Change at Woodlands as turnover hits £69.5m
Scottish Woodlands Ltd, which is 80 per cent employee-owned, said it made pre-tax profits of more than £1.3 million on turnover of £69.5 million in the year…
Scottish Woodlands Ltd, which is 80 per cent employee-owned, said it made pre-tax profits of more than £1.3 million on turnover of £69.5 million in the year…
Aberdeen-based energy services giant Wood Group said Jann Brown — former chief financial officer of Cairn Energy and president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland…
Aberdeen-based engineering giant Wood Group said its has been awarded a five year framework contract with a five year extension option, valued at $120 million,…
Aberdeen-based oil and gas services company Wood Group said on Tuesday it suffered a sharp decline in revenue and profit in 2015 as low oil prices and…
Aberdeen-based Wood Group PSN said it plans to reduce the rates paid to a third of its UK-based limited company contractors by an average of 9 per…
Aberdeen-based energy services giant Wood Group has signed a five year contract with Valero Energy that marks an important expansion for Wood into the UK petrochemical sector….
Aberdeen-based energy services giant Wood Group has won a new contract with PetroRio to deliver services to the Polvo A platform in the southern Campos basin, about 100…
Aberdeen-based oil and gas services giant Wood Group said it has acquired Springboro, Ohio-based Kelchner Inc, a privately-owned construction and energy field services company, for…
Shares of Aberdeen-based global energy services giant Wood Group rose almost 3% on Thursday after it published a strong trading update for the year to…
North Sea oil and gas doyen Ian Wood believes the next few years will be the industry’s toughest — with up to 10,000 job losses in…
Aberdeen-based oil and gas services giant Wood Group has won a multi-million dollar contract to provide engineering services to BP in the Gulf of Mexico, UK…
Aberdeen-based global oil services giant Wood Group said its chief operating officer Robin Watson would succeed veteran Bob Keiller as chief executive officer on January 1….
Edinburgh-based oil and gas firm Capricorn Energy has updated shareholders on payments due from its Senegal interests. Capricorn said it may be entitled to an…
Growth capital investors BGF said it has added two new team members to its Scotland-based team following strong recent activity in the country and said…
Scottish Rugby said it has appointed Alex Williamson as its new chief executive. The 50 year-old joins Scottish Rugby from private equity-owned education provider Inspiring…
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) announced the appointment of two fund managers and three analysts to its equity team as it continues to build “high…
Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, announced it has been appointed as a “safe haven” provider for thousands of scammed pension savers. “Members defrauded of…
Scottish luxury brand Strathberry announced the appointment of Martin Byrne as its new managing director as it sets its sights on reaching £100 million in revenue…
The UK’s public sector net debt excluding public sector banks was provisionally estimated at around £2.74 trillion or 99.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) at the…
Scotland’s forestry contributes £1.1 billion to the economy each year and supports more than 34,000 jobs, a new report has found. The independent study, commissioned…
Perth-based SSE and Norway’s Equinor have finalised commercial terms for a potential expansion of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm known as Dogger Bank D. Dogger…
Recast, the Edinburgh-based “fintech-for-media” platform, has announced the closing of a $5 million funding round. This round was led by Los Angeles-based venture capital firm…
Scottish law firm Burness Paull said it has reported strong results for its financial year ended March 31, a shortened eight-month reporting period following the firm’s…
Abrdn said it completed the acquisition of the Tandem Centre, a premier retail park in Colliers Wood, South London, for £60.8 million from LaSalle Investment…
The latest housebuilding statistics published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician show that there were 19,632 homes completed and 16,404 new builds started in the 2023-24 financial…
The annual rural land market insights report, a collaboration between the Scottish Land Commission and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), has revealed a general trend of…
The Eden Project Dundee has been granted planning permission by Dundee City Council following an intensive period of community engagement. The scale of the development…
AEG Europe announced on Wednesday that it has received planning permission from the City of Edinburgh Council for a new 8,500-capacity entertainment arena in Edinburgh…
Auction house Lyon & Turnbull said its flagship Scottish Paintings & Sculpture Auction achieved over £2.42 million in sales. Samuel John Peploe’s “Still Life with…
Springfield Properties plc announced a strategic collaboration agreement with Barratt Developments for the development of the Durieshill site, creating a new village near Stirling. Springfield…
Aberdeen-headquartered Ithaca Energy Plc announced a number of changes to its board and executive management team following last month’s announcement that it will buy nearly…
The chief executive of Edinburgh-based oil and gas firm Capricorn Energy told the firm’s AGM that Capricorn is continuing “to actively evaluate opportunities to create shareholder…
Baillie Gifford’s flagship investment trust, the £14 billion Scottish Mortgage fund, bounced back in the year to March 31, 2024, delivering a share price return…
Grant Thornton’s Scotland Limited report for 2024 shows that Scotland’s top 100 private limited companies make reported revenue of £40 billion, EBITDA of £7 billion and…
Royal London Asset Management announced the restructuring of its global equity team with immediate effect following the resignation of head of equities Peter Rutter and…
