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Precision Tooling & Castings Ltd has secured £4.47m of funding from Barclays for a management buyout (MBO) with aspirations to grow the business and implement new technologies. The deal, which combines invoice and asset finance and term and property loans, has allowed current group operati

Tata Steel subsidiary UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE) has provided a six-figure funding boost to furniture manufacturer Aquapac.  The Cumbernauld-based company, which specialises in the manufacturing of furniture products, plans to expand its design and engineering team by 50% to

Brazilians are paying Uber drivers more for silent car journeys.

Barclays is opening its second Eagle Lab in Scotland to support entrepreneurs in the North East of the country and drive innovation in the region. The space in Aberdeen will be based within the city’s new home of digital and entrepreneurship, the ONE Tech Hub, as part of the ONE

After a subdued start to 2019, Scotland’s economy is expected to grow more slowly than last year, echoing trends seen across the wider global economy, according to the EY Scottish ITEM Club’s summer forecast. The report says Scotland’s economy is expected to achieve non-oil GDP gro

BE Group Debt Finance Scotland has backed Innovair with a business loan to allow the Aberdeen firm, which provides hi-tech surveying and inspection services across multiple sectors such as construction, rail and energy, to invest in innovative solutions and bring more resource into the business

A Fife engineering firm has safeguarded its future by moving into employee ownership. EQ Chartered Accountants LLP has supported Ladybank-based G S Brown Limited into an Employee Ownership Trust structure.

The digital technologies sector in Scotland remains firmly in ‘growth mode’ despite fierce competition for top talent and ongoing political uncertainty, according to the latest annual industry survey conducted by ScotlandIS.

The advent of 5G technology could supercharge Scotland’s economy by up to £1.12bn per year by 2025 – but the opportunity could be missed because industry leaders still do not know enough about the benefits of investing in the technology, according to new research from Barclays

The winner of the F&C Investment Trust Prize has been announced as Heather Ramsey, who is studying for an HND in Legal Services at City of Glasgow College. Heather Ramsey, Paul Little, principal and CEO City of Glasgow College, AND Milea Leone, student president of

Business leaders’ confidence in the digital capabilities of new entrants to the workplace has improved in the last six months, according to the latest Digital Disruption Index by Deloitte. Eighteen per cent of digital leaders believe that school leavers and graduates are entering work with the

Sam Subesinghe Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are using digital strategies to become more customer centric, according to a KPMG survey of 1,200 UK CIOs.

Construction firms in Scotland have grown at a slower rate than those south of the border over the past three years, according to new report from accountancy firm Henderson Loggie.

(Left to right) Tarryn Gore, founder and CEO of Kafoodle, winner of the Startup Summit Competition 2017; Ed Craig, Head of Innovation & Enterprise, ECCI; Calum Forsyth, CEO, SeedHaus; Jackie Waring, CEO, Investing Women; Cameron Graham, Founder of StoriiCare and winner of the Startup Summit Comp

A Scottish-based agritech business has today unveiled an indoor "vertical farming" demonstration facility in move that has created what has been described as the world’s most technically advanced indoor farm.