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Livingston-based W.L Gore & Associates (UK) Limited has announced that the company is seeing steady growth as it reported a pre-tax operating profit of £23.1 million for the year ended 31 March 2018. W.L Gore & Associates is the Scottish arm of the company behind waterproof fabric Gore

English TV health guru Jason Vale is one of the new clients who have helped to drive Midlothian glamping pod company Armadilla to reach a turnover of £2 million. Mr Vale has ordered pods from the company to be housed at one of his resorts in Portugal.

Scottish law firm Anderson Strathern has posted record results with a 28% increase in profits largely due to its Brexit-related advice services. The 28% rise has boosted the firm's profits to £8.9 million and the company's revenue increased by 7% to reach £24.4m.

Oban-based Nc'nean Distillery has launched a £1 million crowdfunding campaign to fund the launch of its first whisky. The distillery plans to use the funds to buy bottling equipment, develop new products and grow their existing products.

The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) has called for large retailers to install opt-out buttons on their websites to stop customers using buy now, pay later schemes which causes many to fall into debt.

Whilst three in four people in the UK who plan to purchase gifts for Christmas do so with a specific budget in mind, research by Lloyds Bank has shown that, despite their good intentions, nearly half (48%), still expect to overspend.

Aberdeen Standard Equity Income Trust's annual results for the 12 months to 30th of September 2019 has revealed that the Net Asset Value total return for the year was -10.8%, share price total return was -15.1% against the FTSE All-Share Index total return of 2.7%. However, the results have also hig

Paul Denton, chief executive of Scottish Building Society, has detailed the society's commitment to open branches despite continuous cuts imposed by mainstream banks. Mr Denton said that the Scottish Building Society will officially open its newest branch on Glasgow’s Queen Street on Friday.

Cornelian Asset Managers has been sold to Brooks Macdonald for a fee of up to £39 million. It was revealed in a stockmarket announcement, that Brooks Macdonald has acquired 100% of Cornelian's issued share capital from its shareholders, including senior management.

The launch of high-protein Icelandic Skyr has helped Graham's Family Dairy's increase its profits before tax to £2.2m.  An encouraging growth in year-on-year sales, Graham’s reports a 4.7% rise in turnover up £4.9m in 2018 to £109.0m this year. The dairy a

Chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset has become the sole Scottish member and the exclusive representative for Glasgow of the Corporate Finance Network nationwide group of specialist corporate finance advisers. Consisting of selected accountancy firms and business advisors providing SMEs and owner

Following the announcement made by the Living Wage Foundation that the real living wage in the UK and London has increased, Jenny Stewart, head of infrastructure, government and healthcare at KPMG discusses what increasing the real Living Wage means for Scottish workers. Today, the real Living Wage

Male entrepreneurs are more likely than female entrepreneurs to ask for funding from an external source, a new survey by Royal Bank of Scotland reveals.

Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has today hailed a “strong” set of financial results amid an “uncertain political and economic landscape”. The fourth-generation family-owned company, founded in 1925, reported a £2.4 million rise in turnover for the year to 30 April

Edinburgh-based fintech company Nucleus Financial Group has reported a market-beating performance over the last quarter. The firm reported that its Assets Under Administration (AUA) increased 6.8% year-on-year to £15.7 billion compared with a benchmark FTSE All-Share Index fall of 1.6%.