Leeds-based property investor and car park operator Town Centre Securities (TCS) said on Monday it sold four retail properties in Scotland and London for a…

Consultants Wood Mackenzie on Wednesday published a comprehensive roadmap for the North Sea’s future to the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) in Aberdeen. The plan sets…

A new report carried out for Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has “defined and detailed” for the first time the value of the “natural economy” to…

Diageo, makers of Johnnie Walker, announced on Monday it has created “the world’s first ever 100% plastic free paper-based spirits bottle, made entirely from sustainably sourced…

Investment firm Quilter said it hired Bambos Hambi from Aberdeen Standard Investments to be chief executive officer of Quilter Investors. London-based Quilter manages investments of…

Glasgow-based Smart Metering Systems (SMS) on Tuesday confirmed its revised dividend policy, saying it will pay 25p per share for the year to December 31,…

The FTSE 100 index of major company shares in London has posted its biggest quarterly fall for more than 30 years amid the coronavirus crisis….

A patient has been diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland — the first case confirmed in the country. The patient is a resident of the…

Shares of Scottish companies listed on the FTSE outperformed the FTSE 350 and All Share indices in 2019 — but Alternative Investment Market (AIM) firms…

Shares of Edinburgh-based international oil and gas company Cairn Energy edged higher on Wednesday after it said it took a final investment decision (FID) on…

Shares of Elgin-based Springfield Properties, which is building a number of new communities throughout Scotland, have risen about 15% in the past few days thanks to…

Shares of banks, utilities, transport companies and property firms were among the biggest winners in Friday’s UK stock market rally on the back of the…

Glasgow-based housebuilding firm Mactaggart & Mickel said on Tuesday its turnover rose £2.4 million to £84.7 million in the year to April 30, 2019. Profit…

Scottish FTSE-listed company shares have gained 6.81% in the first nine months of 2019, against the FTSE All Share’s 10.39% rise, according to the latest…

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…

UPDATE 3 — Swiss Re announced on Thursday the suspension of its plans for a $4.1 billion initial public offering (IPO) of UK life insurance…

Troubled East Kilbride-based Goals Soccer Centres plc said on Tuesday it is in the process of engaging Deloitte LLP “to work alongside its current advisors…

Total and partners including China’s CNOOC have made a significant new gas discovery off the coast of Scotland at the North Sea Glengorm prospect about…

The number of people working in Scotland’s tourism sector increased by 24,500 to 206,000 in the five years after the introduction of the National Tourism Strategy in…

A stock market sell-off across Britain’s financial markets this week wiped roughly £3 billion off Royal Bank of Scotland’s stock market value amid uncertainty around the viability…

Shares of Edinburgh-based international oil and gas company Cairn Energy rose about 6% on Thursday after it said its “development and exploitation plan” for the SNE…

Norway’s Equinor said it agreed to buy Chevron’s 40% stake in the Rosebank oilfield west of Scotland’s Shetland Islands for an undisclosed sum. Rosebank is one…

French oil and energy group Total said on Monday it made a major gas discovery on the Glendronach prospect, located off the west coast of…

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said its turnover rose 14% to £102 million and profit before tax soared 39% to £3.5 million in the six months…

Newcastle and Edinburgh-based Virgin Money, which is being bought by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank owner CYBG for around £1.7 billion, said on Thursday its underlying profit before…

The Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired Edinburgh-based creative agency Whitespace. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. The 65-strong Whitespace team will become…

A planning application has been submitted by Glasgow Harbour Ltd on behalf of Peel Lifestyle Outlets — a division of Peel Land and Property Group…

Kirkcaldy-based shopfitter and interiors company Havelock Europa said London-based private investment firm Rcapital has backed Havelock with a deal that “secures over 300 jobs and…

The UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) said on Wednesday it has offered for award 123 licences over 229 blocks or part-blocks to 61 companies…

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group rose more than 3% after it said in an AGM statement that group profit for the year to date “is…

Shares of Edinburgh-based international oil and gas company Cairn Energy rose about 3% after the firm made a bullish statement at its AGM. Cairn CEO…

Shares of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank owner CYBG fell more than 5% on Tuesday as the bank reported a statutory first-half loss of £76 million…

Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday reported attributable first-quarter profit of £792 million compared with £259 million for the same period of 2017, beating analysts’…

Apache Corporation announced a “significant oil discovery” at the Garten prospect in the UK sector of the North Sea that could recover more than 10 million…

Forestry in Scotland is to be fully devolved to the Scottish Parliament for the first time after MSPs backed the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill….

