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Scotland’s next generation of entrepreneurial talent has been crowned at the University of Dundee’s annual competition for new business concepts. Eight enterprising individuals have been awarded a share of a £60,000 prize pot after being named winners of Venture 2026. Students, sta

New analysis has shed light on Scotland’s female-founded scaleups with the ScaleUp Institute’s inaugural Female Founder Scottish Index revealing that while the growth of Scottish scaleups founded or co-founded by women is outpacing the UK national average, challenges remain in areas incl

UK construction group Morgan Sindall has reported a 10% rise in group revenue to £5 billion in its latest results. Adjusted profit before tax jumped 35% to £232.6 million, reflecting strong performances across Fit Out, Construction and Partnership Housing. Group PBTA margin rose to 4.6%,

The future of BrewDog’s Scottish brewing estate hangs in the balance as HSBC secures the Aberdeenshire headquarters against the company’s debts. This legal charge over the Balmacassie Commercial Park means the craft beer giant risks losing its primary production hub if it fails to find a

Loch Lomond Brewery Ltd, has launched a new crowdfunding campaign on CrowdCube to support the next stage of its expansion. The brewery and distillery aims to increase brewing and packaging capacity to meet growing demand and to lay down more whisky casks for future revenue.

NatWest Group has reported its strongest financial performance since the 2008 crash, with 2025 pre-tax profits surging to £7.7 billion. This represents a significant climb from the £6.2bn recorded the previous year, driven by broad-based growth across its retail and commercial divisions.

Equity investment into Scottish companies rose by almost a third to over £1 billion last year, even though the number of deals increased by less than 1%, a new report has shown. The figures suggest investors are becoming more selective and refining their focus with fewer but larger deals and m

The membership body for UK lenders, UK Finance, is to delay implementation of its new Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook. The introduction of the updated handbook, which will be hosted on a new, sign-in platform, has been postponed from 2 March until the end of June 2026. The current handbook will con

Barclays has reported a 13% increase in annual pre-tax profit to £9.1 billion for 2025, a performance that has fuelled a major hike in executive pay and staff bonuses. The UK bank increased CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan’s total pay package to £15 million for 2025, up from £11.6m t

An appeal by a man refused compensation following the lifting of an account freezing order over two of his bank accounts under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 has been refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session after it confirmed that no exceptional circumstances applied that were sufficient

A solicitor jailed for money-laundering offences amassed £1.7 million from a criminal enterprise operated through his legal practice, a court has heard. David Lyons, 74, generated the proceeds while working at Robertson & Ross in Paisley, Renfrewshire. However, prosecutors have agreed that

Aberdeen-based chauffeur company, Macaulay’s Private Chauffeur Hire, has partnered with Speyside-born whisky specialist Fraser Campbell to launch One for the Road, a collaboration that offers first class private travel for groups visiting Scotland, combined with personalised whisky tastings an

Everyone is talking about it – but is AI really having an impact on how business is done in real estate? Scott Ritchie takes a look. I recently took part in a round table of developers, operators, funders, and industry bodies to discuss whether its effects were being felt in Scotland and the r

A Bill that would recognise certain digital assets as property in the eyes of the law has been supported by a Holyrood committee. In a report out today, the Economy and Fair Work Committee recommends the Scottish Parliament agrees the general principles of the Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill. The Bil

Inflation continued to affect Scottish firms throughout December, according to new figures from Royal Bank of Scotland. The RBS Growth Tracker is a seasonally adjusted index that measures the month-on-month change in the combined output of Scotland’s manufacturing and service sectors.