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An Edinburgh University graduate has launched Scotland’s first female graduate and young professional network as a fully structured organisation after accessing support from Business Gateway. Annabel Blackwood first launched Girl Grads as Girl Grads Run in September 2023, aiming to create a ru

Scotland’s cities must be at the heart of economic success as “great places to live, work and invest”, minister for employment and investment Tom Arthur will tell a group of senior business leaders in London. At today’s Scottish Cities Week opening event, Mr Arthur will champ

Pinsent Masons has announced it has agreed to lease more than 31,000 sq ft of Grade A office space in the Aurora building at 120 Bothwell Street, Glasgow.

A Scottish business tax adviser has warned that hundreds of thousands of Scottish businesses are unprepared for new real-time payroll reporting rules set to take effect in April 2026. The changes, which will require businesses to report income tax and Class 1A National Insurance Contributions (NICs)

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a probe into KPMG's audit of gambling giant Entain's 2022 accounts. Entain, which owns brands including Ladbrokes, Coral, and Bwin, paid a £615 million fine in 2023 as part of a deferred prosecution agreement relating to a bribery probe into i

An early draft of Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine man lyrics has sold for $508,000 (c. £416,000) at auction.

Wallace Whittle, the environmental engineering consultancy, has announced the acquisition of Glasgow-based building services consultancy and mechanical and electrical (M&E) engineering firm Davie + McCulloch. The move marks a key milestone in Wallace Whittle's strategic growth journey, which has

The FTSE 100 index surged to a new record high of 8480.36 points in early trading, surpassing its previous intraday high set in May 2023. This three-day rally was fuelled by a surprise drop in UK inflation, bolstering expectations of more interest rate cuts by the Bank of England later this year.

North Lanarkshire enters 2025 on a strong footing following a year of positive business performance in the local economy. There was a £2.21 billion increase in turnover by North Lanarkshire businesses in the year to 31 March 2024 with the number of registered businesses increasing by 60 in 202

Scottish fintech firm GiftRound has garnered recognition from retail businessman Theo Paphitis through his Small Business Sunday (#SBS) social media initiative. GiftRound's founder, Craig Forsythe, engaged with Mr Paphitis on LinkedIn, leading to the business being selected as one of six weekly winn

The Scottish Land Commission is ushering in a new chapter with the appointment of Dr Lucy Beattie, Dr Calum MacLeod, and Robert Black as its latest commissioners. Bringing a wealth of expertise in community engagement, sustainable development, and tenant farming, these new leaders are poised to driv

Keith-headquartered heating, electrical, plumbing and joinery firm Heatcare Oil and Gas has been bought by Welsh firm Cardo Group in its first move into Scotland.

Ahead of today’s meeting of City of Edinburgh Council’s Policy and Sustainability Committee, the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) has joined the chorus of industry warnings regarding the operability of the council’s plans for a tourist tax. It will also be put t

BDO's Scottish deal advisory team has advised on 35 deals in 2024 – totalling £1.6 billion in value. The completed deals were across a variety of sectors including technology, technical services and real estate, and involved acquisitive corporate clients including iomart, J&D Wilkie,

Archilink Ltd, an architectural surveying company based in Aberdeen, has achieved significant growth in 2024 and is on course to surpass £1 million by the end of the financial year – a record for the company since its launch in 2018. The company uses cutting-edge technologies to deliver