Business

Business transformation and advanced data science consultancy Optima Partners has received £2.3 million from investment company BGF. Optima Partners is an Edinburgh-headquartered data science and transformation consultancy founded in 2013, with offices in London and Bristol.

Office take-up in the first half of the year across the three largest Scottish cities saw Aberdeen outstrip activity in Edinburgh and Glasgow, according to the latest research from Savills.

Investment into Scottish commercial real estate reached a four year high in the first six months of 2022, according to Colliers’ latest Scotland Snapshot.

Bancon Group has bounced back from the pandemic with a 1,250% boost to pre-tax profits, rising from £200,000 to £2.7 million in the latest financial year. The Aberdeenshire housebuilder and construction group saw its turnover rise by £40 million on the previous year to reach £

A plot of land which once formed part of the former Tate & Lyle sugar refinery in Greenock is being proposed as a new £15 million 46-home private housing development by Sandy and James Easdale, the owners of Easdale Investment Group.

Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP) has announced OTG Ltd as the latest company to locate to the business park. MSIP, a joint venture between Michelin, Dundee City Council and Scottish Enterprise, a new initiative in Dundee for sustainable mobility and decarbonisation, which aims to drive growt

Fast-growth businesses in Scotland attracted over half a billion pounds of venture capital (VC) investment in the first half of 2022, according to the latest figures from KPMG UK. Despite investors becoming more cautious globally, there were 45 investments completed in Q2 2022, raising over &po

Customs consultancy firm Charlton House has been acquired by tech-enabled, business-critical services group AAB. Charlton House provides customs duty advice and compliance services to a wide range of businesses on all aspects of the customs’ supply chain and has a particular emphasis on custom

Global wealth management firm Investec Wealth & Investment has announced that it will acquire Edinburgh-based wealth management company Murray Asset Management for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition of the firm, which will see the transfer of the 20-strong team of staff at Murray Asset Manageme

Diageo's interim results reported an 18.4% rise in pre-tax profit to £4.4 billion and net sales reached £15.5bn for H1. The growth in profit and sales is largely attributed to price increases and to consumers shifting away from wine and beer opting to buy more premium spirits -

Brechin-based Angus 3D Solutions Ltd is investing more than £165,000 in new people, equipment and bigger premises to enable it to achieve turnover growth of over 20%. The firm, led by manufacturing veteran Andy Simpson, has started implementing its new growth plan with its first apprentice, 18

New research from Barclaycard Payments has found that cost of living increases are set to impact Business-to-Business (B2B) subscriptions in the UK as nearly half (49%) are considering reducing the number of services they subscribe to, as they tackle rising costs.

Business confidence in Scotland fell 11 points during July to 16%, according to Bank of Scotland's latest Business Barometer survey. Companies in Scotland reported lower confidence in their own business prospects month-on-month, down 17 points at 32%. When taken alongside their optimism in the econo

Battery cell manufacturer AMTE Power has selected Dundee as the preferred site for its first MegaFactory in a boost to the UK’s ambitions to produce homegrown battery cells for a net zero society. The new factory will directly create up to 215 high skilled on-site jobs and 800 more across

Knight Property Group has secured Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) Ltd, part of Mermaid Group as its new office tenant for Pavilion 11 at Kingshill Park in Westhill, Aberdeenshire.