Business

Glasgow-headquartered Edwin James Group has received a secondary investment from funds under management by private equity firm Aliter Capital LLP (Aliter) to support the group’s growth plans. The engineering services group helps companies across the UK look after their critical environments an

Twelve aspirational female company founders have been shortlisted as finalists in the AccelerateHER Awards 2023. Three female-led companies were selected from each of the awards’ four specific categories - technology; environment; culture; and health. A winner from each of the four categories

Auditing is the most in demand finance career in the UK right now, according to a new study from online trading platform CMC Markets.

Independent pharmacy business Porter Pharmacy has purchased two pharmacies as part of its ongoing growth plans. Porter Pharmacy, which is owned and run by husband and wife team Andy and Lynne Porter, have added two pharmacies to their existing group of outlets, with the company now operating a total

Lothian Pension Fund has acquired Corstorphine Retail Park from Hunter Real Estate Investment Management for £16.265 million.

South Lanarkshire-based The Electric Heating Company (EHC) has received a £3.8 million investment from private equity and infrastructure investment manager Foresight Group. Founded in 2005, EHC is a distributor of electric heating products. It supplies electric boilers, heaters and water cylin

Morgan Stanley has announced a doubling of the size of its Inclusive Ventures Lab (MSIVL), an accelerator programme that invests in and works closely with start-ups led by women and ethnically diverse founders.

A public/ private consortium made up of Advanced Infrastructure, Oxfordshire County Council, Dundee City Council, Perth and Kinross Council as well as Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) have announced their successful bid in the Innovate UK Net Zero Living programme. The aim of the Ne

Scottish start-up Manus Neurodynamica is developing real solutions to conditions that - despite the advance of modern medicine - still require digital tools to further improve the standards of care. The company recently secured a loan from UMi Debt Finance Scotland, funded through the Scottish Growt

Scottish gold exploration and production company Scotgold Resources Limited has announced plans to raise £2.5 million as part of its growth strategy, which include further exploration in the Highlands.

The Scottish private sector reported a further fall in total activity during January according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI data. The Business Activity Index - a measure of combined manufacturing and service sector output - fell from December's five-month high of 48.3 to 47.1, signalling

Cruise ship calls in 2023 for Forth Ports’ Capital Cruising business on Scotland’s east coast are set to jump by 50%, with around 150 cruise ships, carrying an estimated 225,000 passengers, expected to visit Edinburgh, Fife and Dundee this year.

A Scottish artisan food producer has expanded into international markets and is set to increase sales by 25% after it received support and signposting to over £30,000 of funding from Business Gateway.

Scottish salmon sales reached £578 million during the calendar year, making it the UK’s biggest food export in 2022, new HMRC figures have revealed.

Last year 35,158 new companies were registered in Scotland, a record high according to Inform Direct's Review of Company Formations. The figure represented a 3% increase on the previous year's formations bringing the total number of registered companies in Scotland at the end of 2022 to 280,990. Dur