The value of and volume of venture capital (VC) investment into Scottish businesses slumped in the opening quarter of 2023, according to the latest figures…

Glasgow investment firm N4 Partners has announced the appointment of Gordon Merrylees, the former Managing Director of Entrepreneurship for NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Ulster…

Fast-growth businesses in Scotland attracted £506 million of venture capital (VC) investment in the first half of 2022, despite investors becoming more cautious globally, according…

Deloitte announced the appointment of Angela Mitchell as its senior partner for Scotland, the first woman to hold the position. Mitchell has been office senior partner…

Fintech platform Ferovinum has announced its launch into the Scotch whisky industry, backed by institutional capital of £100 million. The fintech business behind Ferovinum — a…

Venture capital investment in Scotland’s fast-growth businesses soared to £181 million in first quarter of 2022, according to KPMG’s Venture Pulse Survey. Scottish scaleups saw…

A “massive” shortfall of candidates and pressure to significantly increase salaries and perks “makes grim reading” for financial services sector businesses in Scotland, according to…

Aberdeen Standard Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson has outlined what he called the “missed opportunities” of the UK budget. Lawson said the £40 billion worth…

Glasgow-based Beeks Financial Cloud Group, a connectivity provider for financial markets trading, announced it has received a Scottish Enterprise R&D grant to invest in a…

Retirement and investment firm Embark Group has agreed in principle to acquire the advised and partnership client books of Dundee-based Alliance Trust Savings (ATS) from…

Edinburgh-based fintech lending platform LendingCrowd and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) have signed a strategic partnership that will see LendingCrowd become ICAS’s…

New research confirms that Scotland’s tech industry is one of the fastest growing in the country, contributing £4.9 billion to the Scottish economy and supporting…

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…

The average valuation of corporate finance deals in Scotland is on the rise, according to PwC, in spite of economic uncertainty which is expected to…

Scottish fintech lending platform LendingCrowd said on Tuesday it brought together the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) – the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise – and…

The Scottish Government has outlined an ambitious growth plan which will aim to increase the value of exports from 20% to 25% of Scotland’s GDP…

Sandy Crombie, the former Standard Life CEO and Royal Bank of Scotland senior independent director, has joined Scottish fintech lender LendingCrowd as chairman. Launched in late…

Scotland’s three-time Grand Slam tennis champion Andy Murray has once again invested in early-stage UK businesses as part of his relationship with crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Murray,…

The UK Government’s Scottish Secretary David Mundell confirmed in the House of Commons that the new Scottish Business Taskforce of economic and business leaders will meet…

The European Commission said on Tuesday it opened an “in-depth investigation” to assess whether an alternative package proposed by UK authorities “is an appropriate replacement for…

Royal Bank of Scotland said EU competition officials are considering an alternative plan that would replace the requirement for RBS to sell about 300 of its branches under…

A new Master’s Degree in Financial Technology (Fintech) is to be launched at the University of Strathclyde to support the digital transformation of Scotland’s financial…

Standard Life, Royal Bank of Scotland, Aberdeen Asset Management, Lloyds Banking Group and Virgin Money are among the 72 firms who have signed the UK…

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday unveiled a new £500 million package of financial support for private sector business investment as she set out plans…