Influential trade body Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has announced the appointment of three senior industry leaders to its board. Well-Safe Solutions CEO Phil Milton, Wood…
Edinburgh-based oil and gas firm Capricorn Energy said on Thursday its loss after tax more than doubled to $144 million as revenue fell about 12%…
Aberdeen-headquartered transport giant FirstGroup plc said it “anticipates that its FY 2024 group adjusted operating profit and group adjusted earnings will be slightly ahead of…
Babcock said it will create more than 1,000 new jobs at its advanced manufacturing and shipbuilding facility in Rosyth. “Underpinning our commitment to further develop…
Scotland’s tourist visitor attractions enjoyed a strong year in 2023 with visitor numbers up 17.2%, according to new figures. Visitor attractions across Scotland recorded almost…
AEG Europe, owner of The O2 venue in London, said it has submitted a planning application to City of Edinburgh Council for its proposed 8,500-capacity arena in…
Scottish Forestry is investing £2 million towards timber transport projects across Scotland. “The funding will help decarbonise the forestry sector and reduce the impacts of…
Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, has concluded a £114 million Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) transaction covering 1,800 members of the Vector Pension Scheme, which…
Proposals to build 50 new family homes in Colinsburgh in east Fife have been approved by Fife Council. The plans by based in Sauchen, Aberdeenshire-based…
Homes for Scotland (HFS) has described new Scottish planning application statistics as “woeful” and “unacceptable.” HFS said the figures “highlight a 41 per cent drop…
Property consultancy Bidwells announced it has been successful in securing a further tenure as managing agents for Crown Estate Scotland’s coastal portfolio, following a full public procurement exercise….
Leith-based Build A Rocket Boy, the independent game developer and publisher, announced that it has closed on a $110 million Series D fundraising round. The new capital…
Elbow Beach Capital, the decarbonisation, sustainability and social impact investor, has announced a £1 million follow-on investment in Munro Vehicles, the Glasgow-based manufacturer of all-electric 4×4…
UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt has cut national insurance payments for about 27 million people in his autumn statement ahead of a general election expected next…
Inflation in the UK slowed by more than expected in October as household energy prices fell and services sector price growth also eased. Annual consumer price…
A.G. Barr, the Cumbernauld-based maker of Irn-Bru, Rubicon energy drinks and Funkin cocktail mixers, has announces the acquisition of the Rio soft drinks brand through the…
Total assets under management (AUM) at the world’s 500 largest asset managers amounted to $113.7 trillion at the end of 2022, according to new research…
Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, said it has concluded a £335 million Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) transaction with the London Stock Exchange Group Pension…
A new report from Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen has said that the UK offshore energy workforce can increase by up to 50% from…
Stirling Council has finally confirmed a “Section 75 Agreement” so that Springfield Properties’ 3,000-home village development at Durieshill, Stirling, can move forward. Springfield is building a…
Glasgow-based independent whisky firm Brave New Spirits said planning permission for its Witchburn Distillery near Campbeltown has been granted by Argyll & Bute council. The single…
Year end statistics from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) show it approved up to £63.2 million of investment in 489 projects by 313 clients during the…
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has appointed Donna Smith as its new chief executive to replace Patrick Krause, who is stepping down in October. “We…
Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, said it has concluded a £1.2 billion Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) transaction covering 20,200 members of the Mitchells &…
Tom Hunter has confirmed West Coast Capital (WCC), the investment arm of the Hunter family, has made a multi-million pound investment in Ellipses Pharma, the cancer drugs venture…
Economic Development Association Scotland (EDAS) has appointed Neil McInroy as chair, succeeding Liz McEntee in post. McInroy lives in Oban and has an office base…
The development of the giant Rosebank and Cambo oil fields west of the Shetland Islands would save 17 million tonnes of CO2 emissions over their projected…
Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, said it has concluded a £80 million Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) transaction with the MGM Assurance Staff Pension Plan….
Celtic plc announce that Brendan Rodgers has been appointed the club’s new football manager on a three-year contract. “Brendan previously managed the club to phenomenal…
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…
The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) said it has fined Carlos Abarca, the former chief information officer (CIO) of TSB Bank plc, £81,620 over the…
Whisky casks are continuing to outperform more traditional investment and alternative investment options including gold, according to the latest market report issued by investment experts…
Shares of Edinburgh-based Artisanal Spirits Company plc (ASC), owner of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), rose as much as 8% on Wednesday after it…
British finance minister Jeremy Hunt set out his budget on Wednesday in an effort to pull the UK economy out of its run of stagnant…
Scottish marketing and communications agency BIG Partnership has reported a strong start to 2023 with a raft of new client wins and an expansion of its…