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Scotland’s onshore GDP grew by 0.1% in the final quarter of 2025 (the three months to December), according to statistics announced by the Chief Statistician. This steady performance followed a 0.3% expansion in the previous quarter, culminating in an annual growth rate of 1.4% for 2025.

Five pioneering Scottish space-data firms have joined forces with Danish partners to develop critical environmental solutions through a £150,000 Scottish Enterprise Innovation Challenge, which followed on from the first ever Space Scotland Nordics Summit.

David Henderson, the influential Edinburgh accountant who steered Aegon UK through its most transformative era, has passed away aged 81. Joining Scottish Equitable in 1971, Mr Henderson became a central figure in the firm's evolution, most notably co-orchestrating its demutualisation and subsequent

Junior ISA (JISA) openings saw relative growth almost three times higher than ISAs in Q4 2025, according to Scottish Friendly. The modern mutual’s latest customer data shows that quarter on quarter, JISAs saw a 19% increase in new policies being opened. Meanwhile, new openings for ISAs were up

Insurance apprentice Ethan Cheung is in the running for a national award after taking a proactive approach to protect his business by supporting staff and helping customers. The 24-year-old, an integral part of global insurance firm AXA Insurance's Commercial Direct team, has been shortlisted in the

A former HSBC executive has been narrowly spared jail after orchestrating a systematic rail fare fraud that saved him nearly £6,000.

Scottish craft beer giant Brewdog has appointed restructuring consultants AlixPartners to oversee a competitive sale process, a move that may result in the business being dismantled and sold in separate parts. The Ellon-based brewer, famous for brands like Punk IPA, has reportedly set a tight deadli

A UK government decision to push back mandatory public filing of detailed profit and loss accounts for small companies beyond 2027 is being welcomed as a significant boost for Scotland’s SME sector by Henderson Loggie. With SMEs accounting for 98% of all Scottish businesses, the firm says the

Scotland-founded AAB and Kreston Reeves have announced a deal that propels the combined business beyond the £200 million annual revenue threshold. Supported by investment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, this partnership represents AAB’s largest deal to date and its 18th since 2021. The

The Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced an updated package of £10 billion of funding to the UK social housing sector before the end of 2028.

Begbies Traynor Group plc, which employs over 60 staff in Scotland and Northern Ireland across six offices, has announced a comprehensive rebrand that will bring the business and its eight service lines together under a unified BTG banner. The announcement of the name change and rebrand follows the

Rodents have pushed London-based broadband provider G.Network into administration, leaving its future uncertain, by causing a potential rescue deal by rival Community Fibre to collapse.

The global economy is expected to grow at a reasonable but not particularly exciting pace again this year, supported by easier monetary policy, fiscal stimulus in key economies and the continued artificial intelligence (AI) boom, but important downside risks remain in a volatile and unpredictable gl

Cash ISAs experienced a record year in 2025 as savers funnelled £57 billion into these accounts, according to the latest Bank of England figures. This surge represents the highest annual inflow in a decade, vastly outstripping the activity seen since the allowance rose to £20,000 in 2017

Scotland again experienced dramatic increases in business distress in the last three months of 2025, well ahead of UK averages, according to Begbies Traynor The business rescue and recovery firm's latest Red Flag Alert data, released every three months, shows the most serious ‘critical’