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Food Secretary Richard Lochhead Scotland's food and drink growth sector generated a record turnover of £14.3 billion in 2013, Food Secretary Richard Lochhead announced yesterday.

Banks will come increasingly under threat from alternative lending - including peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding - in coming years, according to a survey of international credit analysts. A survey of 200 delegates from 40 countries at an Edinburgh University conference, conducted by the universi

Outstanding debt of Scottish farms increased four per cent over the past year according to new Scottish Government figures, marking the sixth consecutive annual increase in Scottish farm debt. Data released by Scotland's chief statistician, based on a survey of the main banks and other lending insti

Andy Willox, the FSB's Scottish policy convener Confidence has fallen among small businesses in Scotland, which are already less confident than those south of the border, according to a new survey.

Fiona Hyslop MSP Film and TV producers spent a record £45.2 million shooting on location in Scotland last year, culture secretary Fiona Hyslop revealed today.

Sandy Burgess, chief executive of the Scottish Motor Trade Association New figures show that sales of new cars in Scotland continue to rise, but are still lagging behind the rest of the UK.

Amanda Frazer A recent survey of businesses in the north of Scotland following the announcement of several Royal Bank of Scotland branch closures has revealed that nearly two-thirds of the firms still use their local banks.

Peter Vardy, the fast-growing car sales firm in Scotland, has accelerated into the fast lane with a high-powered set of results for the first half of 2015 which has seen profits rise by 64 per cent over the same period last year. The group, which now employs more than 800 people in a portfolio of si

The number of millionaires in Scotland has soared over the past five years, according to new research. Figures obtained by Barclays show there are now 48,000 millionaires living in Scotland, which amounts to a 41 per cent increase since 2010.

The average pristine Lego set has increased in value by around 12 per cent since 2000, outstripping the return on investment in the stock market, gold or traditional bank accounts. While the value of the FTSE 100 is no higher than it was in February 2000, meaning the average annual return to savers

Law firm Burness Paull has reported strong full-year results with revenue up 11 per cent to £51m, in the year to July with profits up by 12 per cent in the same period rising to an impressive £23 million. Staff are sharing in the good news with a bonus of 7.5 per cent of pay.

The Standard Life Investments-run UK Commercial Property Trust has revealed a £130 million war chest for investment. The £1.1 billion trust, which is the biggest in the sector and came under the control of the Edinburgh-based investment arm of insurance giant Standard Life following its takeover l

Scotland’s workforce are caught in a cruel trap of low incomes and poor working conditions, according to new evidence published today by Citizens Advice Scotland. In a report to the Scottish Parliament’s Economy, Energy and Tourism committee, CAS reveals that the numbers of employment cases seen

Sarah Speirs An increase in the supply of commercial farmland coupled with a tailing off in demand growth across Scotland has resulted in a significant reduction in price growth expectations, according to the latest RICS/ RAU Rural Land Market Survey H1 2015.

Scotland's last coal-fired power station to close Scotland's last coal-fired power station, Longannet in Fife, is to close on 31 March next year.