Business

Glasgow-headquartered Macfarlane Group has seen profits before tax from continuing operations reach £19.9 million in 2022, marking a 7% increase from the year before. According to the group's annual results, revenue from continuing operations grew by 10% versus 2021 to £290.4m.

Topolytics, a waste data analytics platform, has secured £1.5 million in funding, enabling the business to launch its WasteMap solution and extend the business commercially with new and renewed contract wins in 2023. The money comes from high-net worth investors, and a grant from UK Research a

The topping out of Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc’s (MSIP) flagship Innovation Hub has taken place in Dundee yesterday.

A new veterinary practice has opened its doors in Fife after securing a loan from Royal Bank of Scotland. Owned by husband-and-wife duo, Hannah and Bruce McKerrow, 3 Bridges Vets provides services and treatments for a wide range of pets and farm animals, from hamsters to horses.

The team behind the Port of Leith Distillery has announced plans to create more than 50 local jobs as the towering Leith landmark prepares to open this summer.

The business team at Blackadders has helped steer through the sale of online activity booking site ClassForKids. ClassForKids, the Glasgow-based site which is used by more than 3,000 kids’ activity clubs to help parents and owners save time and money, has been sold to The Access Group, a provi

Macdonald Henderson has advised Opulus in joining forces with Wylie & Bisset and on a £10 million growth capital facility to support further expansion plans of the enlarged group provided by SME Capital. Macdonald Henderson’s advisory team was led by David Beveridge and Ryan Macready

Circularity Scotland has announced £22 million of cashflow support measures to help Scotland’s brewers, distillers, importers and drinks manufacturers prepare for the introduction of Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS).

Burges Salmon has advised First Bus, a division of transport group FirstGroup plc, on the acquisition of Essex bus company Ensign Bus Company Limited (Ensignbus). Via its bus division, Aberdeen-headquartered FirstGroup is the second largest regional bus operator in the UK, serving two-thirds of the

Scotland’s business resilience organisation, The Scottish Business Resilience Centre, has changed its name to reflect a rising national threat from cyber crime and fraud. The Scottish Business Resilience Centre, the not-for-profit dedicated to helping educate and support Scottish organisations

A group of leading individuals from Scotland’s tech scene have announced a new trip to showcase Scotland to the US East Coast ecosystem.

Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) are increasingly feeling positive about their future, following a difficult second half of 2022, according to Barclays' SME Barometer data. Over two fifths (41%) report feeling optimistic about their own business prospects, the highest level in 9 months, sinc

Production has restarted at the Rowan Glen factory in Dumfries and Galloway, after a successful management buy-out was agreed with £285,000 in support from a South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) grant.

Livingston-based The Edinburgh Driveway Company has been acquired by Scottish-based UK and internationally operating construction and property business Edison Group for an undisclosed sum. The Edinburgh Driveway Company, which operates throughout central Scotland and Ayrshire, provides a complete ra

Edinburgh-based Stellar Omada has recorded revenue of £16.3 million in the year to 31st December 2022, up from £9.1m in the previous year. The company, which specialises in programme delivery and service management, marked its 4th anniversary in 2022, and CEO Colin Frame says there will