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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...
MIND THE BLACK HOLE: Haughey urges politicians to tackle the £4.7bn deficit
Scotland’s £4.7bn fiscal deficit is so large that if the nation was a business, it would already be in administration. This was the blunt verdict of Lord Willie Haughey, chair...
SHIP SHAPE FOR FUTURE: Scotland must grab green ocean opportunity, says report
With Scotland’s maritime story mired in the mess over the building and operations of Hebridean and Clyde ferries, it is welcome to hear of a more positive initiative concerning commercial...
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...
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...
BUILDING TO RENT: Investment bank continues housing push with £50m for L&G fund
The Scottish National Investment Bank is strengthening its position in support of housing in Scotland with a £50m investment in L&G’s Build to Rent fund for privately rented homes. The...
Deals & Dealmakers
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...
EXPERT INSIGHTS: Those critical lessons from four leading women at sharp end of negotiation
The Business Dealmakers’ Breakfast panel at the Hoxton in Edinburgh on Wednesday 22 April, chaired by Colette Grant, with Lindsay Campbell, Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne and Claudia Cavalluzzo, offered an array of...
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...
EXPERT INSIGHTS: Those critical lessons from four leading women at sharp end of negotiation
The Business Dealmakers’ Breakfast panel at the Hoxton in Edinburgh on Wednesday 22 April, chaired by Colette Grant, with Lindsay Campbell, Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne and Claudia Cavalluzzo, offered an array of...
Economy
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...
UK space investor Seraphim, chaired by Whitehorn, to enter FTSE 250
Seraphim Space Investment Trust — the world’s first listed space tech investment company — is to enter the FTSE 250 Index on 19 June. The company, chaired by Edinburgh space...
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...
UK space investor Seraphim, chaired by Whitehorn, to enter FTSE 250
Seraphim Space Investment Trust — the world’s first listed space tech investment company — is to enter the FTSE 250 Index on 19 June. The company, chaired by Edinburgh space...
The Big Interview
THE BIG INTERVIEW: Sir Brian Souter: The Life of Brian
Sir Brian Souter is an extraordinary entrepreneur who has always broken the mould. Now a sprightly 71, what continues to drive this contrarian challenger? T urbulence in the Middle East...
The Big Interview: Dan McGrail of GB Energy switches on industry search lights
2026 is still in its infancy – but already one figure has emerged as a contender for those ‘Top Business Leaders of the Year’ slots. Dan McGrail, a Scouser who...
THE BIG INTERVIEW: Sir Brian Souter: The Life of Brian
Sir Brian Souter is an extraordinary entrepreneur who has always broken the mould. Now a sprightly 71, what continues to drive this contrarian challenger? T urbulence in the Middle East...
The Big Interview: Dan McGrail of GB Energy switches on industry search lights
2026 is still in its infancy – but already one figure has emerged as a contender for those ‘Top Business Leaders of the Year’ slots. Dan McGrail, a Scouser who...
Creative Industries
Why Glasgow’s love affair with cinema is up in lights
Glasgow Film Festival goes from strength to strength, while the city itself has become established as a hit location for directors When film actor James McAvoy recently brought his movie...
Community welcomes rebirth of Filmhouse in capital
It is heartening for cinephiles to see the former home of the Edinburgh International Film Festival making a comeback. In 2023, Scotland hosted three major international festivals: the Edinburgh International...
Why Glasgow’s love affair with cinema is up in lights
Glasgow Film Festival goes from strength to strength, while the city itself has become established as a hit location for directors When film actor James McAvoy recently brought his movie...
Community welcomes rebirth of Filmhouse in capital
It is heartening for cinephiles to see the former home of the Edinburgh International Film Festival making a comeback. In 2023, Scotland hosted three major international festivals: the Edinburgh International...
The Five-Minute Interview
‘I often say you’re only as good as your last match, or business wise, the last experience of the guests you’ve had to stay’.
THE FIVE-MINUTE INTERVIEW WITH EILIDH SMITH, CAPTAIN OF GB MASTERS TENNIS TEAM, AND OWNER OF MORTON OF PITMILLY, RURAL HOLIDAY RESORT IN FIFE. Hello, Eilidh. Thank you for inviting me...
I started on the makeup counter, and now I’m back on the shop floor with my own brand. It’s the stuff of dreams
THE FIVE-MINUTE INTERVIEW WITH JAMIE GENEVIEVE, FOUNDER OF VIEVE AND EXPERT MAKEUP ARTIST Hello, Jamie. Nice to meet you. Are you expecting a busy festive spell? Lovely to meet you...
‘I often say you’re only as good as your last match, or business wise, the last experience of the guests you’ve had to stay’.
THE FIVE-MINUTE INTERVIEW WITH EILIDH SMITH, CAPTAIN OF GB MASTERS TENNIS TEAM, AND OWNER OF MORTON OF PITMILLY, RURAL HOLIDAY RESORT IN FIFE. Hello, Eilidh. Thank you for inviting me...
I started on the makeup counter, and now I’m back on the shop floor with my own brand. It’s the stuff of dreams
THE FIVE-MINUTE INTERVIEW WITH JAMIE GENEVIEVE, FOUNDER OF VIEVE AND EXPERT MAKEUP ARTIST Hello, Jamie. Nice to meet you. Are you expecting a busy festive spell? Lovely to meet you...
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES | DealMakers' Breakfast
Tuesday 18 August 2026
Energy, Just Transition & Net Zero
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)...
SHIP SHAPE FOR FUTURE: Scotland must grab green ocean opportunity, says report
With Scotland’s maritime story mired in the mess over the building and operations of Hebridean and Clyde ferries, it is welcome to hear of a more positive initiative concerning commercial...
