1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (484+ words) Kate Forbes, the former deputy First Minister and Economy Secretary, has warned that a failure to manage the energy transition properly could see Scotland lose both its skills base and its status in renewables. She fears the country is heading…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (280+ words) A Scottish investment trust is again being targeted by a New York hedge fund demanding boardroom changes. Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust has received a requisition notice from Saba Capital Management which wants shareholders to back the appointment of…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (496+ words) Scottish Labour leadership candidate Michael Marra has proposed a £250 million levy on large alcohol retailers to help tackle drug and alcohol deaths. He said the money, raised over five years, would be directed into frontline treatment, rehabilitation and recovery services,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (262+ words) BBC Scotland could lose up to 60 jobs under severe cutbacks being imposed on the corporation over the next three years. The broadcaster is seeking £500 million in savings by the end of the decade and news staff at Pacific Quay in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (382+ words) Standard Life, the FTSE 100 long-term savings group has raised £2 billion from a consortium of investors to expand its pension risk transfer (PRT) business to support schemes across a broader range of defined benefit schemes. Pension risk transfers allow companies to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (706+ words) JD Sports Fashion, the leisurewear group, has issued a profits warning after its second quarter sales took another downward turn. Group organic sales declined 1.3% in the period, a worsening from the previous quarter’s 0.1% decrease, with like-for-like sales down 3.1%. UK sales…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (347+ words) The international medical travel market is undergoing its own maturation. The early era of impulse travel driven by low headline pricing is giving way to a more discerning market, in which institutional governance, independent accreditation, clinical specialisation and material supply…...