North Sea oil and gas production over the period 2016–2050 is now projected to total 11.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) — 2.8 billion…

Global consultants Wood Mackenzie and the Aberdeen-based Oil & Gas Technology Centre announced that developing new subsea technology and approaches could help unlock 400 million additional barrels…

Stock markets around the world continued to fall on Tuesday for a fourth successive day of declines — a rout that has seen $4 trillion…

The North Sea oil and gas industry will deliver about £1 billion in tax to the UK Treasury this financial year, according to latest estimates….

A consortium led by Blackstone announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone – together with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Singapore’s GIC…

UPDATE 2 — Oil and gas prices soared after Ineos said on Monday it will shut down its Forties Pipeline System, which delivers almost 40% of the…

Houses in Edinburgh and Glasgow sell faster than anywhere else in the UK, according to the latest City Rate of Sale report from Post Office…

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group rose 6% after it said its profit before tax for 2017 to date “is well above the corresponding…

Celtic said its chief executive Peter Lawwell has been voted on to the influential executive board of the European Club Association’s 19th General Assembly in…

The UK North Sea is on track for the biggest year of oil and gas field startups in a decade, according to data from Edinburgh-based…

Moray Council has granted planning permission for what will be Scotland’s largest solar farm. Councillors approved Elgin Energy’s development of the 47-hectare Speyslaw site near Urquhart,…

The Scottish government said Scotland’s £1 billion forestry sector would in future be “fully accountable to Scottish ministers and the Scottish Parliament” as it prepared to introduce its Forestry…

The first oil has begun to flow from the Shaw field, part of a major redevelopment of the Montrose Area in the Central North Sea about…

A new report by Savills and Scottish Woodlands said more than 18,300 hectares of forestry were sold across Britain last year at a cumulative value of £83 million…

Amec Foster Wheeler — which on Monday agreed to be bought by Aberdeen-based Wood Group for about £2.2 billion — said it won a contract with the US…

Glasgow-based media company STV Group said its 2016 revenue rose 3% to £120.4 million and statutory pre tax profit rose 60% to £15.7 million amid a growth in its “non-broadcast…

Edinburgh-based Krotos, producer of audio products for the entertainment industry, said it secured angel investment in a deal led by Leslie Benzies, former president of Grand Theft Auto…

Edinburgh-based tidal power company Atlantis Resources announce an agreement to partner Natural Energy Wire (NEW) to develop the Wyre tidal project to be built between…

Manchester United said its revenue rose 18% to £157.9 million in the three months to December 31, 2016, but its net debt jumped 27.1% to £409.3 million. It its outlook, the company…

The Scottish Government has published detailed proposals of a plan to achieve a 66% reduction in Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2032. Cabinet Secretary for…

Former Saatchi & Saatchi chairman Kevin Roberts — who resigned from his role last year after he made controversial comments about gender in the advertising industry in an interview…

Demand for Edinburgh townhouse office-to-residential conversions has surged, driven largely by rising residential prices in Edinburgh’s west end and New Town, according to Shepherd Chartered Surveyors. The firm…

STV Group said it reached agreement with the trustees of the company’s defined benefits pension schemes — the Scottish & Grampian Television Retirement Benefits Scheme and…

Sterling fell to a 31-year-low early on Friday with some traders blaming a “flash crash” that was triggered by computer-generated trading. With fears growing that the UK Government will…

Property consultants CKD Galbraith said Pam Over will succeed Tim Kirkwood as the firm’s chief executive officer from January 2017. Over is currently chief operating officer…

Orkney Islands Council has given a demolition company the opportunity to investigate the potential of Lyness near Scapa Flow as a potential as a base for North Sea…

Glasgow-based media company STV Group said revenue rose 5% to £56.2 million and pre-tax profit rose 50% to £10.2 million in the six months to June 30 as digital…

The share prices of many of Scotland most important public traded companies have plummeted since Friday morning when it became clear the UK had voted narrowly 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 &…

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…

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…

The Scottish newspaper industry is worth up to £1 billion a year to the Scottish economy, according to an economic impact survey. Carried out by Edinburgh-based…