Aberdeen Asset Management chief executive Martin Gilbert told Reuters in an interview he plans to remain in the top job for at least five more years…

A BDO survey of independent Scottish legal firms found 69% of respondents believe there are still too many law firms and lawyers in Scotland —…

The Scottish Government has granted consent for the construction and operation of a gas fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant at BP Kinneil Terminal in…

Global banking and financial services giant HSBC Holdings said it appointed former Standard Life chief executive David Nish, 55, to its board as an independent non-executive…

The incomes of commercial farms in Scotland are estimated to have halved over the four years to 2014, according to the Scottish Government. Estimates from…

The SNP Scottish Government has said that if re-elected in May it would not to follow UK Chancellor George Osborne’s plans to increase the threshold…

Edinburgh-based investment, pensions and insurance group Standard Life is to hold its annual general meeting outside of Scotland for the first time in its history. This year’s Standard…

Royal Bank of Scotland said on Tuesday it reached a milestone in its plan to resume dividends to shareholders when it repaid a final £1.193 billion to the UK Treasury to…

Inverness and the wider Highland region is to benefit from a £315 million “City Deal” investment package over 10 years to improve the area’s infrastructure including transport and…

Regional newspaper publisher Johnston Press, owner of The Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, said on Tuesday its adjusted profit before tax rose 22.6% to £31.5 million in…

Standard Life’s financial planning business 1825 said on Monday it agreed to acquire financial advisory firm Munro Partnership Limited, which has offices in Ayr, Hamilton and Glasgow and has…

Leaving the EU would cause a serious shock to the UK economy with a potential cost to gross domestic product (GDP) of £100 billion and a…

The Scottish Government has announced that Gaelic broadcaster MG ALBA will receive an additional £1 million of investment this year. Minister for Scotland’s Languages Alasdair…

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that former chair of RBS Scotland, Ken Barclay, will lead the Scottish Government’s review of business rates. Sturgeon also committed to retaining…

Virgin Trains on Friday unveiled its new “Azuma” train for the East Coast route that it said will slice up to 22 minutes off East Coast rail travel and…

Edinburgh-based airport logistics and news distribution company John Menzies — under shareholder pressure to split into two companies — has appointed corporate dealmaker Paul Baines as a non-executive director….

Shares of Cumbernauld-based Irn Bru maker A.G. Barr fell as much as 5% on Wednesday after UK finance minister George Osborne announced a new sugar…

The Scottish Government on Wednesday hailed a “new dawn” for radical land reform as the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill passed the final stage of the parliamentary process…

Standard Life’s financial planning business 1825 said on Tuesday it agreed to acquire Norwich-based independent financial advisers Almary Green, which has assets under advice of around £400 million….

Infrastructure projects worth almost £6 billion will be under construction throughout Scotland during 2016, and more Scottish employers than before are winning public contracts, the Scottish Government said. Holyrood is…

Budget airline easyJet said it would expect to increase its flights to and from Scotland by around 30% if the Scottish Government cut Air Passenger Duty (APD)…

A new company has been created to maximise the commercial impact of the University of Edinburgh’s pioneering animal science research. The company, Roslin Technologies Ltd, has been…

Scottish Borders Council said 200 new jobs will be created in the region as part of a £92 million digital services contract it has awarded to global…

Members of the Unite union who work at the Port of Grangemouth are set to go on strike for two weeks from midnight on Monday…

The Scottish Government and the country’s enterprise agencies have announced a new “Global Scotland Trade and Investment Strategy 2016-2021” that will focus on “new regional export…

Edinburgh and Glasgow airports both reported their busiest February on record as international flight traffic in and out of Scotland’s central belt continues to rise. Edinburgh Airport said 770,265…

Prominent Scottish business advisor Blair Nimmo has been promoted to UK Head of Restructuring at KPMG following the departure of Mark Firmin. Nimmo was previously head of…

Scotland had a deficit of £14.9 billion — 9.7 per% of gross domestic product (GDP) — in the financial year 2014-15, compared to a deficit for the…

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the Scottish Government will use up to £200 million of “national funds” to provide cash support for farmers and crofters while their…

Angel investor group Investing Women wants to increase the ratio of Scotland’s female angel investors from an estimated one in 20 to the US level of one…

Edinburgh-based aviation logistics and news distribution company John Menzies said on Tuesday its reported pre-tax profit fell to £18.2 million in 2015 from £25.7 million the year before amid a turbulent…

Scotland’s leading visitor attractions saw an increase in visitor numbers of 5.48% in 2015, above the UK average of 3.2% and London’s increase of 1.6%,…

John Thurso, former Liberal Democrat Westminster MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, has been appointed the new chair of VisitScotland. VisitScotland has a budget of around…

