Springfield Properties announced that the first of 47 new homes in Drumnadrochit are due to go on sale this weekend following planning approval at appeal….

BrewDog co-founder and former CEO James Watt has revealed more details about his new brand building business, which is called Social Tip. “This new business…

The Highland Council has approved the onshore plans of the West of Orkney Windfarm – which is developing a major offshore wind project off Scotland’s…

SSE plc, the Perth-based electricity infrastructure giant, announced it is submitting an offshore planning consent application to Ireland’s planning authority An Bord Pleanála this week…

Chartered financial planning firm AAB Wealth announced the acquisition of Bishopbriggs-based Synergy Financial Planning. AAB Wealth said that following this latest acquisition, it will have assets under…

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…

Scotland attracted its highest ever number of international visitors last year, according to the 2023 International Passenger Survey by the Office of National Statistics. There…

SSEN Transmission announced it has selected Sumitomo Electric Industries and its subsea cable installation partner Van Oord Offshore Wind UK as preferred bidder for the…

The University of Glasgow is to lead a consortium with support from the universities of Edinburgh, Sheffield, Stirling, Strathclyde, York and King’s College London to develop…

The “relentless negativity” about UK-focused equity funds was undiminished in April as outflows totalled £665 million, taking the cumulative withdrawal of capital to £21.3 billion…

Savills has reported that Central Scotland continues to see the strongest market activity in UK forestry transactions. However, the total value of the UK forestry investment…

The latest Deloitte-sponsored quarterly Economic Commentary from the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) at Strathclyde University shows that the Scottish economy “is likely to be recovering…

National Grid plc’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) has published a report called “Beyond 2030” which proposes a £58 billion investment in the British electricity grid…

The Scottish Government’s External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson has published proposals for how an “outward-looking, independent Scotland” could play its part in “tackling global challenges.”…

Peel Ports Clydeport said it is set for a record year handling wind turbine components at its King George V Dock site in Glasgow as…

Abrdn’s £1.8 billion Murray International Trust net asset value (NAV) has posted a total return — with net income reinvested — of +8.6% for 2023. The…

Edinburgh-based green energy integrator Logan Energy said it has secured £5 million of investment to develop its systems-led approach in the emerging hydrogen power sector….

The total value of all private housing in Scotland has risen by £97.7 billion or 25% since 2019 before the pandemic to £481 billion in…

Edinburgh-based Carcinotech has raised £4.2 million as part of its latest funding round and has plans to expand into the United States later this year….

International tourism in Scotland is recovering at a stronger rate than other UK nations and regions, new figures from the UK’s Office of National Statistics…

Intelligent Growth Solutions Ltd (IGS), the Scotland-based agritech infrastructure business, has announced a Series C fundraise of £22.5 million to support significant global expansion as the…

Forres-based orbital launch services company Orbex announced the appointment of two tech and space sector stalwarts as the firm’s new CEO and executive chair. Entrepreneur and…

The first businesses on Fair Isle have been connected to full fibre almost two years ahead of schedule, the Scottish Government announced. A subsea fibre…

The UK’s Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said the Scottish Government’s “generous” provision of free university tuition and non-repayable bursaries will soon become “increasingly…

National Grid announced that Eastern Green Link 1 Ltd — which is creating a subsea transmission cable from Torness in East Lothian to County Durham in…

SSEN Transmission announced it will recruit 400 new employees across the north of Scotland in the next 12 months amid a £20 billion investment programme. SSEN…

A new report published by the Scottish Land Commission (SLC) shows the value of farmland in Scotland rose substantially between 2020 and 2022 — surging by…

Edinburgh fund management giant Baillie Gifford has revealed that 25% of the money the firm invests is now entrusted to it “by clients who wish…

The value of venture capital (VC) invested into Scotland’s start-ups rebounded significantly in the third quarter of 2023 due to a handful of high value…

XLCC, the high voltage direct current cable (HVDC) manufacturing company, said it has been awarded a £9 million grant by Scottish Enterprise to continue the…

National Galleries of Scotland announced the appointment of Anne Lyden as its new Director-General. Lyden was most recently Interim Co-Director of Collection and Research. She…

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…

Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has announced the transfer of the Clyde Mission regeneration programme to the Glasgow City Region as Scottish Government investment in…

Scotland’s Central Belt is experiencing above-average levels of research and innovation and business investment compared with the UK, with high levels of investment also seen…

Scottish SMEs are spending an estimated 35% of their overheads on international payment fees when using traditional banks, according to a survey by fintech firm Wise….

