Business

Scottish-based rocket company Skyrora has opened a new rocket engine manufacturing and production facility, the largest of its kind in the UK. After recently opening its engine test facility in Midlothian, this new facility in Cumbernauld allows the company to concentrate its launch development prac

The auditor of now-collapsed Laura Ashley, UHY Hacker Young (UHY), has been fined £300,000 by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) for failing to highlight serious financial issues at the design company and its imminent danger of collapse. The FRC issued a Final Settlement Decision Notice and

Planning permission in principle has been granted by West Lothian Council for a new film studio to be created in Bathgate. Permission in principle is granted for 11,148 sqm of business, general industry and storage and distribution for use as film/studio/stage developments.

Scottish wireless communications tech company, pureLiFI, has received £10 million in funding from the Scottish National Investment Bank. The following the funding, the Edinburgh based firm is planning a global roll out of their technology, which uses light to transmit data rather than conventi

A Perthshire-based dental firm has completed the take-over of a second Scottish borders dental practice as part of a £2 million investment into the growing business. Peebles’ Kingsmeadows Dental Practice has been acquired for £450,000 by Infinityblu Dental Care and Implant Clinic t

Burges Salmon has advised Cytomos Limited on its £1.6 million funding from a trio of investors to progress the development and qualification of its novel cell analysis platform, Cytomos Dielectric Spectroscopy (CDS).The fundraising was led by existing investor Archangels with participation fro

One of Scotland’s scenic hotels, The Drovers Inn at Inverarnan, Loch Lomond has been sold for over £3 million.

Integrated Graphene, a Stirling-based technology development and integration company, has announced plans to invest up to £8 million in scaling up its 3D Graphene foam, Gii, manufacturing process to meet surging global demand from the human diagnostics and energy markets. Founded in 2016, Inte

East Kilbride-based e-commerce business Dimensions Scotland has secured £522.5,000 from HSBC UK to purchase a new warehouse after demand for its services grew significantly during the pandemic. Dimensions partners with its customers by providing outsourced storage and order fulfilment services

A new initiative to facilitate training and work opportunities for local women has been announced in Dundee. Acting as an 'Empowerment Partner', Dundee and Angus Collage, in collaboration Women's Business Station, will deliver training and qualifications through a number of six to eight-week academi

Scotgold Resources has had an excellent Q2 exceeding targets and having achieved £5.5 in sales.

Contractor GRAHAM has reported profits before tax up by 54% to £19 million in its latest published accounts.

The Newport Restaurant chef and Masterchef winner Jamie Scott is on course to feed the crowds at the pop-up street food village at St Andrews West (13th to 17th July) to coincide with the 150th Open at St Andrews. The Scottish culinary star is bringing his well-known food outlets Shipwreck Seafood F

Dundee and Aberdeen-based Fresh-Jet Catering Ltd, an inflight-catering firm, has moved into employee ownership. Fresh-Jet launched from Dundee in 2007 and has grown revenues to £2.7 million a year working with names which include many of the top airlines. Now its 37-strong team have become the

Scottish businesses have been attracting substantial equity investment in the last year as venture capital and angel investor's interest in the region grows. Based on data from Beauhurst, the research looks at the performance of the Scottish equity investment market and compares with the other natio