Business

Highland and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has announced a series of planned events to kickstart its support for food and drink businesses based in the Highlands. Attendees will be able to share their business challenges and asked for their views on the detail and content of the service.

Clyde Munro Dental Group have opened a new location in Perth with their new £1 million state-of-the-art dental facility. After spending more than £1m transforming the former British Linen Bank site in the city centre, the new 'SureSmile Studio' has been opened.

Waste management business Hamilton Waste & Recycling, has received a £1.3 million Green Loan from HSBC to expand its operations.

The founders of a Kinross-based travel business have doubled their campervan rental fleet after securing £50,000 financial support through the British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme to help fulfil increased demand from international tourists.

In a global first, a UK producer of hemp crops is taking its first steps into the aquaculture sector that could see the alternative plant-based protein source used as a key ingredient for Atlantic salmon feeds. Rare Earth Global, growers of industrial hemp for a range of sustainable products, has re

Recruitment firm Hays has revealed that whilst 68% of employers in Scotland are offering hybrid working, just under half of those (44%) expect staff to be required to work more regularly in the office over the next 12 months. In the latest Quarterly Insights Survey, nearly a quarter of workers

The UK’s deal with New Zealand is “damaging” to Scottish farmers and food producers, according to the Scottish Government. The UK’s Free Trade Agreement with New Zealand will allow for much higher quantities of produce to come into the UK tariff-free, leaving “a lack of

Despite rising economic concerns, 93 new businesses were created every hour across the UK in the first half of 2022, according to research by business lender iwoca.

Glasgow-based food and drink wholesaler JW Filshill has acquired Renfrewshire cash and carry business Iain Hill Ltd for an undisclosed sum.

Hopes of a small business-led economic recovery from the pandemic may be under threat, according to the SBI report for Q2 2022 from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), which is published in full today.

Scottish Enterprise has revealed that 2021/22 continued to be a record year for its early-stage investment activities. The enterprise agency, which has been investing in early-stage businesses since 2003, alongside local, national, and international private sector investors, recorded investment of &

Verso Wealth Management has acquired Glasgow-based Campbell Thomson Insurance Services for an undisclosed sum, signalling the firm's first acquisition in Scotland. Established in 1978, Campbell Thomson Insurance Services has a team of 13 advisors, planners, researchers and support staff, and as of t

Edinburgh-based charity Bank of Scotland Foundation has announced it is providing almost £1,000,000 of additional financial support to Scotland’s third aector to help charities through the cost of living crisis. This will enable them to provide more grants throughout the remainder of thi

Cineworld's share price fell over 50% yesterday before making a partial recovery today.