzies said the announcement is a…