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A new major manufacturing facility for the production of hydrogen-electric powertrains is to be built at the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) in Renfrewshire. US-based ZeroAvia is developing the world’s first zero-emission engines for commercial aviation and will adv

The Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) meeting for Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC, crucial for the club's exit from administration under Mr Alan Savage's proposed takeover, has been rescheduled from 22 May to Wednesday 5 June. Joint administrators at BDO confirmed significant progress had been mad

Danny McArthur, head of business development at Hardies Property & Construction Consultants, is to leave the firm after 26 years.  The firm said the shift marks the start of a new era, as it will refocus its efforts on exploiting its unique potential throughout Scotland.

John Heaney Electrical Limited (JHE), the West Lothian-based electrical, mechanical and HVAC firm, has posted a record turnover for the third year running following a series of significant contract wins. The Livingston company’s latest set of financial results to the year end December 2024 sho

The chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the UK's accountancy regulator, has promised to speed up investigations into audit failures.  Richard Moriarty told the Sunday Times that the FRC needed to take disciplinary action against auditors more swiftly. He emphasised the imp

With creditor petitions for sequestration on the rise, Wbg, one of Scotland’s independent specialist full-service accountancy firms, is reminding debtors and their legal representatives of the strategic importance of the Form 33 Moratorium and the Debt Arrangement Scheme (DAS) as a preventativ

The UK is losing the very skills and supply chain required to deliver its net zero ambitions, with a growing share of energy sector jobs, investment and innovation shifting abroad.

Armstrong Watson has been named in the official ‘The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025.’   This nationwide workplace survey, in partnership with leading employee experience platform, WorkL, honours and celebrates the UK’s top employers.

Dr Brian Williamson, chief strategy officer at Kreoh, specialising in the application layer of AI, discusses the Research and Development (R&D) tax credit system.  Our role in society is to work with lawmakers, not against them. This principle is particularly relevant when it comes to the R

Despite the uncertainty and volatility of the financial year to March 2025, Scotland’s angel investors maintained their support for Scotland’s emerging high-potential SMEs, according to the latest annual data from Angel Capital Scotland.  Figures from Scotland’s national assoc

BGF, the UK’s most active growth capital investor, has pledged £200 million to Scottish businesses as part of its £3 billion UK-wide commitment to support high-potential companies over the next five years. This builds on the £391m already invested in Scotland since 2011. BGF&

Aberdeen-based ZOEX Ltd, the UK’s only female-founded wave energy company, is riding a wave of investment success after securing £531,000 funding including investment from Equity Gap, The University of Strathclyde and Scottish Enterprise. The private investment by Equity Gap has been mat

Specialist lender ScotLend has secured a £20 million facility from Shawbrook to bolster its national footprint in the bridging finance market. The facility supports ScotLend’s offering of Loans between £30,000 to £2m across the UK and marks a significant milestone for Shawbro

A sword that belonged to Napoleon has sold for almost €4.7 million at auction. 

SPI Piling, one of Scotland’s most dynamic and innovative specialist civil engineering companies, is the headline sponsor of the Scottish Construction Summit, the inaugural event hosted by SFN's sister publication Scottish Construction Now in Glasgow on September 17. A well-respected firm with