The economies of Scotland’s islands could benefit by up to £725 million over the next 25 years from renewable energy projects, according to an independent report. The…

The £100 million Shieldhall Tunnel between Queen’s Park and Govan — the biggest investment in waste water infrastructure in Glasgow for more than a century…

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) on Friday awarded £200 million of contracts to the Swiss-Italian consortium of Stadler Bussnang AG and Ansaldo STS Consortium for the supply…

New Alliance Trust chairman Robert Smith on Friday vowed to address the lack of gender diversity on the Dundee-based investment firm’s plc board as he delivered his first…

Edinburgh-based Virgin Money said on Wednesday it delivered a strong performance in its first full financial year since listing, with underlying profit before tax increasing by 53%…

The four tourism ministers for the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have joined forces to ask the UK Treasury to consider a reduction of VAT for businesses…

Former UK Government minister Douglas Alexander has joined international law firm Pinsent Masons as a strategic adviser. Alexander lost his Westminster seat in Paisley and Renfrewshire…

The Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions (ASVA) said almost 27 million visits were made to 260 of its member sites in 2015, a rise of 3.4%…

ScottishPower said it would be possible to double the capacity of its Cruachan Pumped Storage hydro plant near Oban — with investment of £300 million to £400 million —…

The UK’s Institute of Directors (IoD) has called for a new target for households and business to have access to speeds of 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) by…

World number two tennis player Andy Murray has made his first 2016 investments in start-up businesses on the crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Murray identified the five…

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will say in a keynote speech on Monday that she wants the EU referendum vote to result in an overwhelming victory, across all parts…

The Scottish Government said new management measures for Scotland’s commercial crab and lobster stocks will be the focus of a new consultation just launched. The consultation proposals…

The Scottish Government said on Friday it will invest up to £63.8 million in Dundee’s Waterfront development as part of a package agreed by Deputy…

Two in five small Scottish companies have not decided how they will vote in the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, according to a…

Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday reported a 2015 loss of £1.98 billion, compared with a loss of £3.47 billion in 2014, as litigation and restructuring costs continued to…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said its sales rose 10% in 2015 to £169.1 million and profit before tax soared 21% to £6.8 million as recent acquisitions and success…

Glasgow-based engineering firm Weir Group said its revenue fell 21% to £1.9 billion and profit before tax fell 46% to £220 million in the year…

Perth-based bus and rail giant Stagecoach said on Tuesday that Garry Watts intends to step down as the company’s deputy chairman and senior independent director on April…

Edinburgh-based Archangels, the business angel syndicate that specializes in early stage investing, said on Tuesday that total investment capital arranged by the syndicate since its inception…

Oil & Gas UK’s 2016 activity survey published on Tuesday said exploration remains at an all-time low “with no sign of improving” and that a collapse…

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…

The Scottish Government said on Monday it made progress in talks with the Island Councils on proposals for a deal which aims to enhance local democracy…

Professor Sally Mapstone, the pro-vice-chancellor for education at the University of Oxford, is to be the next principal of the University of St Andrews. Mapstone, 58,…

Senior executives from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the world’s largest international public bank, are in Scotland this week to outline new financing opportunities for Scottish businesses and unveil…

Trade body ScotlandIS called on all political parties to focus on fostering growth in digital technologies as it launched its manifesto ahead of the Scottish…

The Forth Road Bridge is to fully reopen on Saturday at 11pm, the Scottish Government said. Transport minister Derek Mackay said repairs to the damaged main…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has called for a further 2% cut in excise duty in next month’s budget, stressing the industry’s importance to the Scottish…

Gerry Grimstone, chairman of Edinburgh-based investment, pensions and insurance giant Standard Life, said on Friday it would be “potentially damaging to the UK economy and therefore…

Edinburgh-based Standard Life said on Friday its operating profit before tax rose 9% to £665 million in 2015 — beating analysts’ forecasts of £616 million — as the investment, pensions…

Ellon, Aberdeenshire-based craft beer company BrewDog on Thursday announced “draft” 2015 business results, reporting a 52% increase in annual turnover to £45 million. The company said BrewDog is now the number one…

Scotland and the north of England have signed an agreement to work closer together to improve cross-border transport connections and boost the economies of both…

A new poll of Scottish Chambers of Commerce members shows 68% of them would vote for the UK to remain a member of the EU “if the…

Forth Ports said it plans to make the “largest investment in the history of the Port of Dundee” by investing more than £10 million to create a new…

A new research and development (R&D) project aims to put Scotland at the forefront of the £7 billion global sensors and imaging systems market and deliver…

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….

HSBC said on Monday that while Asia is at the heart of the banking group’s strategy, it had decided to remain headquartered in London after an “exhaustive” review. “Having our…