SSEN Transmission announced it has signed a joint venture agreement with the UK’s National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) to build a 2 gigawatt (GW) subsea…

Private real estate investment fund manager Henderson Park has acquired the Waldorf Astoria Caledonian Hotel Edinburgh for a reported £85 million. The five-star hotel in…

Scotland’s first two Investment Zones — Glasgow City Region and the North East — have been announced by the Scottish Government. Glasgow City Region and…

Glasgow-based drinks company Edrington — owner of Scotch whisky brands The Macallan, Highland Park and The Famous Grouse — announced it exceeding £1 billion in core revenue…

More than 3,200 new Scottish businesses were set up last month, according to new research from R3, the UK’s insolvency and restructuring trade body. R3’s…

The latest statistics from Scottish Development International (SDI) show that more than 8,500 jobs were created through inward investment in the 2022-2023 financial year. This…

Cable manufacturing company XLCC said North Ayrshire Council Planning Committee has granted full planning permission for its HVDC subsea cable manufacturing operations in Hunterston. The decision…

The Scottish Government’s External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson has called on the UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to withdraw guidance and a letter sent to…

Scotland’s salmon sector has unveiled an ambitious European growth plan for its premium “Label Rouge” salmon to further enhance Scotland’s international reputation for food and…

Scottish tech businesses are planning a major employment drive as increased exports drive sales, according to new research from tech trade body ScotlandIS. However, Scotland’s…

Aberdeen-based clean energy firm Verlume has secured £7.2 million in funding — including £6.6 million from the Scottish National Investment Bank — to boost its expansion…

House prices across the UK fell 3.1% year-on-year in March in the largest annual decline since July 2009, according to Nationwide. All regions of the…

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…

Scottish salmon was the UK’s biggest food export in 2022, despite the volume of fish transported overseas falling 26%, new HMRC figures have revealed. Sales of…

James Watt, CEO and co-founder of Aberdeenshire-based craft brewing firm BrewDog, has revealed in a LinkedIn post that he has been “diagnosed not only with…

A manager of the £510 million Abrdn UK Smaller Companies Trust plc has said that UK markets may be “closer to their low point than other…

The expanded Port of Aberdeen said it will welcome a wide range of new cruise vessels to the city in 2023, which could boost the…

An “unprecedented” shortage of skilled labour in Scotland’s financial services sector will be the defining issue of the coming year, according to an influential annual…

Bath Rugby has confirmed the signing of Scotland fly-half Finn Russell, who will join the English club following the 2023 Rugby World Cup after four…

SSEN Transmission said it welcomes UK regulator Ofgem’s approval of the need “for the strategic electricity transmission reinforcements required” to deliver the UK Government’s 50GW…

UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Thursday announced a number of tax increases and proposed tighter public spending in his £55 billion Autumn budget plan….

By Mark McSherry — The half-year report from the £14 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust plc is another sobering read from the giant closed-end fund which…

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, Baillie Gifford’s flagship fund, on Friday reported its net asset value per share (NAV) fell almost 18%, with borrowings at book value, for…

The British pound and UK government bonds rose on Monday after new finance minister Jeremy Hunt scrapped Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic plan — reversing…

By Mark McSherry — Scotland exported £8.8 billion of financial and related professional services in 2020, 7.4% less than in 2019 but 86% more than in…

By Mark McSherry UK prime minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday — and scrapped parts of their economic package that…

Edinburgh-based Capricorn Energy said on Thursday it is withdrawing its intention to recommend an all-share merger with Tullow Oil and said instead it will recommend to shareholders…

By Mark McSherry — Assets under management held by the 250 member firms of the UK’s Investment Association (IA) reached a milestone £10 trillion in 2021, according…

Peel Ports has announced that the first-ever direct freight container service connecting China and Scotland is being launched in response to growing global pressures on…

Aberdeen-based global engineering and consulting giant John Wood Group has announced the appointment of chief operating officer Ken Gilmartin as the firm’s chief executive officer…

A multi-billion pound bid for an ambitious air, sea and rail economic zone on the River Clyde — supported by a large public private partnership…

The Scottish Government said on Friday that offshore work to connect thousands of island homes and businesses to faster and more reliable broadband services has…

Aberdeen biologics company Elasmogen has secured £8 million investment in a funding round led by BGF and Scottish National Investment Bank, with additional support from existing…

Kintore, Aberdeenshire-based oil and gas pipeline specialist STATS (UK) Limited announced its revenues increased 17% to £49.7 million while EBITDA earnings rose to £7.8 million from…