Business

Lanark-based recycling and waste management business Levenseat has announced plans to invest £4m upgrading a new Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), which it purchased for an undisclosed sum from Avondale Environmental today. Levenseat says it will introduce new technologies and automated proc

JBS Group, a multi-disciplined engineering solutions and products provider, has completed a series of contracts worth £2 million. The Peterhead firm, reinvigorated since being acquired and enhanced with a new management team four years ago, has a staff of 50, with around half of its workforce

SolOLED, a University of St Andrews spin-out has received a £200,000 funding package from Scottish Enterprise to make the key materials for a range of everyday technologies – such as TV screens and mobile phones – much more sustainable and cost-effective, by removing their need fo

Despite a challenging year for many, Aberdeenshire-headquartered Acumen Financial Planning has cemented increased growth through the addition of 17 new members of staff across their various offices and companies in the group. The team expansion, which includes paraplanners, financial planners, a com

Hundreds of delegates will gather in Edinburgh as an international event, the World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), highlighting Scotland as a world-leading destination for investment and business location begins today.

Globally focused strategic space marketing firm AstroAgency, headquartered in Edinburgh, has announced it will team up with a Dubai-based space investment and advisory company AzurX, to support space businesses in both regions, access new development opportunities and forge collaborative partnership

Business activity improved for the fourteenth consecutive month in April, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI, as the seasonally adjusted headline Royal Bank of Scotland Business Activity Index rose to 58.9 in April, up from 58.4 in March and indicating a faster increase in private se

Edinburgh entrepreneur John Ross aims to encourage more people to set up their own businesses with the launch of Scotland’s first window cleaning franchise. As managing director of CleanTEC, he established the firm in 2009 and has overseen consistent growth for the past 12 years. During that t

Helena Murphy, a Glasgow-based entrepreneur who has helped more than 160 companies raise in excess of £50 million, says her home city should have a ten-year ambition to become the Silicon Valley of the UK. Ms Murphy, who founded Raising Partners in 2017, said Glasgow’s mix of talented en

Archangels, the Edinburgh-based business angel investment syndicate, has appointed Ian Macleod as the new chair of its board. The former investment analyst and fund manager takes over the helm from Eric Young, who has held the position since 2014. Eric will continue to sit on the Archangels board.

Perth-based insurance broker GS Group has acquired Dundee-based Strathtay Insurance Brokers for an undisclosed sum. The Dundee firm, which is based on Clepington Road, was founded in 1974 by Charles Robertson. As a result of the acquisition, his successors Nigel, James and Hannah Robertson will tran

The Alternative Board (TAB), an Aberdeen advisory firm that helps North-east businesses to grow has backed a charity initiative to support start-ups in Kenya. TAB has decided to back the Gathimba Edwards Foundation's (GEF) Two Feet Initiative which enables families to plan, start and run their own b

Corporate finance specialist Dow Schofield Watts has opened a new office in Edinburgh as part of its plans to build its presence in Scotland. The firm, which has an existing office in Aberdeen, is also expanding its services to include fundraising for private equity firms and infrastructure investme

Social enterprise Bute Kitchen has secured £20,000 COVID recovery support from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for a project to strengthen skills among the island’s hospitality workforce, explore local markets for food produced on the island and promote the Bute ‘brand&rsquo

Builders’ merchant MKM has further expanded its branch network in Scotland with the purchase of Woodrow Timber & Supplies.