A Scottish company and a Dutch port are working on launching a new freight ferry line ahead of the UK’s possible exit from the European…

Scottish Rugby announced on Tuesday a six-year extension to its partnership with kit suppliers Macron which will run until at least June 2026. “The seven-figure…

More than £394 million is to be invested into the five local authority areas on both sides of the border between England and Scotland. The…

Private sector output in Scotland declined during May for the fifth time in the last six months, reversing the modest pick-up in activity seen in…

Italian aerospace and defence firm Leonardo’s research and development hub at Crewe Toll in Edinburgh has been sold by Brockton Capital to unnamed South Korean…

The Scotch Whisky industry expects to see “significant growth” in exports to India, China and Brazil in the coming years to augment established growing markets…

A new report shows one in 10 smaller businesses in Scotland is led by an immigrant entrepreneur and these firms contribute more than £13 billion…

The Scottish Government has outlined an ambitious growth plan which will aim to increase the value of exports from 20% to 25% of Scotland’s GDP…

Food and drink exports from Scotland rose 4.9% to a record high of £6.3 billion in 2018, according to the HMRC figures. Whisky accounted for…

Aberdeen-based Wood plc and KBR, Inc. have secured a new multimillion dollar contract to deliver front-end engineering design (FEED) for Shell Australia’s Crux project to build…

Grangemouth refinery operator Ineos announced that Antwerp, Belgium, will be the location for its €3 billion project for an ethane gas cracker and world-scale PDH…

Perth-based energy giant SSE said on Friday its subsidiary Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (SSEN Transmission) has completed the new £1 billion Caithness-Moray electricity transmission…

Aberdeen-based mechanical engineering group EnerMech on Tuesday confirmed the conclusion of its sale to The Carlyle Group and announced the formation of the group’s board…

Glasgow-based drinks company Edrington — owner of Scotch whisky brands The Macallan, Highland Park and The Famous Grouse — said on Friday that chief executive officer Ian Curle…

UPDATE 3 – Shares of Aberdeen-based bus and rail giant FirstGroup plc rose 11% on Tuesday after it appointed its chief financial officer Matthew Gregory…

Glasgow-based media firm STV said it appointed David Mortimer — the man behind hit shows including Dragons’ Den, Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends and 71 Degrees North…

Scottish law firm Brodies LLP said revenues grew to £68.59 million in its financial year to April 30, 2018, from £66.68 million in 2016-17. Brodies…

Cefetra Ltd, the largest agricultural trading company in Scotland, has signed a long-term contract with Forth Ports to use the Port of Rosyth and turn…

The UK and Scottish Government are to invest more than £90 million in Stirling and Clackmannanshire via City Region Deal to drive economic growth in the…

Lerwick Harbour in Shetland is set for a record year of cruise liner visitors. Over the next eight months, the Shetland port said it is…

A new report by TheCityUK found financial and related professional services firms in Scotland had a record year in 2016 with exports up by 9%…

The Scottish FA announced on Thursday that its chief executive Stewart Regan “has taken the decision to step down from his position at the association.”…

Julie Hesketh-Laird is to take over as chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) following the retirement of Scott Landsburgh, who has held…

Shares of East Kilbride-based Goals Soccer Centres fell 8% after it said in a trading update that it anticipates profits for 2017 will be “broadly in line with…

Scottish businesses are preparing for their fastest period of growth in nearly four years, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Business Monitor. The…

Grangemouth refinery operator Ineos said it agreed to take a majority share in two exploration licenses in the Northern Gas Fields West of Shetland —…

The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation said latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show continued record growth for Scottish salmon exports so far in 2017….

The Scottish Government said there was an 11% increase in trips to Scotland by international travelers in the 12 months to the end of June 2017…

Trade association RenewableUK has hailed the “dramatic” fall in the cost of offshore wind in the results announced on Monday of competitive auctions for new contracts…

The health of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK has risen to its highest level in 18 months, according to the SME Health…

Inverness Airport saw a 23.5% increase in passenger numbers in the last financial year – up to 829,018 during 2016-17. Inverness recorded the highest monthly…

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…