ScotRail has announced a £475 million train improvement programme it said will deliver new trains, thousands of extra seats, at-seat power points and better wifi. When the seven-year programme…

Bridge of Allan-based Graham’s The Family Dairy announced that its 2015 sales increased to £86.5 million from £85 million last year. Pre-tax profit rose to £1.6 million in…

Edinburgh Airport is on course for its busiest year ever and Glasgow Airport is on track to record its strongest year since 2008. Edinburgh had 794,792 passengers in November, a…

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…

Aberdeen-based transport giant FirstGroup has retained the TransPennine Express rail franchise until at least 2023. The franchise will play a key part in delivery of the UK Government’s…

Shares of Perth-based bus and train operator Stagecoach fell more than 13% after it said the terrorist attacks in Paris have discouraged people from traveling to major…

Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to join four other “world-renowned experts on economic and political issues” on a new global advisory board at…

National Australia Bank (NAB) has urged its shareholders to support a proposed demerger of its Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank (CYBG) at a special meeting on…

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…

Former Experian, Aviva, RBS and Standard Life executive Graeme Jones has been appointed chief executive of trade body Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE), replacing Owen Kelly…

Grangemouth refinery operator Ineos said it has set up a new oil and gas subsidiary to hunt for opportunities as it completed the purchase of the North Sea natural…

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Standard Chartered have survived the 2015 stress test set by the Bank of England, the UK’s central bank —…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided that the Chinese renminbi (RMB) should be considered a global “reserve” currency. The move means markets will now prepare for…

Edinburgh-based airport cargo handling and news distribution company John Menzies has warned shareholders it now expects full year earnings to be £2 million below previous expectations due partly…

Interest rates “must go up because they (artificially low rates) are distorting so much” said Hugh Young, managing director of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia. “I mean, it’s not…

Edinburgh-based fund giant Standard Life Investments, a shareholder in HSBC, would support the global bank if it decided to move its headquarters away from London…

The report into the collapse of HBOS has recommended that regulators should consider whether former bosses at the bank should be banned from the finance industry. The review also concluded…

The UK government has sold $20 billion (£13 billion) of former Northern Rock mortgages and loans to US private equity firm Cerberus in the largest ever…

By Mark McSherry Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust’s latest results show a big increase in its stakes in companies not listed on the stock market and reveal…

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said it made a third quarter operating loss of £134 million, down from a profit of £1.1 billion in the same…

A growing number of international and UK-based investors and developers are showing interest in the £1 billion Dundee Waterfront regeneration project that will transform 240 acres…

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…

French love of Scottish whisky and seafood has helped Scots food and drink exports to France to increase by more than 50 per cent since 2007…

The Investment Association (IA) — the powerful trade group for the Scottish and UK fund management industry — said Daniel Godfrey is leaving his role as its chief executive,…

Scotch whisky giant Diageo, the world’s biggest spirits maker, said Kathryn Mikells (pictured) will become its chief financial officer on November 9. Mikells succeeds Deirdre Mahlan, who is returning to…

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has launched a £78 million ($118m) fund to help the country become an “innovation nation” and push Scottish businesses to develop almost 1,000 new inventions, products and…

The City of Edinburgh Council has put the prestigious Atria office development in the heart of the Scottish capital’s Exchange financial district on the market for…

Stagecoach subsidiary East Midlands Trains has won a deal to continue running services between London, the East Midlands and parts of the north of England until…

Edinburgh-based Virgin Money said on Tuesday that Lee Rochford is to “stand down” as chief financial officer (CFO) and as an executive director of the company….

The main bus company for Scotland’s capital city continues to make good profits for major shareholder Edinburgh Council, while the new Edinburgh Trams service has made a stronger start…

Shares in Edinburgh-based investment, insurance and pensions giant Standard Life fell more than 3% on Tuesday afternoon despite the company reporting that its first-half operating profit rose…