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Billion-plus price tags energise mergers and acquisitions

Ad Feature FCM Travel appoints Mark McSpadden as Chief Product Officer

Swap and Lupa were named among Europe's most promising AI-native companies

Ad Feature London AI startups make Europe's top tech firms list

The group has reaffirmed its 2026 outlook despite ongoing market volatility and delayed customer investment decisions.

Ad Feature Bilfinger sees orders surge

Solomon Global is offering a limited allocation of signed Una and the Lion 2027 gold bullion coins

Ad Feature Solomon Global offers limited allocation of gold coins

The campaign is encouraging consumers to support small firms during the festive shopping season

Ad Feature Small Business Saturday launches shop small advert

LtoR Jamie Burke, Vikki Bruce, Liam Hughes and Mike Hayward

Whisky entrepreneurs launch £16m Scottish spirits group

Three quarters report of COOs straight to the CEO, but only 36% call it a true partnership

Ad Feature Seven in 10 COOs grow into role, new research finds

Ciaran McGuigan, Chief Executive of Zero Waste Scotland

Ad Feature The virtues of building a circular economy that works for Scotland

Iain Cherry and Adam Sroka

Glasgow-based startup takes the grunt work out of energy transition

I found Scotland's best 5 cheese shops

Abdul Qureshi, Head of Business Banking at Barclays opening speech

Scotland’s ideas need the right backing to become global businesses Jamie Grant

Ad Feature Avaada Electro secures 7.1GW solar cell manufacturing milestone

A new survey found firms are implementing regulatory changes faster, but confidence in compliance effectiveness is declining

Ad Feature Firms speed up regulatory change

HDI Seguros and insureMO are using AI agents to accelerate the development of insurance products

Ad Feature HDI Seguros and insureMO bring AI into insurance product development

I discovered Scotland's best new spa destination beneath city streets

Colebrook Bosson Saunders is hosting a webinar on December 2 exploring how research can strengthen workplace collaboration and inform design decisions

Ad Feature Colebrook Bosson Saunders hosts webinar

Callum and Jill Clark

The Scottish family cheesemakers celebrating their 20th birthday

Michelle Ovens CBE says greater support is needed to help side hustles grow into sustainable businesses.

Ad Feature Side hustling UK adults face outdated systems

Nathan Reardon and Pat Villaceran lead Innovation Philosophie’s UK launch

Ad Feature Nathan Reardon leads Innovation Philosophie's UK launch

Hannah Mary Goodlad in a Holyrood corridor

All we want for Christmas is a Scottish data centre strategy John McLellan

Picture - Chris Watt Photography

Edinburgh businesses urged to be bold in pursuit of growth

I visited a spooky and magical new shop in the heart of Edinburgh

The 'remote operations centre' mock-up at Babcock's Rosyth offices

Inside Rosyth's leading role in building the hybrid navy of the future

The gap is narrowing, but work still needs to be done to fully achieve equality ambition

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Stephen Emerson, Scotsman Insider Editor; Michelle Thomson businesswoman, former Falkirk MSP/Edinburgh MP; Lauren Ridgley project manager, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce; Charlie Woods board member, Economic Development Association Scotland; Stephen Boyd Scottish director of the Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland; Susan Murray director, David Hume Institute; Ciaran McGuigan chief executive, Zero Waste Scotland

Ad Feature Circular economy a ‘crown jewel’ as businesses grasp opportunity

The compact SumUp card reader helps market traders, craft sellers and small businesses accept contactless and card payments without expensive equipment.

Cash is king? This £30 gadget gives customers a much easier option

Greaves Sports has operated in some form for almost a century

Historic Glasgow sports store where Frank Sinatra shopped to close

The cocktail bar in The George Hotel in Inveraray.

Inside Scotland's 'cosiest' hotel perfect for a winter break

Lovey has secured a funding facility of up to £250 million from Pollen Street Capital to expand lending to UK small and medium-sized businesses

Ad Feature UK fintech Lovey secures £250m funding facility to boost SME lending

AOT representatives met with airlines and airports from around the world at Routes World 2026 in Frankfurt.

Ad Feature AOT strengthens Thailand’s global air links at Routes World 2026

Bodor Laser will showcase two new premium tube laser cutting machines at EuroBLECH 2026

Ad Feature Bodor Laser showcases two premium tube laser cutting machines

Tax and cyber attack concerns of Scottish family-owned businesses

A view of Methil

Methil’s shipyard revival set to be powered by a new era of defence Jeremy Grant

RavenPack's AI model labelled more than 845,000 financial text excerpts in under an hour, helping researchers quickly create datasets for investment analysis.

Ad Feature RavenPack launches AI-powered dataset pipeline

Twelve Triangles Melrose

I tried the 'ber month' treats from my favourite Edinburgh bakery

Rob and Anna outside Kramer's in Glasgow

Inside the chef-led Scottish deli Kramer's ahead of its first birthday

The 'Hollywood' favourite Edinburgh pub celebrating its 10th birthday

With a name meaning food from the roots, RadiCibus is an independent modern Italian eatery in Deanhaugh Street. The restaurant says it uses the best Scottish and Italian ingredients - including handmade pasta, artisan meats and wine. They score 4.8 out of 112 reviews.

‘Acclaimed’ Scottish Italian restaurant appoints liquidators

Search ’n Stuff brought more than 350 digital marketers together across two conferences

Ad Feature Search ’n Stuff wraps up a landmark year

Gurmeet is the first non-promoter CEO in Saksoft's 25-year history

Ad Feature Saksoft names Gurmeet Chahal as CEO

The new service helps businesses discover how they are being found by customers

Free tool showing local businesses how customers really find them

It was also found 21 per cent have walked away from a purchase altogether because they didn't think it would have much resale potential

Marketplace sellers buy fashion items to sell after just a few wears

Glasgow Prestwick Airport has been in Scottish government ownership for several years now

Aerospace company announces £57million expansion at Prestwick Airport

The findings demonstrate that restaurants power far more than dining

Ad Feature The £95 restaurant ripple effect

The exclusive ceremony was presented by JPMorganChase at London's Hilton Park Lane hotel

Ad Feature Black British Business Awards 2026: Winners announced

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

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