Business

A.G. Barr, the maker of Irn-Bru, has reported a 22.8% rise in pre-tax profits to £25.3 million from £20.6m in its interim results ending 31 July 2022. The profits were on revenues of £157.9m, a 20% rise from the same period last year on a like-for-like basis. The company announced

The 6th annual Scottish Start-up Survey has revealed that the nation’s tech companies are in a resilient mood in the face of concerns around economic headwinds.

The British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme has been expanded in order to provide vital support to Scottish start ups during a challenging economic period. The programme now includes start ups that have been trading for up to three years and second Start Up Loans are now availabl

Perth-based Balhousie Care Group has been bought by international health care firm AcalisCare in a multi-million-pound deal.

Ten companies have been awarded a total of £9.4 million to help Scottish industries reduce carbon emissions through decarbonisation and energy efficiency projects. The recipients from the second round of the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (SIETF) are predominantly involved in t

Half of Scottish workers are spending at least one day a week at home, new figures from a government survey has revealed. In the survey of 1200 firms in Scotland, 32.6% said their workers were in the office one or two days a week, while a further 16.5% were in three to four days a week.

The reduction of the limit for sequestration proceedings at the end of this week could lead to a wave of smaller businesses in Scotland being made bankrupt, according to full-service legal firm Gilson Gray. On September 30th, the limit for pursuing sequestration will be lowered from £10,000 to

Business in Scotland is not making the most of the little innovation funding it receives, potentially hampering growth, according to new research.

Aberdeen-headquartered payroll and employee mobility specialist activpayroll has seen its revenue rise by 27%, reaching £35.7 million in 2020/21. Serving over 1200 customers in 154 countries across the globe, activpayroll offers a range of services under the three key pillars of Global Payroll

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) has signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding with the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry, opening up opportunities for Scottish businesses to access the country’s growing middle class and its affinity for UK expertise, produ

Maggie Hicks, founder of SynSense, and Xiaoyan Ma, founder of Danu Robotics, plant a Hawthorn tree on University of Edinburgh’s King’s Buildings campus to mark the 100+ startups supported by Edinburgh Innovations over the last year Student startups from the University of Edinburgh have s

A Scottish tech business has announced the launch of its all-in-one hospitality solution in India later this month. Following positive reactions from beta testing in India, Edinburgh-based ePOS Hybrid is planning to invest £2 million over the next 3 years into its overseas venture with bosses

Planning permission has now been granted for the construction of business units at Fife Interchange North, Dunfermline, as part of Fife Council’s Industrial Innovation Investment Programme for business land and property, funded by the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal. Fife In

Wylie & Bisset, Accountants and Business Advisers, has launched an in-house Training Academy for all entry-level employees with the aim of equipping them with the comprehensive range of knowledge and skills to further develop their careers. Developed and headed by Helen Moreland, HR director and

Leeds-based financial services firm Progeny has today announced plans to acquire Scottish professional services firm, Moray Group for an undisclosed sum. As part of the acquisition, managing director of Moray Group, Rob Aberdein, will take up the new role of chief commercial officer with Progen