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Global law firm Clyde & Co has reported a 3% increase in revenue to £854 million in its latest financial year. The firm, which has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, also saw profit increase by 1.8% to £177.5m in the year to 30 April 2025.

Gillespie Macandrew has posted an 11% rise in turnover to £19.6 million and a 20% increase in profits to £6.3m for the year ending 28 February 2025. This marks double digit turnover growth for the firm in three of the last four years organically, and has a doubling of its turnover over t

Diageo, the world's largest spirits company, has revealed a significant slump in annual profits and expanded its cost-cutting programme as it searches for a new chief executive following the resignation of Debra Crew.

Weir Group PLC has reported a mixed performance for the first six months of its 2025 fiscal year, with a fall in statutory profit contrasting with strong growth in adjusted earnings. The Scottish engineering firm has raised its interim dividend and upgraded its full-year operating margin guidance.

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has posted a half year loss after a £222 million hit for removing cladding from highrise buildings following the Grenfell Tower fire.

HSBC’s pre-tax profits fell by nearly a third to $6.3 billion (c. £4.7bn) in the second quarter, missing analyst forecasts as the bank absorbed charges on its Chinese investments and the costs of a major restructuring programme. The results sent shares in the lender down by more than 4%

Scottish soft drinks group AG Barr has reported a solid performance for the first half of 2024, with revenue climbing by 5.2% to £221.3 million. The company, known for its Irn-Bru brand, outpaced the wider UK soft drinks market.

Burness Paull has reported profits of £35.9 million and turnover of £93.5m. Notable client mandates for the year – which saw Burness Paull named UK corporate law firm of the year at the Insider Media UK Dealmakers Awards – included advising:

Barclays' profits surged by a third in the second quarter, buoyed by a strong performance from its trading division that offset weakness in other areas of its investment bank. The banking group reported a net profit of £1.7 billion for the three months to June, a 34% increase from the same per

STV Group has issued a profit warning, citing a "further deterioration" in both the television advertising and production commissioning markets. The Scottish broadcaster and producer announced that its full-year group revenue is now expected to be between £165 million and £180m, with an

The Scottish family-owned drinks group, William Grant & Sons, has reported a near one-third drop in profits for the 2024 financial year. The distiller, renowned for brands like Glenfiddich and Hendrick's Gin, posted a pre-tax profit of £388 million, a 30% decrease from the previous year.

Royal Bank of Scotland-owner NatWest Group PLC has reported strong first-half results, with attributable profit for the six months to June climbing 28% to £2.5 billion. Operating profit before tax reached £3.6bn, up from £3.0bn in the same period last year. This performance was dri

Bank of Scotland-owner Lloyds Banking Group has reported a significant rise in second-quarter profits, surpassing analyst expectations and leading to a substantial increase in its shareholder dividend. The bank's underlying profit before impairments reached £2.16bn, a 17% increase from the fir

MFMac has posted 7% year-on-year revenue growth, with group revenues surpassing £50 million in its first full year of trading. In the same period MFMac has increased its profitability by almost 30% from £14.7m to £19m. As a result, all staff will share in a firm-wide profit share p

Shepherd and Wedderburn has reported a 10% increase in turnover to £78.3 million and a 20 per cent rise in net profits to £36.1m for the year ending 30 April 2025. Andrew Blain, managing partner, said: “I am pleased we have delivered another year of strong growth. Our performance r