Category: News

Scottish commercial flight training provider ACS Aviation has committed to a €3.4 million fleet expansion, signing an agreement with Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam for up to 10 new P-Mentor training aircraft — the largest single investment in the academy’s history. The deal, formalised at AERO Friedrichshafen 2026, comprises four firm aircraft valued at €1.3 million, […]

Anders Holch Povlsen tops the Scotland list, according to this year’s edition of THE SUNDAY Times Rich List, published today online at https://www.thetimes.com/Sunday-times-rich-list and in a 76-page special edition of THE SUNDAY Times Magazine on Sunday, May 17. Povlsen is Scotland’s largest landowner and owns the Shetland rocket launchpad. Rising profits lifted the value of his retail group, Bestseller, to £6.5 billion and there […]

Scotland’s business community is holding its ground in 2026, but new data from both the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) paint a picture of mounting pressure — particularly for export-facing and scaling companies navigating a turbulent global environment. The ONS this week published its latest Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) subnational […]

Scotland’s leading provider of older person and specialist care, Meallmore, is celebrating a major milestone after being named in the Top 20 Large Care Home Groups across the UK for the first time. The annual carehome.co.uk Care Home Group Awards celebrate excellence in care by recognising the Top 20 highest-rated Care Home Groups in the […]

Savills is pleased to announce the open market launch of one of Scotland’s most prestigious estates. Steeped in royal heritage and set amongst the dramatic landscape of the River Spey, where the estate spans the boundary of the  Cairngorms National Park, Tulchan Estate is globally recognised as a Highland destination of international standing. Once a […]

For the first time in its 100+ year history, WACL (Women in Advertising and Communications Leadership) has formally committed to Scotland via a new Nations and Regions initiative, with Scotland represented at the highest level through a Scotland co-chair seat on the WACL Executive. This marks a landmark expansion of its mission to accelerate gender […]

CHAP (Holdings) Limited, the parent company of the Westhill-based CHAP Group, has reported its strongest-ever financial performance, highlighting continued momentum and readiness for the next phase of its long-term expansion strategy. For the financial year ending 30 September 2025, the Group achieved record turnover of £65.8 million, up from £57.7 million in 2024, with operating profit before fair value […]

Go Forth Stirling’s free online training platform is providing a lifeline to the city’s small business owners giving them substantial savings on essential courses.  There have been more than 10,000 enrolments since the initiative was launched six years ago saving BID (Business Improvement District) members £323K overall – based on what it would cost to […]

Integrated subsurface, wells, and facilities specialist, Elemental Energies, has announced its acquisition of the specialist geoscience company, Applied Petroleum Technology AS (APT). APT provides petroleum geochemistry, basin modelling and subsurface analysis to support well exploration, production and P&A decisions, with a long-established track record supporting operators across complex basins of varying maturity. The strategic move strengthens Elemental Energies’ […]

Aberdeen construction group CHAP has achieved a record-setting year, with revenue reaching £65.8 million. This marks the sixth consecutive year of growth for the Westhill-based organization, which operates in three key sectors – construction, civil engineering, and residential development – and employs a workforce of 180 individuals. Managing director Hugh Craigie stated that these outcomes […]