Business

Business confidence in the UK decreased for a second-quarter running, receding to average levels not seen since 2014, according to a new survey published by The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

Property development and construction group Cruden has taken an important strategic step to combine its construction businesses across the Central Belt of Scotland.

Scottish retail sales in Scotland decreased by 7.9% in January, an improvement of .1 percentage points from December 2021 and is the lowest Yo2Y decline recorded since July last year.

M&G Real Estate, part of M&G plc’s £65 billion private and alternative assets business, with its property development partner Qmile Group, has pre-let all 390,000 sq ft of Grade A office accommodation at its £350 million Haymarket Edinburgh after a further three deals for 4

Investing Women Angels (IWA) has become the first Scottish angel group to achieve a Nasdaq exit following this week’s successful listing of TC Biopharm on the New York-based stock exchange. Motherwell-headquartered TC Biopharm, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing cell therapies i

Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) has seen its membership grow by 15% in 2021, with the organisation seeing 12 new members join its ranks. The rise takes the total number of members to 92.

Burness Paull has completed a letting at BAM TCP Atlantic Square Limited’s 2 Atlantic Square, Glasgow, in the heart of the city’s International Financial Services District.

Edinburgh-based hospitality technology specialist, ePOS Hybrid, has revealed a significant uplift across all parts of its business as it played a key role in helping hospitality sector clients overturn the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the last 18 months, ePOS Hybrid increased its client

Savills, on behalf of private clients, has launched to market an award-winning visitor attraction, Cruise Loch Ness in Fort Augustus, with offers invited for a 100% shareholding in Cruise Loch Ness Limited.

Some of Scotland’s finest produce will be globally showcased at a World Expo 2020 reception in Dubai this evening, organised by Scottish Development International (SDI).

International law firm Pinsent Masons has completed a move into new offices in the centre of Edinburgh’s financial district. Pinsent Mason partners Julia Maguire, Ewan Alexander, Michael Watson, Jim Cormack and Jacqueline Harris at their new Capital Square office.

Insurance broker Bruce Stevenson has reported revenue and gross written premium (GWP) increases of 7%, with trading income up by £600,000 to £8.7 million, and GWP at £44 million. Headquartered in Edinburgh, with offices in Glasgow, the Scottish Borders and Turriff, Bruce Stevenson,

1CSI Ltd, a subsea inspection business is on course to launch brand new technology that will result in significant savings for underwater asset operators, after the business owner received support and advice from Business Gateway. Established to provide realistic and trustworthy solutions to subsea

The Scottish Dental Care Group has secured a multi-million-pound minority investment from growth capital investor BGF. With a turnover of £11 million, Scottish Dental Care Group currently operates 15 clinics across the central belt, Dumfries and Galloway, the Highlands and Grampian. This inclu

Edinburgh-based water retailer Business Stream has delivered nearly £100,000 of funding to nine public sector initiatives through its annual Public Sector Scotland (PSS) Water Efficiency Fund. The fund is part of a commitment made by the company to support public bodies across Scotland to deli