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The original furniture featured on the set of the hit TV show Friends is set to go up for auction.

Rangers board sources have denied rumours of an imminent multi-million-pound takeover by American investors. American investors have been reportedly considering a potential takeover of Glasgow Rangers Football Club, valuing the club at approximately £150 million, City A.M. said on Tuesday.

Scotland's onshore GDP saw a slight decline of 0.3% in June, following a 0.2% growth in May. The overall picture for Q2 remains positive, with 0.6% growth, compared to Q1's 0.5%. The largest contribution to headline GDP in was electricity & gas supply, which contributed 0.3 percentage points to

Scottish luxury brand Strathberry has appointed Martin Byrne as its new managing director as it aims to quadruple its turnover in the next three years. Byrne, who brings a wealth of experience from leading roles in high-end consumer brands, will join the company in November, working closely with fou

Aberdeen-headquartered Wood Group has announced the sale of two non-core businesses, EthosEnergy and CEC Controls, expected to generate net proceeds of approximately $165 million (c. £125m) in 2024.

HALO Invest, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sydney-headquartered fintech firm HALO Technologies, has announced its intention to set up a new operations and development centre in Glasgow and create more than 60 jobs over the next two years. Douglas Boyce, formerly of Interactive Investor and FNZ, has b

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed it intends to launch a market study into how pure protection insurance products are sold following concerns that competition is not working well in the market.

City leaders have expressed concerns over the Prime Minister's warning of a "painful" Budget this autumn, urging caution against "punishing risk-takers" and "taxing wealth creators". In his first major speech from No 10's Rose Garden, Prime Minister Keir Starmer revealed that public finances are "wo

House prices in Scotland's island regions have outpaced those in the rest of the country, with a 30% increase to £182,000 since 2018, according to Registers of Scotland. This compares to a 23% rise on the mainland, where the median now stands at £185,000, its report states.

A Scottish links golf course is using sustainability as a driver for growth as it prepares to open a new energy-efficient clubhouse, thanks to a £5 million funding package from Bank of Scotland.

A Caithness-based distiller will transform a historic grain mill into a whisky distillery having acquired the site supported by a £2 million funding package from HSBC UK. Situated at the west end of Dunnet Bay, the Castletown Mill is a large, traditional stone-built water-powered grain mill, w

Work to begin the redevelopment of the New Picture House Cinema in St Andrews has taken a further step forward with the approval of the operator’s alcohol licence by Fife Council.

A man has spent £30,000 building his own canal in his garden – complete with a functioning lock system and a narrowboat converted into a swimming pool.

Scottish bottled water brand Highland Spring is set for a significant expansion after managing director Simon Oldham revealed plans to double the company's size, fuelled by a £10 million investment in its Perthshire operations. This investment will boost capacity by 25% and crucially, enable H

Shoplifting is up by more than a third since last year, according to new police figures. The latest recorded crime figures reveal that 40,554 alleged shoplifting crimes were reported to police in the year ending June 2024, up from 30,202 the previous year and 27,045 in the year ending June 2020.