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An award-winning brewer has opened a new community-led taproom and events space in the heart of Fife’s picturesque countryside, with a focus on small-batch brewing. Howe Beer Project, founded by husband-and-wife team Kevin Kelly and Julia McCarthy and named after the surrounding Howe of Fife,

Rural communities across Scotland are in line for an economic boost in the wake of a new £50 million investment in Highland Broadband’s ultra-fast broadband network. Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes is set to unveil the new capital secured by the Edinburgh and Inverness

The longstanding Scottish obsession with property as a means of building wealth is outdated as today’s house buyers will not match the gains of past generations, according to wealth manager Rathbones. Researchers and economists at Rathbones analysed the relative performance of equity investmen

Volkswagen has introduced a subscription service for its ID.3 electric hatchback, requiring owners to pay a monthly fee to unlock the vehicle's full performance capabilities. The ID.3 Pro and Pro S models, while capable of producing 228bhp, are supplied with 201bhp as standard.

The University of Dundee has published its formal response to the Gillies Report, which investigated the causes of the University’s current financial position. The response includes a series of actions designed to rectify the causal factors identified in the Gillies Report. A full copy of the

MHA has announced strong full-year results for the period ending 31 March 2025, immediately prior to the Company’s IPO on 15 April which raised £98m and was the largest AIM IPO of 2025 and the largest in the professional services sector for five years. In Scotland, where MHA has offices

A man who defrauded businesses out of hundreds of thousands of pounds has been sentenced to five years in prison following a prosecution by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS). Barry Mackland was found guilty by a jury at the High Court in Edinburgh of defrauding three agricultura

The owners of the Oswald House Hotel in Kirkcaldy have successfully completed an extensive refurbishment project thanks to a six-figure business term loan from the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Aviva has posted a 22% jump in first-half operating profit to just over £1 billion, driven by strong growth across its wealth and insurance divisions. The figure comfortably topped the £875 million recorded in the same period last year.

UK GDP grew faster than expected in the second quarter, expanding by 0.3%, but a slowdown from the start of the year has highlighted challenges facing the Chancellor ahead of the autumn budget. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed that growth had cooled from a strong 0.7%

UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are holding back on investment despite possessing significant cash reserves, according to Azets. Peter Gallanagh, UK CEO at Azets, says business owners are ready to spend pent-up capital but are “paralysed by fear” due to geopolitical uncertai

FinTech Scotland has announced that law firm CMS and international payments leader Mastercard have joined the Scottish Fintech Cluster as strategic partners – enhancing the cluster’s collective strengths. The new strategic partners bring additional world-class financial and professional

Supply levels across Scotland’s residential property market rose at the fastest rate seen since 2020, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey. This follows a period of six consecutive months where this balance has been edging further up

Wbg has appointed Garry Clarke CA as its new chief financial officer to spearhead the firm’s ambitious growth strategy. Mr Clarke was most recently finance director and chief operating officer at Localist (formerly known as Enterprise Foods). The high-level appointment further bolsters Wb

An American state is to consider a bill proposing to create a register of job applicants who fail to show at interviews. Ohio's dystopian House Bill 395 would allow employers to report applicants who skip interviews without notice, NBC4 Columbus reports.