Business

Isle of Skye Candle Company has beaten a longlist of more than 1,000 retailers to be named one of the 14 most innovative independent stores in the UK.

Scottish FTSE-listed shares outperformed the wider market in the first quarter of this year while their counterparts on London’s junior market struggled, according to analysis from Brewin Dolphin.

CodeClan is launching a voluntary initiative enabling not-for-profits and community organisations to benefit from graduates’ digital capabilities.

New information released by TSB reveals the bank is reducing hours at around 70 branches in Scotland, with four premises closing outright later this year.

An independent optician says it has become the largest firm of its kind in Scotland following the acquisition of nine branches from Black & Lizars.

New information released by TSB reveals the bank is reducing hours at around 70 branches in Scotland, with four premises closing outright later this year.

Two North Uist-based brothers who founded a scallop fishing business a decade ago have bought a new vessel, thanks to a six-figure funding package.

Nationwide has teamed up with a cohort of fintechs as part of an initiative aiming to use open banking principles to help customers in financial difficulty.

Scotland’s businesses are being encouraged to become world leaders in sustainability and embrace the economic opportunities that environmental changes can bring.

Jane Fonda writes in May’s ­special edition of Vogue, celebrating women over 50: “It’s important to understand that older women are the fastest-growing demographic in the whole world. It’s time to recognise our value.”

Broadcaster STV Group has flagged a resilient advertising market and posted a double-digit hike in digital revenues.

An Edinburgh-founded spa and beauty firm has netted a six-figure funding boost as it expands its network across the UK and mulls overseas expansion.

With the retail sector under pressure from changes in consumer behaviour and the impact of online competitors, there are concerns, not only for retailers, but for commercial property landlords and developers who rely on its success.

This evening, business ­leaders, academics and senior politicians will ­gather in the Scottish Parliament to learn about the Value of Data ­campaign, led by Europe’s largest not-for-profit trade association in the data and ­marketing industry, the DMA.

Developers have unveiled ambitious final plans for a controversial £30 million tourism hub at the foot of Loch Lomond that would see the creation of a “world-class family holiday village”.

Scottish legal heavyweight Shepherd and Wedderburn has elected Andrew Blain as its new managing partner.

More than 200 British businesses were today given awards for enterprise, with three-quarters of them small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Electricity is “spoken of as a commodity”, states energy engineer Alastair Martin. But he points out that it could equally be described as an event – and one requiring razor-like precision at that.

Nationalism is an insufficient prescription for the great social, economic and environmental challenges we face in these extraordinary times, writes Richard Leonard.