The Scottish Government said the value of fish landed by Scottish vessels in 2018 increased by 1% to £574 million, despite a 4% drop in…

Faroese fish farming company Bakkafrost has agreed to buy a 68.6% stake in The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) from Northern Link Ltd and will bid…

Springfield Properties, which is building a number of new towns and villages throughout Scotland, said on Wednesday it entered into a collaboration agreement with Sigma Capital…

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International said on Monday it made a 5p-a-share takeover approach for troubled East Kilbride-based Goals Soccer Centres plc. Sports Direct said…

Serco Group said it has been selected as preferred bidder to continue managing and operating the Northern Isles ferry services for passengers and freight between…

Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS) on Friday confirmed the appointment of Alison Rose as chief executive officer (CEO). Rose becomes the first woman…

Glasgow City Council has secured another massive property-backed loan to help fund its historic £500 million equal pay settlement. Canada Life Investments announced the completion…

The Scottish Government said that following a period of sustained economic growth, Scotland’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.3% in the second quarter –…

Edinburgh-based aviation servicing company John Menzies said on Tuesday it was “disappointed” shareholders voted against plans to cancel preference shares.  At a general meeting, 63.6%…

Shares of Glasgow-based Smart Metering Systems (SMS) fell about 17% on Tuesday after it said it reported a pretax loss of £1.7 million for the six…

Shares of Glasgow-based global intellectual property law firm Murgitroyd Group rose about 15% on Tuesday after it said its revenue increased 7.5% to £48 million and profit before…

ExxonMobil said on Tuesday it plans to invest £140 million over the next two years at its Fife ethylene plant at Mossmorran — partly to…

JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Tuesday announced plans to build a new state-of-the-art technology base in Glasgow that coincides with the firm’s 20th anniversary in…

Shares of Springfield Properties, which is building a number of new towns and villages throughout Scotland, rose about 5% on Tuesday after it said its revenue…

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) on Friday rejected the recent $39 billion takeover approach from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX). The Hong Kong…

Scotland’s highest court of appeal ruled on Wednesday that Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend the UK parliament this week for five weeks was unlawful and…

Shares of Edinburgh-based international oil and gas company Cairn Energy rose about 7% on Tuesday after it announced strong half-year results and a production target upgrade. Cairn…

Dutch financial giant Aegon announced on Tuesday that former Direct Line Group and RSA Insurance Group executive Mike Holliday-Williams will succeed Adrian Grace as CEO…

Project Heather, the firm creating a new Scottish Stock Exchange based in Edinburgh’s George Street, on Monday announced another senior appointment to its executive team….

The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction will hold its first ever US event at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, September 22.  American-Ukrainian author Serhii…

Dundee-based investment firm Alliance Trust plc said Willis Towers Watson, its appointed external investment manager, has added Alabama-based Vulcan Value Partners (VVP) to its multi-manager…

Dundee-based investment firm Alliance Trust, which appointed external asset managers Willis Towers Watson in 2017, said on Thursday that Scottish boardroom veteran Robert Smith has decided…

The chief executive of Newcastle-based bus and rail giant Go-Ahead Group has signalled potential interest in Aberdeen-based FirstGroup’s under-review UK bus division. Speaking to the…

Shares of Glasgow-based banking group CYBG — owner of Virgin Money, Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank — fell more than 20% on Thursday after it…

Glasgow-based banking group CYBG — owner of Virgin Money, Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank — said on Wednesday evening it expects to increase its provisions for…

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced on Tuesday a 2019-20 Programme for Government that includes a “Green New Deal’” that harnesses the power of the new…

The Scottish Government said on Monday afternoon that the Lord Advocate  James Wolffe QC has lodged applications to intervene in two legal cases “aimed at…

S&P Global Ratings said global new bond issuance through July 2019 totaled $3.96 trillion, up 8.9% on the same stage of 2018. “The increase is…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said on Friday that official HMRC figures show the value of Scotch Whisky exports increased 10.8% to £2.19 billion in…

The Scottish Government’s Finance Secretary Derek Mackay is demanding that the UK Government “provide clarity” on the economic impact of a ‘no deal’ Brexit to…

Troubled East Kilbride-based Goals Soccer Centres plc said on Thursday it has “commenced a process to invite offers for the business and assets of the company.”…

New Jersey-based data analytics firm Verisk, owner of Edinburgh-based consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said it agreed to acquire Genscape, a provider of intelligence for commodity and…

The total value of commercial property sales in Scotland fell to £614 million in the second quarter of 2019 — the lowest in five years…

Enhanced 4G and 5G capability has the potential to increase Scotland’s GDP by £17 billion by 2035, according to a new report from Scottish Futures…

Scottish Rugby said on Friday it has appointed prominent English RFU coach Jim Mallinder as its new performance director. According to London newspapers, Mallinder was…

