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Major shift for energy firm

ScottishPower wholly focused on wind after £702m Drax deal

Cruachan power station
The imposing Cruachan hydro station is part of the deal   ScottishPower has sold its hydro and gas-fired generation to Drax in a deal that will make the Glasgow-based companyRead More

Vital to rural economy

Scottish salmon farming hits new record

Salmon industry is vital to the rural economy   Scottish salmon farmers produced a record harvest and exports last year as the industry continues to underpin the rural economy. TheRead More

Rare new role for tech tycoon

Apple pioneer Wozniak teams up with Mone in venture fund

Doug Barrowman, Michelle Mone,Steve Wozniak pic EquiGlobal
Game changers: Doug Barrowman,  Steve Wozniak and Lady Mone   Apple Computer tycoon Steve Wozniak has confirmed that he is joining Baroness Michelle Mone and her partner Doug Barrowman as a co-founder of EquiRead More

Funding rises for care firms

Ageing population drives venture capital to health sector

Chris McCann and Stewart Whiting
Chris McCann and Stewart Whiting of Snap40 who raised £6.1m in seed funding   Healthcare is heading a list of sectors attracting investment from venture capital providers as an ageingRead More

Aberdeen engineer acquired

EnerMech in £450m sale to US asset manager Carlyle Group

Doug Duguid
Doug Duguid: ‘positive news for staff and clients’   Engineering company EnerMech Group has been acquired from Lime Rock Partners by global alternative asset manager and Nasdaq listed Carlyle GroupRead More

Technology partnership

Big Data to extend global customer base after Incremental deal

Neil Logan and Peter Ellen
Neil Logan, CEO Incremental Group, Peter Ellen, CEO Big Data for Humans   A Scottish customer insights company has forged a strategic partnership with a data science firm to enableRead More

Exclusive: property talks

Israeli fund Migdal pursuing £60m deal for Tanfield

Tanfield
Tanfield: new owner on cards   Israeli fund Migdal is believed to be in talks about the £60 million acquisition of a business centre in Edinburgh which is home toRead More

Merger completes

CYBG-Virgin shares begin trading on stock exchange

Virgin Money flag 2
Virgin: aquired in June (pic: Terry Murden)   Shares in the newly-combined CYBG and Virgin Money bank begin trading on the London Stock Exchange today following the £1.7bn merger of theRead More

Cross border trade plan

Forbes heads to Dublin for Scots-Irish ‘cluster’ talks

Kate Forbes, SNP digital minister
Kate Forbes: travels to Ireland (pic: Terry Murden)   Scottish minister Kate Forbes will travel to Ireland this week for talks aimed at building a new cross-border financial and technologyRead More

Prices ready to tick upwards

Aberdeen poised for property boom as oil workers return

Aberdein Considine sale
Agents expect buyers to move into the market as oil price rises   Property specialists in the north east of Scotland believe an upturn in the oil price is aboutRead More