Business

Highland Coast Hotels, the Scottish-based hotel group, has added its eighth property to its portfolio.

A family-run business based in Lanarkshire has successfully expanded its services to offer the latest drone technology across the UK after its owners accessed support from Business Gateway.

Pictured (L-R): Foras co-founder Dec McLaughlin; Colin Graham, partner and chair of Thorntons; Foras co-founder Caro Melendez; Alistair Lang, partner and head of ventures and innovation at Thorntons; Foras co-founder Nick Murray Thorntons Solicitors and Foras have formed a new strategic partnership

Changes to what constitutes a high-net-worth individual (HNWI) are likely to have the unintended consequence of negatively impacting on women investors and women-founded businesses in Scotland, investment specialists have said. From 31 January 2024, new regulations under the Financial Promotions Ord

There has been a 2.7% decrease in Scottish retail footfall, slightly better than the UK average of 2.8% year-on-year during the period of 31 December 2023 to 27 January 2024, the latest SRC-Sensormatic IQ data reveals.

Some 18.2% of UK-listed companies issued profit warnings in 2023, surpassing the levels witnessed during the 2008 financial crisis, as indicated by EY-Parthenon's latest Profit Warnings report. In total, 294 profit warnings were issued in 2023, a small decrease of 11 from 2022 when 305 warnings were

Business confidence in Scotland rose 11 points during January to 42%, according to the latest Business Barometer from Bank of Scotland.

Business confidence in Scotland has dropped below both the UK average and the historical norm for the country, but remains in positive territory, according to a new survey of chartered accountants. Sentiment tracked by ICAEW’s Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) for Q4 2023 put confidence at 2.0

European intellectual property firm Potter Clarkson has opened new offices in Glasgow. Located in the heart of Glasgow city-centre on West Regent Street, the team will be headed up by partner Deborah Maxwell who has more than a decade of experience as a patent and design attorney and is recognised a

Baillie Gifford is to close four fixed-income funds and focus on growing its fixed-income business exclusively in the UK market, as the Edinburgh-based investment management firm prepares to lay off dozens of employees. It has been reported that Baillie Gifford is closing three funds from its I

Aberdein Considine has announced that it has moved its main legal and wealth office in Aberdeen to new premises in the Granite City. The law firm, which has a team of 464 and 21 offices – 19 in Scotland and two in England - has relocated its main legal and wealth teams to Blenheim House in the

James Scott and Sons, the Scottish manufacturer of commercial kitchens, is ready to embark on an exciting new chapter thanks to a £450,000 grant secured by Consilium Chartered Accountants. The grant, awarded through Scottish Enterprise's Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) programme, will fuel

Aberdeenshire-based project management and integration company Camm-Pro, has secured a multi-million-pound contract with bp to deliver a major new piece of the UK’s energy infrastructure.

Edinburgh-based game developer and publisher Build A Rocket Boy has successfully concluded a Series D funding round, securing over $110 million (around £87m) in capital.

Edinburgh-based Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) has successfully raised £22.5 million in a Series C funding round to support significant global expansion as the business deploys its vertical farming technology to customers worldwide.