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Despite depressing economic forecasts, Scottish mid-market business leaders are surprisingly optimistic about their growth opportunities. According to data from Grant Thornton UK LLP’s latest Business Outlook Tracker, mid-market optimism has rebounded across all indicators monitored:

The Artisanal Spirits Company has announced a change of leadership with David Ridley stepping down as managing director and Andrew Dane appointed as CEO, following a strong year of growth.

The 11 companies selected to take part in the Scotland Can Do ‘Applying Space Data to the Net Zero Economy’ research and development (R&D) challenge came together yesterday to share their innovative ideas after recently being selected from a competitive field of applicants.

Santander UK has launched a £200 switcher cashback offer for both new and existing customers when they switch to a Santander Edge, 1|2|3 Current Account, or other eligible current accounts, through CASS.

A MacDonald's customer was accidentally given a bag containing $5,000 (£4,070) in cash instead of his food order when he went to pick up his order at a local McDonald's.

UK consumer confidence in Q4 of 2022 improved by half (+0.6) a percentage point, according to the latest Deloitte Consumer Tracker. Whilst small, the uptick marks the reversal of a 15-month period of consecutive decline. Overall confidence was boosted by significant quarter-on-quarter improvement in

Car leasing specialist Pike + Bambridge, which has offices in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, is on track with a £1 million investment to drive further growth across the UK. The company helps businesses and individuals to make the switch to electric and hybrid vehicles, by making the process simpler,

Bringing cake to the office might make you popular, but is as harmful to your colleagues as passive smoking, the head of the UK's Food Standards Agency has said. Professor Susan Jebb told The Times that people tend to "undervalue the impact of the environment" in making choices.

Fife Council's leader, councillor David Ross, is flying the flag for the region and the new City of Dunfermline in London this week, as part of a Scottish Cities Alliance event designed to showcase Scottish investment opportunities. The visit is taking part during Scottish Cities Week (23-26 January

Twelve Scottish companies have been successful in receiving a share of £560,000 to support the decarbonisation of heavy duty vehicles. A second challenge call for Zero Emissions Heavy Duty Vehicles was completed recently by Transport Scotland and Scottish Enterprise through its Can Do Innovati

Converge, a company creation initiative for Scotland’s universities and research institutes, has opened this year's challenges — dispelling the myth that you need to call yourself an “entrepreneur” to set up a business. The initiative – which helps staff, students, and

Fears grow of a worse recession than previously thought as experts predict lower GDP growth for the next three years.

New research has revealed that nearly half (47%) of Scottish consumers plan to spend less on gifts in 2023 — with the most common choice of product chosen being something that brings practical help to the recipient. With the cost-of-living crisis set to see two-thirds of consumers reducin

Scottish food ingredient manufacturers Macphie is expanding operations at its recently refurbished factory amid growing demand for its products. Macphie’s Tannochside facility, which restarted full scale production last year after a £4 million refit and layout change, initially created m

2022 has seen Energy Specialist Solutions (ESS), a Scottish-based company which operates globally, triple its sales, nearly quadruple its pre-tax profits and expand to America to take advantage of opportunities across the power generation sector. Previously focused primarily on technically complex e