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Dubai-based engineering firm Sidara has made a fourth and "final" takeover bid for Aberdeen-headquartered Wood Group.

Scottish savers have opened more Junior ISAs (JISAs) than the rest of the UK in the last five years, according to Scottish Friendly’s latest Investor Index.

As Scotland's major cities prepare to implement low emission zones (LEZs) on 1 June, a Scottish accountant has expressed concerns about the potential economic impact on businesses. Euan Fernie, partner at MHA in Edinburgh, believes that while improving air quality is crucial to the environment and p

Michelle Elliot and Callum Carmichael of FRP Advisory, have been appointed joint administrators to Ritchies HGV Training Centre Limited manage its administration.

A German businessman has won the right to use Donald Trump's name on condoms after a dispute over trademark rights at the former president's Scottish golf resorts. Frank Lindner sought to trademark the name “Trump” for various products, including beers, wines, and contraceptives. Tr

Scottish home furnishing specialist Sterling Furniture Group has reported a £28 million increase in turnover and £4m drop in pre-tax profits for the 18-month period up to August 2023. The business' latest accounts point to a challenging period when trading was adversely hit by the combin

Family-owned Ian Macleod Distillers has shared an update on the progress of its new single malt whisky distillery – Laggan Bay. The new distillery is a partnership with The Islay Boys, whose newly completed brewery sits next to the distillery at Glenegedale, close to Islay’s beautiful La

Business confidence in Scotland was the joint highest of any UK nation or region in May, according to the Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking.

Scottish commercial property investment reached £360 million in the first quarter of 2024, according to Colliers’ latest Scottish snapshot. Whilst volumes have dropped from the final quarter of 2023 (£420m), the Q1 figure marks a 44% uplift on the same period last year.

Aberdeen-headquartered drilling waste management firm TWMA has posted earnings of $18.3 million (around £14.4m) and EBITDA of $4.7m (around £3.7m), for the first quarter of 2024. The company's continued growth has been reinforced by a new multi-million dollar, two-year contract in the UA

RBS-owner NatWest Group has bought back a further £1.24 billion worth of its own shares from HM Treasury. This works out to 392.4 million shares bought back from the government at 316.2p per share, and, combined with HMT’s ongoing trading plan, reduces government ownership in the bank to

Scottish charity WorkingRite has partnering with abrdn to expand its impactful in-school employability programme 'Rite to Work' (RtW). The new partnership was launched as part of the abrdn Charitable Foundation's global powerful partnerships and aligns with their focus on investing in tomorrow&rsquo

Scottish shopper footfall has experienced a significant decline in May, showing a 5.4% year-on-year decrease.

Irwin Mitchell Scotland staff have moved into Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie’s (WJM) Glasgow and Edinburgh offices following the firm’s strategic investment in WJM last year. In Glasgow, 13 Irwin Mitchell staff will now be based out of the Grade A office space at St Vincent Plaza.

The Scottish Land Commission has published its response to the Call for Views on the Land Reform Bill issued by the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee. Michael Russell, chair of the Scottish Land Commission, said: “We welcome the Land Reform Bill, introduced b