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…