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Sir Gerry Grimstone Gerry Grimstone, chairman of Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life, has called for the UK electorate to reject calls to leave the European Union, saying it would be damaging to the UK economy if a Brexit occurred.

The maker of Glenfiddich whisky has been named Scotland’s top private company of last year in a new report produced by Grant Thornton. Moray firm William Grant and Sons, which is based in Dufftown, ranked number one out of 100 Scottish firms in the second annual Scotland Ltd report produced by the

A European Investment Bank (EIB) delegation is in Scotland this week to explore investment opportunities around the country. The EIB said it had supported investments in Scotland ever since it agreed a loan for Peterhead power station in 1974 and in the last decade alone, it has provided more than Â

Scotland is investing twice as much per person on transport as England and has spent more per head on improving infrastructure than all other nations in the UK since 2007, according to new independent analysis. The figures, compiled by researchers from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPI

L to R Kwabena Boasiako (Ghana), Quynh Huong Nguyen (Vietnam), Chris Brown (UK), Ting Hu (China), and Xinyi Yao (China) celebrate their win at Thomson Reuters HQ in London’s Canary Wharf A team of five MSc students from the University of Stirling have been awarded first place in the UK final of th

Scottish businesses are being encouraged to follow in the footsteps of BenRiach, Glencraft, Brewdog and Spex Services, by entering the sixth annual UK Private Business Awards (PBAs). Celebrating the best of private businesses and their contribution to communities, as well as the Scottish and UK econ

Martin Gill Scotland’s £11bn a year turnover food and drink sector is seeking to expand in the near future due to rising business confidence, product innovation and investment in automation, according to a new report published today by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO.

Irene Bisset PIB Insurance Brokers has named Irene Bisset as the latest member of its Scottish team.

Colin McCulloch, Johnston Clark and Paul Devine Blackadders LLP and Glasgow-based Boyle Shaughnessy, solicitors are to merge on 1 April 2016.

Aberdeenshire-based craft beer maker and crowdfunding pioneer BrewDog is to launch a new round fundraising, this time in America, to drive its operation across the Atlantic. The company reveals the plan after recently announcing that it has raised a record £13.5m in the fourth round of its UK Equit

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has pressed for a further 2 per cent cut in excise duty in next month's Budget as the trade body pointed out that whisky exports are worth almost £4 billion a year. SWA said the UK’s trade deficit of almost £35 billion would be 11 per cent larger without whisk

A Dundee printing firm is to close with the loss of 115 jobs just before celebrating 60 years in business. Flint Group said any rescue proposal needed to identify at least £3.6m worth of savings.

First-time buyers in Scotland are on average £1,440 (19 per cent) a year better off with their own home compared to those who rent, according to new research from the Bank of Scotland. The average monthly buying cost (including mortgage payments1) associated with a first-time buyer buying a three b

Edinburgh-based pensions giant Standard Life has reported that it is to increase its full-year dividend by 7.8 per cent rise on the back of a 9 per cent rise in pre-tax profits. The group said pre-tax operating profits hit £665 million last year, driven by a 10 per cent jump in fee-based revenues t

The number of homes worth at least £1 million is set to triple by 2030 across the country, a report predicts. The forecast would mean that by 2030, around one in every 20 (5.1 per cnt) homes in the UK is worth £1 million-plus, according to Santander Mortgages.