HEALTHY FINANCE: Lothian Pension Fund’s £11bn delivers strong growth for 39,000 public sector retirees
Scotland’s second-largest local government pension scheme, Lothian Pension Fund, with over £11.1bn in assets under management, has achieved an investment return of 8.7 per cent, with three and five-year annualised...
END OF AN ERA: Sir Bill Gammell’s oil company taken over in £271m deal
Edinburgh-based oil and gas firm Capricorn Energy — formerly Sir Bill Gammell’s Cairn Energy — has accepted a £271m cash takeover offer from London-based Genel Energy.The sale will mean the...
FIRST CLASS HONOURS: Edinburgh University top of the league for Scottish spin-outs
The University of Edinburgh has emerged as Scotland’s most active spinout institution. With graduands collecting their degree scrolls over the next two weeks, many more university leavers will be considering...
COUNTDOWN: Space tech radar firm, Sofant Technologies raising funds as it aims for stars
An Edinburgh-based technology company which has invented micro-radio transmitters and receivers for aviation and space satellites is one of Scotland’s most exciting new generation companies.Sofant Technologies is now raising new...
Flynn urged to look into ‘unaccounted’ funding of Greenock drydock work
Campaigners in Inverclyde have written to Stephen Flynn, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Tourism and Transport, seeking his intervention to save the historic Inchgreen Dry Dock in Greenock.They also want ministerial...
Bank’s £50m investment into Fife energy storage, owned by Danish fund manager
The Scottish National Investment Bank is spending £50m to acquire a minority stake in the Devilla Battery Energy Storage System, at Kincardine, from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), alongside Nuclear Liabilities Fund (NLF)...
BATTERY POWERED: Fidra Energy drives Scotland’s record £1.15bn in deals, finds investment report
Scotland had a record-breaking year for investment value in 2025 — outstripping the post-pandemic peak years of 2021 and 2022. A total of £1.15bn was raised compared with £906m in...
SCOTLAND V CAMBRIDGE: Bid to bring £100m in-vitro life science hub to Edinburgh
Our resistance to harmful microbes remains one of humanity’s greatest challenges. In many cases, the rise of diseases has been compounded by changing climate conditions.Scotland’s life science communities are playing...
MACHINE EARNER: Edinburgh’s Tomoro AI to play major part in OpenAI’s £2.9bn gambit
A fast-growing AI technology company – registered in London but with a head office in Edinburgh since 2023 – has been acquired by global player OpenAI as part of a...
STARK CHOICES: Tram extension for Capital or finish A9? Scotland can’t afford both without new PFI
Scotland’s fresh cohort of politicians – now settling into their parliamentary seats – face immediate stark choices. Sir Tom Hunter in his clarion call for ‘growth, growth, growth’ and genuine...