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Scotland’s deals and dealmakers of 2024 under the microscope
Throughout Scotland’s deals and dealmakers, brilliant ideas, innovation and human endeavour continue to be rewarded in a steady flow of business transactions. Our comprehensive list looks at the deal instigators,…

Scottish firms need credit guarantee finance to go full steam ahead
Scottish firms need credit guarantee finance to go full steam ahead and The Scottish National Investment Bank should be supercharged to drive impactful growth in Scotland A Highland crane-making firm…
Reeves puts HMRC on track for record inheritance tax haul
While Chancellor Rachel Reeves didn’t deliver any more tax-rising shocks in her Spring statement, it does not mean she has let higher earners with property assets off the hook. Reeves…
International Trade Report: Buying into Dubai
The UAE’s biggest city is a hub of business opportunity – just so long as you do your background research It’s now a direct flight on an Emirates Airbus, some…
Private jet firms get on board with net zero
It is difficult to write about the popularity of private jet travel without making some folks apoplectic at the cost to the planet and others green with envy. Yet the…
Read the digital edition of the Spring 2025 magazine here
Read all the new articles featured in the printed quarterly edition of THE BUSINESS magazine distributed in The Sunday Times Scotland.
How to navigate financial challenges in a time of economic uncertainty
Kris Aspin heads EY Parthenon’s Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy practice in Scotland, a team dedicated to helping organisations navigate complex and urgent challenges At its core, our work at EY…
Huge decision and high stakes for Scottish offshore wind
Scotland is home to some of the best offshore wind prospects and supply chain in the world. Its potential can be measured not just in transforming the UK’s energy system,…
Sales boost hit as confidence wanes over Trump tariffs
The New Year sales delivered a boost to the economy, but business activity and confidence are falling ahead of wage increases and global concerns over President Trump’s tariffs. Inflationary forces…
The Big Interview: Alan Gall. Making his marque at SMTA
From cleaning cars aged 12 in Kilmarnock to becoming brand director of Rolls-Royce in Saudi Arabia, Alan Gall has plenty of vehicle industry experience. And he is going to need…
Scottish firms need credit guarantee finance to go full steam ahead
Passive aggression: Trump, tariffs and taxation
Scottish firms need credit guarantee finance to go full steam ahead
Passive aggression: Trump, tariffs and taxation
Scotland’s deals and dealmakers of 2024 under the microscope
Economic growth? Definitely. But not at any cost to our planet
Scotland’s deals and dealmakers of 2024 under the microscope
Economic growth? Definitely. But not at any cost to our planet
Smaller M&A deals now in scope of UK merger control rules
Women in Scotland’s Legal World: 25 Names to Watch in 2025
Smaller M&A deals now in scope of UK merger control rules
Women in Scotland’s Legal World: 25 Names to Watch in 2025
Offshore floating wind projects surging ahead in energy transition
Huge decision and high stakes for Scottish offshore wind
Offshore floating wind projects surging ahead in energy transition
Huge decision and high stakes for Scottish offshore wind
Reeves puts HMRC on track for record inheritance tax haul
Smaller M&A deals now in scope of UK merger control rules
Reeves puts HMRC on track for record inheritance tax haul
Smaller M&A deals now in scope of UK merger control rules
Legal Review 2024: Food for thought for hospitality industry under pressure
A feast of ideas for that early getaway in 2025
Legal Review 2024: Food for thought for hospitality industry under pressure
A feast of ideas for that early getaway in 2025

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