Edinburgh Council has sold its prestigious Atria office development in the heart of the capital’s financial district for £105 million to Deka Immobilien, a real estate…

Motherwell-based engineering group MB Aerospace has completed the acquisition of Centrax Turbine Components based in Devon, England. It is the first acquisition for MB Aerospace following…

Scotland’s unemployment rate rose by 0.5% to 6.1% — up by 16,000 to 171,000 — in the three months to January 31, according to the Office for National…

Edinburgh-based oil and gas explorer Cairn Energy said on Tuesday it has added 20% to its resource estimate for its oilfield off the coast of Senegal…

Scotland had a deficit of £14.9 billion — 9.7 per% of gross domestic product (GDP) — in the financial year 2014-15, compared to a deficit for the…

Angel investor group Investing Women wants to increase the ratio of Scotland’s female angel investors from an estimated one in 20 to the US level of one…

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will say in a keynote speech on Monday that she wants the EU referendum vote to result in an overwhelming victory, across all parts…

Oil & Gas UK’s 2016 activity survey published on Tuesday said exploration remains at an all-time low “with no sign of improving” and that a collapse…

Scotland’s employment rate increased to 74.8% in the third quarter of 2015 — outperforming the UK — and the Scottish employment level of 2.636 million was…

French energy firm Total and its partners will invest £690 million in operational expenditure west of Shetland over the next 10 years following the start-up of the…

The Harris Tweed Authority said it “has received the ultimate seal of approval” from Lord Lyon King of Arms, Dr. Joseph Morrow QC, who has…

French energy firm Total said it has started production from the Laggan-Tormore gas fields in the West of Shetland area. The fields are expected to supply up to…

St Andrews-based Worldwide Cancer Research said it has appointed Dr Helen Rippon as its chief executive to succeed Norman Barrett, who is retiring after eight years with the organization. Previously director…

Aberdeen-based Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas exploration company active in the UK and Norwegian continental shelves, said it had a year of growth and progress in 2015 despite…

Shares in Aberdeen-based oil and gas engineering firm Plexus Holdings fell more than 40% on Monday morning after it said a slowdown in planned activity by its customers…

The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Wednesday launched their New Bank Start-up Unit aimed at encouraging new “challenger banks” to…

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…

Oil and gas giant BP is to cut its North Sea workforce by 20% by 2017 — about 600 jobs — as part of a global…

Oil & Gas UK chief executive Deirdre Michie (pictured) has welcomed the first rise in UK oil and gas production for more than 15 years —…

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…

Statoil said on Wednesday it will delay the start up of the $7 billion Mariner field in the North Sea — the biggest field development…

The development of the largest new field discovered in the UK North Sea for 10 years has been approved by the UK Oil & Gas Authority….