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Scotland needs bigger tech firms, says Paterson
Calum Paterson, the founder and managing director of Glasgow-based Scottish Equity Partners, recently announced his decision to step back. His insights at The Business Dealmakers’ Breakfast were poignant and informative....
McColl banks on Alba to fill huge UK funding gap
Tycoon outlines his masterplan to shake up investment for SMEs at The Business Dealmakers’ Breakfast Does Scotland need another bank? The Scottish-born entrepreneur and founder of East Kilbride-based Clyde Blowers...
How Scots business leaders have responded to Reeves’ Budget
It has taken Scotland’s business community time to properly digest the true costs of Rachel Reeves’ Budget. It now boded for a rather bleak Christmas while companies and third sector...
Cask Strength: The Business of Whisky roundtable with Whisky Asset
The cask sector is integral to the whisky trade – and the Scottish economy. A group of industry figures met to discuss how it can be protected and bolstered. The...
Gilbert talks up Revolut story as valuation hits £57bn
Veteran Scottish business figure Martin Gilbert recounted the astonishing global success of Revolut, set up ten years ago and now re-defining global financial transactions with nearly 70 million users, at...
Law firms join forces to press for ABS status
A coalition of independent Scottish law firms is pressing for reform arguing that Scotland is being left years behind England and Wales, where Alternative Business Structures (ABS) has operated since...
Scottish business leaders urge Chancellor to focus on growth
A deeply anxious Scottish business community is calling on the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to take bold action in next week’s Budget to stimulate the UK’s floundering economy. It comes as...
Deals & Dealmakers
Exits for women still under-powered despite record investment
Investment in ‘women-powered’ businesses in Scotland has reached a record high – but they still exit for significantly less than their male peers. Latest figures show investment in women-powered businesses...
Autumn deals in focus
Glasgow-based car production company Munro secured £2m to deliver orders worth over £17m Scottish car company secures £2m Cleantech venture capital investor Elbow Beach led a fundraising for Glasgow-based car...
Exits for women still under-powered despite record investment
Investment in ‘women-powered’ businesses in Scotland has reached a record high – but they still exit for significantly less than their male peers. Latest figures show investment in women-powered businesses...
Autumn deals in focus
Glasgow-based car production company Munro secured £2m to deliver orders worth over £17m Scottish car company secures £2m Cleantech venture capital investor Elbow Beach led a fundraising for Glasgow-based car...
Business & Economy
RBS’s ‘Power of Convening’ to help scale up Scotland
Scotland’s high-growth contenders need help to super-charge their sales in 2026. With sustainable growth a national priority, Royal Bank of Scotland is forging ahead with two high-profile Accelerator programmes: for...
Budget concerns push SMEs into pre-emptive action
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has now set out her Budget which will increase taxation on hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses. Her plans will only be judged on how the...
RBS’s ‘Power of Convening’ to help scale up Scotland
Scotland’s high-growth contenders need help to super-charge their sales in 2026. With sustainable growth a national priority, Royal Bank of Scotland is forging ahead with two high-profile Accelerator programmes: for...
Budget concerns push SMEs into pre-emptive action
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has now set out her Budget which will increase taxation on hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses. Her plans will only be judged on how the...
The Big Interview
Energy, Just Transition & Net Zero
Shaping up for an ‘electrifying’ transition
The talk in the renewable energy sector is now of electrification rather than decarbonisation In the climactic scene of the movie Grease, John Travolta memorably serenades Olivia Newton-John by declaring...
Controversial Angus electricity pylon change gets go-ahead
SSEN Transmission, Scottish Hydro Electric’s overhead lines and cables division, has welcomed the decision by Scottish ministers to grant Section 37 consent for the ‘reconductoring’ project between Alyth in Perth...
Shaping up for an ‘electrifying’ transition
The talk in the renewable energy sector is now of electrification rather than decarbonisation In the climactic scene of the movie Grease, John Travolta memorably serenades Olivia Newton-John by declaring...