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)...
SHIP SHAPE FOR FUTURE: Scotland must grab green ocean opportunity, says report
With Scotland’s maritime story mired in the mess over the building and operations of Hebridean and Clyde ferries, it is welcome to hear of a more positive initiative concerning commercial...
Legal
Flurry of energy industry activity helps Burness Paull break £100m turnover threshold
Legal work for Cruden Homes on its £1.3bn Granton Waterfront Regeneration Project and the £216m acquisition by Dubai-based Sidara of Aberdeen-headquartered Wood Group have helped Burness Paull break the £100m...
Brodies appoint CFO alongside six new partners
Scottish legal firm Brodies has created six new partners following a round of promotions and also appointed a new chief financial officer. Real estate lawyers Jenna Monteith, David Bales and...
Flurry of energy industry activity helps Burness Paull break £100m turnover threshold
Legal work for Cruden Homes on its £1.3bn Granton Waterfront Regeneration Project and the £216m acquisition by Dubai-based Sidara of Aberdeen-headquartered Wood Group have helped Burness Paull break the £100m...
Brodies appoint CFO alongside six new partners
Scottish legal firm Brodies has created six new partners following a round of promotions and also appointed a new chief financial officer. Real estate lawyers Jenna Monteith, David Bales and...
Property & Housing
Scotland's Finest
FEELING THE HEAT: Masterchef Dean Banks hits out a crippling taxes on hospitality sector
The 1925 at the Pompadour restaurant in The Caledonian Edinburgh has every right to claim its crown among Scotland’s finest. For generations the place has hosted kings, queens, political leaders...
The local heroes who know premium homes market
There is a global market for Scotland’s premium homes. But selling them is mostly entrusted to local firms There is a curious mixture of envy and admiration when we delve...
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...
UK space investor Seraphim, chaired by Whitehorn, to enter FTSE 250
Seraphim Space Investment Trust — the world’s first listed space tech investment company — is to enter the FTSE 250 Index on 19 June. The company, chaired by Edinburgh space...
FEELING THE HEAT: Masterchef Dean Banks hits out a crippling taxes on hospitality sector
The 1925 at the Pompadour restaurant in The Caledonian Edinburgh has every right to claim its crown among Scotland’s finest. For generations the place has hosted kings, queens, political leaders...
The local heroes who know premium homes market
There is a global market for Scotland’s premium homes. But selling them is mostly entrusted to local firms There is a curious mixture of envy and admiration when we delve...
Business
Flurry of energy industry activity helps Burness Paull break £100m turnover threshold
Legal work for Cruden Homes on its £1.3bn Granton Waterfront Regeneration Project and the £216m acquisition by Dubai-based Sidara of Aberdeen-headquartered Wood Group have helped Burness Paull break the £100m...
FAREWELL TSB: The noble cause of a once venerable Scottish institution has been extinguished
And so the Spanish-based bank Santander has now completed its grasp over the poor old TSB, founded in Scotland by the Reverend Henry Duncan, minister in the parish of Rothwell,...
Flurry of energy industry activity helps Burness Paull break £100m turnover threshold
Legal work for Cruden Homes on its £1.3bn Granton Waterfront Regeneration Project and the £216m acquisition by Dubai-based Sidara of Aberdeen-headquartered Wood Group have helped Burness Paull break the £100m...
FAREWELL TSB: The noble cause of a once venerable Scottish institution has been extinguished
And so the Spanish-based bank Santander has now completed its grasp over the poor old TSB, founded in Scotland by the Reverend Henry Duncan, minister in the parish of Rothwell,...
Accountancy
Accountants Plus open new head office in Motherwell
Lanarkshire accountancy and business advisory firm Accountants Plus has reached a milestone with a new headquarters in Motherwell, a highly visible symbol of the firm’s commercial success and future ambition....
Brodies appoint CFO alongside six new partners
Scottish legal firm Brodies has created six new partners following a round of promotions and also appointed a new chief financial officer. Real estate lawyers Jenna Monteith, David Bales and...
Accountants Plus open new head office in Motherwell
Lanarkshire accountancy and business advisory firm Accountants Plus has reached a milestone with a new headquarters in Motherwell, a highly visible symbol of the firm’s commercial success and future ambition....
Brodies appoint CFO alongside six new partners
Scottish legal firm Brodies has created six new partners following a round of promotions and also appointed a new chief financial officer. Real estate lawyers Jenna Monteith, David Bales and...
Banking & Corporate Finance
FAREWELL TSB: The noble cause of a once venerable Scottish institution has been extinguished
And so the Spanish-based bank Santander has now completed its grasp over the poor old TSB, founded in Scotland by the Reverend Henry Duncan, minister in the parish of Rothwell,...
CAPITAL GAINS: Standard Life makes £2bn agreed bid for Aegon UK
Standard Life has agreed a £2bn deal to acquire Aegon UK plc, which will have major repercussions for jobs in Edinburgh. Both companies have major operations in the Capital, with...
FAREWELL TSB: The noble cause of a once venerable Scottish institution has been extinguished
And so the Spanish-based bank Santander has now completed its grasp over the poor old TSB, founded in Scotland by the Reverend Henry Duncan, minister in the parish of Rothwell,...
CAPITAL GAINS: Standard Life makes £2bn agreed bid for Aegon UK
Standard Life has agreed a £2bn deal to acquire Aegon UK plc, which will have major repercussions for jobs in Edinburgh. Both companies have major operations in the Capital, with...
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