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday it has taken action against Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Santander after they “failed to…

Aberdeen-based engineering and oil services giant Wood plc said it has been appointed by the World Bank to “assess the potential of shifting freight movements…

A Scottish company and a Dutch port are working on launching a new freight ferry line ahead of the UK’s possible exit from the European…

Public sector revenue in Scotland reached £62.7 billion in 2018-19, exceeding £60 billion for the first time, with Scotland’s onshore revenues increasing 5.1% to reach…

Aberdeen-based engineering and oil services giant Wood plc said on Tuesday it agreed to sell its nuclear business to US group Jacobs for $305 million to…

Pub operator Greene King, owner of Belhaven, on Monday agreed to a £2.7 billion cash bid from the Hong Kong-listed company founded by Li Ka-Shing,…

The influential Business Roundtable in the United States on Monday announced a new “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” signed by 181 CEOs that…

The Scottish Government said it has reached an agreement with administrators to take the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow into public control. “The agreement…

Edinburgh Airport has recorded the busiest ever month for a Scottish airport for the second time as a total of 1,508,586 passengers passed through the…

Aberdeen-based international bus and rail giant FirstGroup plc said on Thursday it appointed former Arriva CEO David Martin as its chairman with immediate effect. Martin had…

Shares of Edinburgh-based video security company IndigoVision rose 3% on Wednesday after it said its revenue increased 8.3% to $24.1 million in the six months…

Aberdeen-based bus and rail giant FirstGroup plc said on Wednesday its First Trenitalia partnership has been awarded the contract to operate the lucrative train services on…

Dundee entrepreneur Tim Allan has been named as the new chair of the board of V&A Dundee. Allan succeeds Lesley Knox, the founding chair of…

The UK economy shrank for the first time since 2012 in the second quarter of 2019 as manufacturing and construction both slumped. Production output fell…

Scottish Rugby said it is now in its best net cash position for more than 25 years after its 2018-2019 annual report showed it achieved…

Stewart Milne Homes has become the sixth housebuilder to get involved in the Shawfair new town project south east of Edinburgh after its developers concluded the…

Buccleuch — one of Scotland’s biggest private landowners — on Tuesday published group financial statements for the year ending October 31, 2018, showing group turnover of…

Former Scottish Enterprise CEO Lena Wilson has joined recently-listed foreign exchange firm Argentex Group as its senior independent director and chair of its nominations committee….

Veteran Scottish investment banker and business executive Robert Smith, Lord Smith of Kelvin, has been appointed chair of the board at Scottish Enterprise.  Smith, 75, is…

UPDATE 3 — Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday announced a £1.7 billion dividend, of which more than £1 billion will go to the UK…

The Bank of England (BoE), the UK’s central bank, cut its growth forecasts on Thursday amid increased Brexit concerns and a slowing global economy. However…

Deliveroo said it acquired Edinburgh-based software design and development firm Cultivate to create a tech hub in Edinburgh, Deliveroo’s first UK tech office outside of…

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) said on Thursday it agreed to buy financial information firm Refinitiv in an all-share $27 billion deal that would…

Glasgow-based Smart Metering Systems (SMS) said on Wednesday it installed 156,000 domestic smart meters in the first half of 2019, taking the group’s domestic smart portfolio…

UPDATE 2 — Shares of Glasgow-based engineering and mining giant Weir Group fell almost 6% on Tuesday after it said its first-half oil and gas orders fell…

ScotlandIS, the organisation for the digital technologies industry in Scotland, has appointed Jane Morrison-Ross as its new chief executive officer. The digital technologies industry is…

Glasgow-based banking group CYBG — owner of Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank, Virgin Money and digital brand B — promised shareholders on Friday it would be…

The new CEO of TSB — currently owned by Spain’s Banco Sabadell — said on Friday TSB has “begun a new chapter” as it announced…

Dundee-based investment firm Alliance Trust, which appointed external asset managers Willis Towers Watson (WTW) in 2017, said on Thursday its total shareholder return (TSR) was 16.8%…

Lloyds Banking‎ Group is to pay about £140 million to Standard Life Aberdeen to settle a legal fight over the future of a £100 billion…

A crossparty group of UK parliamentarians is set to bring a legal challenge in the Scottish courts over whether the next UK prime minister can…

Shares of Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG) soared 155% on Monday after it said it was awarded 100% working interests and operatorship of three North…

UPDATE 4 — National Australia Bank (NAB) announced on Friday the appointment of outgoing Royal Bank of Scotland CEO Ross McEwan as NAB’s group chief…

Business advisory firm Grant Thornton has promoted Debbie Mayor, who leads its transaction advisory service team in Scotland, to director.  Based in the firm’s Edinburgh…

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…