Business

Rationale, the Edinburgh-based strategic brand and communications agency, has achieved a striking 103% growth in top-line revenue over the past year. The strong financial growth has also been further supported by the business doubling its team in size and further international growth.

Tunnock's has reported a sharp decline in pre-tax profits from £5.5 million to just £1 million in the past year. The Uddingston-based biscuit company recorded turnover of £75.8 million in the year ending 25 February 2023, up from £72.1 million in the previous year, while pre-

Sustainable waste management firm Biffa has acquired Hamilton Waste and Recycling Limited (HWR), the Scottish construction and demolition (C&D) collection and processing business.

Macduff Shipyards has hailed a successful year as the firm posted a near-50% increase in pre-tax profits to £2.59 million. However, accounts lodged with Companies House reveal that for the year ended February 28 2023, turnover dipped to £28.9m from £29.5m in 2022, in the wake of ri

Scotch Whisky Investments (SWI) has toasted the opening of its new whisky storage and warehousing facility at Glenrothes in Fife. Comprising four whisky storage warehouses, maintenance and bottling buildings and offices, this £10 million investment marks the first phase of longer-term developm

Inverness-headquartered engineering services company Ross-shire Engineering (RSE) has acquired Shrewsbury-based Chem Resist for an undisclosed sum. The firm announced a 75% majority investment in the firm which is a market leader in thermoplastic process plant, premium branded fluid transfer product

Pub company Three Thistles has instructed Shepherd Chartered Surveyors to sell a long-established portfolio of seven licensed premises stretching across Scotland’s Central Belt.

Scotland’s first impact investor, SIS Ventures has released its inaugural Impact Report, highlighting the positive impacts on people and planet delivered by its investee companies. Since launching the Impact First Fund in 2018, SIS Ventures has invested more than £5.6 million in 14 high-

Scotgold Resources has appointed Daniel Bredenkamp and Christopher Pattinson of Australia-based Pitcher Partners Accountants and Advisors (WA) as joint and several administrators.

A Lanarkshire-based photography business, is going from strength from strength following support from Business Gateway. Branding by Zaria helps business owners enhance their brand and tell their story through the power of photography. Dubbing herself a ‘visual storyteller’, Zaria Young o

Glasgow-based Weir Group has acquired SentianAI, a Sweden-based developer of AI solutions that optimise performance in minerals processing for an undisclosed sum.  With this acquisition, Weir is accelerating its technology roadmap and expanding its digital capability to provide enhanced pr

White Oak, a UK-based non-bank lender, has provided £40 million to Scottish SMEs so far this year as it continues to champion the growth of small businesses across the country. White Oak partners with small businesses across Scotland to provide them with tailored solutions for their unique fin

An Orkney local is enjoying ongoing demand for her dog grooming business after working with Business Gateway.

Investment into Scottish commercial property reached £330 million in Q3, around 33% below the five-year quarterly average of £500m according to Colliers’ latest Scottish Snapshot.

Paisley-headquartered the Albex Group has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of Rainbow Dust from Real Good Food PLC in a deal worth £800,000.