Business

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Corporate Finance team has advised Douglas and Iain Anderson, the joint managing directors of specialist plant hire company GAP Group Limited, in the sale of their separately owned vehicle hire company to international hire giant SIXT. The vehicle hire business was se

Scottish pharmaceutical business Cheemia is celebrating its continuous growth achieved with the help of support from Business Gateway. The business works with pharmaceutical clients looking to supply the NHS. It provides knowledge and facilitates connections, to create relationships that generate ef

Glasgow-based Pastéis Lisboa, Scotland’s first specialist Pastel de Nata bakery, is among 12 small businesses to be selected as champions of UK start-ups by Start Up Loans, part of the British Business Bank. The announcement comes as the programme celebrates its 10-year anniversary, hav

A strong third quarter for take-up has helped the Edinburgh office market defy the economic gloom, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy found that 121,236 sq. ft. of office space was transacted in Edinburgh city centre between July and Septembe

Perth-based fintech Miconex picked up the Social Impact Award at the Scottish Financial Technology Awards on the 6th of October 2022. Miconex worked alongside Scotland’s Towns Partnership to introduce a local gift card for every area of Scotland, the first initiative of its scale in the w

Business activity across Scotland's private sector contracted again in September, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI data. The seasonally adjusted headline Royal Bank of Scotland Business Activity Index - a measure of combined manufacturing and service sector output - was little-chan

NFU Mutual is today warning ghost brokers who buy fraudulent policies on behalf of others that they will be found out and could face prosecution. The mutual insurer is supporting the Insurance Fraud Bureau’s campaign to raise awareness of ghost broking, which can leave vulnerable people with i

Glasgow-based managed services provider and business telecoms company KubeNet has grown substantially after moving to larger premises and is celebrating new contract wins with clients across the UK and globally following support from Scottish Enterprise. The new office at Academy Business Park, Glas

Total company insolvencies in England and Wales in the second quarter of 2022 reached their highest quarterly level since 2009, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS said the rise had been driven by creditors' Voluntary Liquidations (CVLs).&nb

Edinburgh-based sustainable and ethical clothes production platform Unfolded, has raised £1.2 million to accelerate its mission to remove waste from the fashion industry and create a new sustainable way to shop for clothes. The round has been led by Techstart Ventures with Solid Bond, FJ Labs,

Glasgow-based airline Loganair has been put up for sale with the sole owners, Stephen and Peter Bond, hoping to hand over stewardship of the airline by the middle of next year. Confirming reports in the Sunday Times, Jonathan Hinkles, chief executive of Logainair, said: "The airline is trading profi

A former NHS nurse who was the director of a health and wellbeing company has been disqualified as a director for 10 years after fraudulently claiming a £30,000 government Bounce Back Loan (BBL). Monica Coyle, 51, from Kilmarnock, was director of Positive Pulse Limited, a health and wellbeing

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), the UK-wide organisation which regulates oil, gas, and carbon storage, has moved from the West End to new offices in Aberdeen's Marischal Square. NSTA joins other businesses at the office, hotel, and restaurant complex including the Royal Bank of Scotland,

Rettie & Co. has appointed Jamie Gillespie, formerly of Corum and Savills, as an associate director for their growing business. This appointment has been made to cement the already successful team in Glasgow, and to support managing partner, Maitland Walker, with ambitious growth plans for the W

A trade mission, which aims to establish a direct exporting route from Scotland to Barbados and highlight investment opportunities, is set to take place between 20th and 25th November to the Caribbean island. Bringing together a range of delegates from sectors including finance, education, training,