The Scottish Government has launched a life sciences strategy in a bid to push the industry's value to £25 billion in the next decade. Business minister Richard Lochhead announced "targeted" ...

Petrochemical group ExxonMobil has accused the UK Government of "undermining" its business through "deliberate" policies, contributing to the decision to shut down a crucial site in Scotland. Paul ...

Begbies Traynor has added 34 years of Scottish insolvency experience to its team in Glasgow with the appointment of George Lafferty as director. He joins the leading professional services firm from ...

Plans for a new £55m road which will ease congestion around the Straiton Junction in Midlothian have been lodged with the council’s planners. The A701 relief road is expected to take around 9,000 ...

University of Edinburgh spin-out SeaWarm has secured £550,000 to roll out its renewable heating system across Scottish communities. The investment includes £250,000 from angel investment syndicate ...

The Scottish Government has announced a nearly £5m investment package backing businesses in innovative industries. It will provide more than £2m of support for new market clusters set out in ...

The Lane7 Group has acquired Platform, the Glasgow events space formerly known as The Arches. Headquartered in the north east of England, the business has 20 Lane7 bowling sites across the UK and ...

Maven Capital Partners has invested £2.6m in PowerPhotonic. The funding, which follows £2.7m investment by Archangels and Scottish Enterprise over the last 24 months, includes investment from the ...

Indian business process services company Firstsource Solutions has signed an agreement to acquire Glasgow-headquartered debt-collection business Pastdue Credit Solutions. Sanjiv Goenka, chair of RPSG ...

Unemployment in Scotland saw a small decrease in the last quarter, the latest statistics show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the unemployment rate for individuals aged 16 and ...

Clean tech specialist the Innovatium Group has won a £3m investment from the Scottish National Investment Bank and Hitachi Industrial Equipment Solutions (HIES) to help it develop its green energy ...

Increased HM Revenue and Customs activity could be causing the recent rise in Scottish company liquidations. New figures from Creditsafe showed 141 new Scottish administrations and liquidations in May ...