Controversial Angus electricity pylon change gets go-ahead
SSEN Transmission, Scottish Hydro Electric’s overhead lines and cables division, has welcomed the decision by Scottish ministers to grant Section 37 consent for the ‘reconductoring’ project between Alyth in Perth...
Legal
Gilson Gray shows legal prowess with record UK growth
Gilson Gray, headquartered in Edinburgh’s Rutland Square, is the fastest-growing law firm in the UK, according to the UK Fast Growth Index. The full-service firm ranked as the 15th fastest-growing...
‘Acknowledging our past relationships and our future responsibility, it’s a very sensible move’
The prenup is on the rise in Scotland, particularly among business owners and those entering second marriages Kathy was on a girls’ getaway when she met Stuart on holiday in...
Gilson Gray shows legal prowess with record UK growth
Gilson Gray, headquartered in Edinburgh’s Rutland Square, is the fastest-growing law firm in the UK, according to the UK Fast Growth Index. The full-service firm ranked as the 15th fastest-growing...
‘Acknowledging our past relationships and our future responsibility, it’s a very sensible move’
The prenup is on the rise in Scotland, particularly among business owners and those entering second marriages Kathy was on a girls’ getaway when she met Stuart on holiday in...
Finance
RBS’s ‘Power of Convening’ to help scale up Scotland
Scotland’s high-growth contenders need help to super-charge their sales in 2026. With sustainable growth a national priority, Royal Bank of Scotland is forging ahead with two high-profile Accelerator programmes: for...
Scots law change puts digital assets in line with hard cash
Whether detecting fraud faster or providing highly personalised banking for customers, the pace of change AI is bringing to the financial services sector is unprecedented. The opportunities are significant, but...
RBS’s ‘Power of Convening’ to help scale up Scotland
Scotland’s high-growth contenders need help to super-charge their sales in 2026. With sustainable growth a national priority, Royal Bank of Scotland is forging ahead with two high-profile Accelerator programmes: for...
Scots law change puts digital assets in line with hard cash
Whether detecting fraud faster or providing highly personalised banking for customers, the pace of change AI is bringing to the financial services sector is unprecedented. The opportunities are significant, but...
Housing
McAllan ‘optimistic’ about Housing sector, considers regulation changes
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Màiri McAllan MSP, used her first appearance before the sector to strike an optimistic but pragmatic tone at the Homes for Scotland 25th annual conference,...
Homes for Scotland launch housing emergency campaign
Homes group calls for issue to take top priority in next Holyrood election The Herculean efforts to tackle Scotland’s housing emergency have moved up a gear with a major national...
McAllan ‘optimistic’ about Housing sector, considers regulation changes
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Màiri McAllan MSP, used her first appearance before the sector to strike an optimistic but pragmatic tone at the Homes for Scotland 25th annual conference,...
Homes for Scotland launch housing emergency campaign
Homes group calls for issue to take top priority in next Holyrood election The Herculean efforts to tackle Scotland’s housing emergency have moved up a gear with a major national...
Wealth Management & Private Banking
‘If you want to get a bit more space and comfort, you pay that little extra to travel first class: that’s what private banking’s like’
High street banks have been shutting branches while recent years have seen private banks grow and prosper in Scotland Our banking habits have been changing. And while digital transactions on...
Chancellor aims hard hit on higher income taypayers
Concern widespread over Chancellor’s warnings of ‘tough choices’ If ‘soak the rich’ is now a serious statement of intent from the Labour Govern ment, then an increasing number of moderately...
‘If you want to get a bit more space and comfort, you pay that little extra to travel first class: that’s what private banking’s like’
High street banks have been shutting branches while recent years have seen private banks grow and prosper in Scotland Our banking habits have been changing. And while digital transactions on...
Chancellor aims hard hit on higher income taypayers
Concern widespread over Chancellor’s warnings of ‘tough choices’ If ‘soak the rich’ is now a serious statement of intent from the Labour Govern ment, then an increasing number of moderately...
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