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Sallyport Commercial Finance is poised for significant growth in 2024, capping off a successful first year with £4.4 million in funding across key UK industries. The company has doubled its team since inception and expects to increase its team by a further 50% this year. It plans to open a new

An Edinburgh-based independent convenience retailer has installed solar panels at its Newbridge headquarters thanks to £300,000 funding from HSBC Equipment Finance.

Abrdn's chief executive, Stephen Bird, has revealed that the asset management group has a 50/50 chance of reversing years of customer outflows and achieving net positive inflows this year. Despite initial optimism with a 7% surge in shares following better-than-expected adjusted operating profits, y

Angry parents summoned police to a "Willy Wonka Experience" in Glasgow after it turned out to be little more than a sparsely-decorated warehouse. Police Scotland confirmed that officers attended the event and provided advice as parents with crying children raged about the £35 ticket price.

An event planned to take place in Stornoway on Wednesday 6 March will help local businesses identify and make the most of new opportunities from the growing cruise ship tourism market. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has teamed up with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Stornoway Port Authority (SPA)

Aqua Nor 2023, the world's largest aquaculture technology showcase held in Trondheim, Norway, has proven to be a significant success for Scottish aquaculture businesses. A collaborative effort by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), and the Sc

Westway Cooperage is doubling the size of its premises at Canmoor’s Westway, to accommodate a growing workforce and order book for 2024. The company, which trades and repairs oak casks for the Scotch whisky industry was established just two years ago by brothers Jamie, Andrew and Stephen Reill

A Scottish company has secured investor backing worth £1.3 million for its unique recycled plastic construction blocks. QUICKBLOCK’S construction blocks are shipped flat packed on pallets for rapid assembly in the defence, security, humanitarian aid and commercial markets.

Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) has secured a strategic investment from the Apax Global Impact Fund, advised by Apax Partners LLP. The deal, which will see the Apax Global Impact Fund acquire a controlling stake in the Glasgow-based firm, subject to customary antitrust approvals, marks the

Businesses have judged the UK tax regime negatively for its impact on four key economic issues – business growth, innovation, sustainability, recruitment and retention – according to the latest Azets Barometer. The UK scored an average of below 5 (on an optimism scale ranging from zero t

Following four years of transition, Scotland's office sector has shifted to a split with some occupiers taking less but higher quality space to accommodate a hybrid work pattern and others making their existing space work better for them with greater cost certainty. The analysis from Ryden's Scottis

Kedras Clinics, a neurotechnology-focused wellbeing therapy provider, has successfully secured a £50,000 loan from the British Business Bank's Investment Fund for Scotland, Smaller Loans fund. Delivered through DSL Business Finance, the loan has empowered Kedras Clinics to open a second locati

Scottish accountancy firm EQ has revealed plans to triple its turnover within the next five years, following the sale of a major stake to private-equity backed organisation Sumer. EQ are the first accountancy practice in Scotland, and the ninth in the UK, to join Sumer in the last 12 months.

The University of Dundee has transitioned the management of its £31 million endowment fund to Greenbank, the specialist ethical, sustainable and impact investment team of Rathbones Group. Greenbank are focused in sustainable investment management and have a vision to help clients invest their

Glasgow-based technology company Kingdom Technologies has secured £1.4 million in its latest round of funding to fuel the expansion of its innovative fleet of robotic lawn mowers.