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Bladnoch Distillery has unveiled Wave II: Distillery & Spirit single malt whisky, the second release in The Wave Master Distiller’s Collection.

Two Scottish businesses have been recognised in Deloitte’s inaugural UK’s Best Managed Companies awards, presented by Deloitte at the McLaren Technology Centre. Business services firm Murgitroyd, headquartered in Glasgow, and technology company Insights, based in Dundee, were named among

Insolvency-related activity in Scotland hit a 29-month high in May 2025, according to new research from R3. The insolvency and restructuring trade body's analysis of data provided by Creditsafe shows there were 141 cases of insolvency-related activity in Scotland in May – the highest number on

Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) has announced a fundraising partnership with cancer care charity Maggie’s for the 2025 Scottish Financial Services Awards. The awards, sponsored by EY, will take place in Edinburgh in October and are a flagship industry-wide celebration to recognise the cont

In the last 10 years the value of the Scottish residential property market increased by 45%, from £15.7 billion to £22.7bn, according to the latest Property Market Report published by Registers of Scotland (RoS).

A project to improve security at the House of Lords has turned into an embarrassing fiasco, with a new entrance door costing nearly £10 million, yet still requiring staff to manually operate it.

A historic walled garden on an estate with ties to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill is set for a new chapter, as plans for a private whisky distillery have been officially approved.

A delegation of business leaders from across Glasgow has been officially welcomed by the Mayor of Shanghai, Mr Gong Zheng, as the city takes up the role of Guest City of Honour at the China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair (CSITF).

Business and civic leaders across Dundee and Angus are urging the Scottish Government to back a bold and transformational plan by Dundee and Angus College to create new, integrated campuses in the heart of Dundee and Arbroath. The initiative, which also includes an expanded STEM-focused facility at

Armstrong Watson’s head of payroll has received national recognition for her devoted contribution to the payroll industry. Karen Thomson has been named among the most influential people in the payroll and reward industry by Reward Strategy on its Partner 50 list for 2025 – which features

A new team is set to take over at engineering consultancy firm Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) following a management buyout by three of its long-serving directors. Civil engineering director Scott MacPhail, structural engineering director Alan Ferns and transportation director Stuart Harrow w

TLT has elected Andrew Lyon, partner and head of financial services, as senior partner.  His three-year term will commence on 1 January 2026 and he succeeds Sasha Butterworth, who has served as senior partner since 2022.

AAB has appointed Paul Turner as corporate finance partner, further strengthening its expanding corporate finance team in Central Scotland. In his new role, Mr Turner will lead AAB’s corporate finance team in Edinburgh, working closely with Iain Walker and colleagues across Central Scotland an

Scottish economic growth could exceed the wider UK economy in 2026, according to KPMG’s latest European Economic Outlook. KPMG forecasts Scotland’s GDP will grow by 1.2% in 2026, slightly ahead of the 1.1% growth rate forecasted for the UK. The firm’s report predicts Scottish busin

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a stark warning to homeowners about the "freemen on the land" movement, a group promoting the pseudolegal theory that individuals are not bound by mortgage contracts they do not consent to. This conspiracy theory, gaining traction through social media