The UK government’s Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said Britain’s new high speed rail lines (HS2) between London and the North-West of England will also benefit Scotland….

Scotland’s food and drink exports increased by more than 11% to £1.2 billion in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period…

UPDATE 2 — Scotch whisky exports increased last year by 4% to more than £4 billion, with the value of single malt exports exceeding £1 billion for…

The economic value of golf tourism and events to Scotland has increased to £286 million a year, according to a study commissioned by VisitScotland and Scottish…

The Scottish Salmon Company said its 2016 revenue was £110 million, up from £100.4 million in 2015, as strong market prices boosted the firm despite the salmon…

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…

A report by real estate giants Savills said Glasgow had the building blocks in place to reaffirm its position as “Scotland’s powerhouse” to compete with the “Northern Powerhouses”…

ShareSoc, the UK Individual Shareholders Society, said it is consulting legal advisors following the decision by Royal Bank of Scotland not to take forward a proposed AGM…

The UK’s housing stock is now worth a record £6.79 trillion, about 3.65 times the UK’s GDP, according to new analysis published by Savills. London and…

More than 100 individual shareholders of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) — coordinated by shareholder groups ShareSoc and UKSA — have requisitioned a resolution to install a new…

New research from Bank of Scotland has identified Scotland’s most expensive streets, with The Scores in St Andrews — just a pitching wedge from the world famous Old…

The Shetland Fishermen group said Shetland’s whitefish market had its biggest yearly landings since 1987. More than 357,000 boxes were brought ashore and sold. Shetland is the second…

Scottish renewable energy businesses are now working in more than 40 countries around the world, new research by industry body Scottish Renewables has found. Projects…

Two out of three oil and gas firms believe the sector has already reached the bottom of the current cycle or will do so within the…

Aberdeen-based bus and rail giant FirstGroup said its revenue rose 5.1% to £2.56 billion in the six months to September 30 but adjusted profit before tax fell 2.2%…

Baillie Gifford’s flagship £4.7 billion equity closed-end fund — the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust — said both its net asset value (NAV) and share price rose 25% on a…

Aberdeen-based Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company, announced an oil and gas discovery at the Njord North Flank in the Norwegian Sea, in…

Professor Fraser Stoddart, a graduate of The University of Edinburgh, was on Wednesday awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Stoddart’s award came a day after two…

The World Trade Organization (WTO) said world trade will grow more slowly than expected in 2016, expanding by just 1.7%, well below the WTO’s April…

Henry Boot Developments said it concluded unconditional agreements with Aberdeen City Council for its new £333 million Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC). Boot has appointed Stirling-based…

Scottish Rugby has confirmed that Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend will replace Vern Cotter as Scotland head coach at the end of the 2016/17…

Shares of Glasgow-based international mobile power firm Aggreko fell 13% after it said its pre-tax profit fell 31% to £71 million and revenue slid 12% to £685 million in…

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said a second Scottish independence referendum was now “highly likely” after Scotland voted in favour of remaining in the EU by 62% to…

A new organisation aimed at generating even more business between Scotland and Ireland has been created. The Irish Business Network in Scotland has been set up at a time when…

The Scottish Salmon Company reported revenues of £29.1 million for the first quarter of 2016, up from £27.3 million in the same quarter last year. Operating profit,…

Microsoft and Facebook have agreed to build the highest-capacity subsea cable to ever cross the Atlantic — from Northern Virginia to Bilbao, Spain. “The new ‘MAREA’ cable will help meet the…

The board of Edinburgh-based fund manager Baillie Gifford’s flagship fund — the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust company — plans to limit to 25% the amount of the…

British Airways said it will start new daily flights between Heathrow and Inverness on May 3. It will operate an Airbus A319, with up to 143 seats, on the…

Aberdeen-based transport giant FirstGroup said its bus division has ordered 305 new vehicles worth £70 million — and that 204 of the buses will be made by…

Growth in Scotland slowed during the first quarter of this year, according to the first Royal Bank of Scotland Business Monitor. The research for the monitor,…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) said it has agreed to provide £500 million to support a major expansion of the electricity transmission network in the north…

Scottish investment writing, copywriting and marketing communications company Copylab is to expand internationally by opening an office in Boston, Massachusetts to serve the asset management industry in…

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…

Aberdeen’s commercial property sector is facing a “perfect storm” as incentives for occupiers in the city hit record levels, according to the latest Aberdeen Office Market Activity…

Scottish Woodlands Ltd, which is 80 per cent employee-owned, said it made pre-tax profits of more than £1.3 million on turnover of £69.5 million in the year…

Greenock-based packaging firm British Polythene Industries (BPI) said its operating profit rose 7% to £28.6 million in 2015 helped by the return to profit of its North American operations. BPI…

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…

Scottish league football is being screened in more than 100 countries for the first time after a number of new international broadcast deals were struck in territories around the…

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…

Edinburgh-based Menzies Distribution has acquired Thistle Couriers of Aberdeen for an undisclosed sum — the firm’s third acquisition in the past 12 months. Menzies said the move…

A £209 million EU funding programme to strengthen cross-border business links — in sectors like conservation — between western Scotland, Northern Ireland and the border…

Latest figures show the highest employment level for Scotland since records began in 1992, taking the number of Scots in work to 2,631,000, according 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…

Scotch Whisky exports totalled £1.7 billion in the first half of 2015 as the decline of recent years slowed significantly. Scotch exports to Brazil, India and Russia…

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…

Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) volume for 2015 reached $3 trillion on August 11, according to research firm Dealogic. At 223 days into 2015, that’s the second fastest…