Edinburgh city centre, which includes desirable locations including Stockbridge, Old Town and Tollcross, saw its average house price rise to £352,568 in the January-March quarter,…

The majority of the Sleat Peninsula in the south of the island of Skye — about 19,208 acres — has been put up for sale at…

Smaller businesses in Scotland are the most likely to say they struggle to access finance among the UK’s devolved nations, according to new research from…

A public-private agreement has been reached to help expand operations and attract new investment at the Port of Montrose. A Scottish Enterprise grant of £3.2…

Global Ports Holding Ltd (GPH), the world’s largest cruise port operator, has signed a 50-year lease agreement with Clydeport Operations Ltd, a subsidiary of Peel Ports…

Equity investment levels in Scotland’s smaller businesses grew in 2024, bouncing back from a more difficult 2023, according to new research from the British Business…

A new report from the UK’s Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) shows there were 585,000 public sector workers in Scotland in 2024, representing 22% of…

The total value of all private housing in Scotland has risen by £220 billion to £546 billion in the last 10 years, according to new research by…

International sales of Scottish salmon hit a record high of £844 million in 2024, soaring by 45% in a year to remain the UK’s top…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has released global export figures that show the value of Scotch exports stood at £5.4 billion in 2024. The SWA…

Aberdeen-based engineering and consulting giant John Wood Group said 2024 was a “transformative year” for its carbon advisory team, which secured a “record-breaking number of…

SP Energy Networks, a division of Iberdrola’s ScottishPower, said it has set out a £10.6 billion plan to “help rewire Britain” and deliver the critical…

Plans to construct a circular “GigaFarm” in Cobleskill, New York State, have been announced by Empire State Greenhouses (ESG) in partnership with Edinburgh-based vertical farming…

Elgin-based house builder Springfield Properties plc published a positive update on trading for the six months ended November 30, 2024. The group said it entered the…

SSEN Transmission announced that local Fraserburgh firm David Smith Contractors Ltd has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to help deliver a new HVDC converter station required as…

By Mark McSherry The Edinburgh Innovations unit of the University of Edinburgh announced that it has secured more than £150 million in research funding over…

The Scottish Government’s Finance Secretary Shona Robison should use her limited room for manoeuvre in next week’s Scottish Budget to “help employers with cost pressures…

The UK’s Investment Association (IA) is staging a new flagship event, the IA Scottish Investment Conference, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) on Tuesday….

Scottish Enterprise said it has helped Los Angeles-based Launchpad Build Inc. to open a global Research and Development (R&D) hub in Edinburgh’s New Town. Employing…

The UK government has announced it will introduce legislation next year to pool £1.3 trillion of pension savings into a series of “megafunds” as the new…

Canada’s Juniper Group, an operating unit of Vela Software and Constellation Software, Inc,  announced the acquisition of Glasgow-based Traveltek, which it called “an innovative suite…

The University of Aberdeen has announced a “new approach to fostering an enhanced spin-out culture” at the the institution that will now see it reduce…

Equity deal activity involving smaller businesses in Scotland picked up during the first half of 2024, one of only two parts of the UK to…

ScottishPower owner Iberdrola, the largest electricity company in Europe, has announced plans to more than double its UK investment plans to as much as £24 billion,…

Investment firm Foresight Group said it successfully exited Substantive Research, an Edinburgh and London-based FinTech providing product and pricing comparison for investment research spend, market data and…

Four leading UK academics have joined forces to warn the UK Government that its commitment to resetting relations with the devolved governments cannot be met…

John Wood Group plc, the Aberdeen-based engineering and consulting giant, said it has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) for a long-haul, large diameter liquids-rich…

Grant Thornton has published a report called the “Economic Impact Of AIM” commissioned by the London Stock Exchange. AIM is the exchange’s stock market for…

CBI CEO Rain Newton-Smith is to call on the Scottish and UK governments to unleash the “restless energy” of business to “help turn Scotland’s energy…

Glasgow-based Solasta Bio, an agri-biotech company specialising in the next generation of green insecticides, has completed an oversubscribed $14 million Series A funding round to…

Outflows from UK stock funds remained high at £919 million for July, according to the latest data published by the Investment Association (IA). However, the…

The UK investment management industry saw growth in assets under management to £9.1 trillion in 2023 from £8.8 trillion in 2022, according to the latest…

Women in Scotland are starting and running new businesses at almost the same rate as men for the first time, while one in five entrepreneurs…

Edinburgh emerged as the leading UK destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) outside of London and the South East of England, according to the latest…

The Scottish economy is predicted to grow more in 2024 compared with last year, with real GVA expected to be 0.9% higher across 2024 —…

Scottish Enterprise said it is launching a new £35 million Manufacturing Property Challenge Programme for prospective developers of manufacturing property to create 1,000,000 sq.ft. of…

UK stock funds saw a record outflow of £1.8 billion during May, according to data published by the Investment Association (IA). The May outflows continue…

Mark Darbon has been appointed chief executive of The R&A and Secretary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. Darbon will succeed…

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…