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Shipyard plan

McColl in surprise bid to regain control of Ferguson Marine

Jim McColl
Jim McColl: thought to have lodged bid Scottish tycoon Jim McColl is seeking to regain control of the Ferguson Marine shipyard just weeks after he was forced to relinquish controlRead More

Bank review

Sainsbury’s looking for £1.3bn from sale of mortgage book

Sainsbury's Bank hq
Sainsbury’s Bank is based at the Gyle Sainsbury’s could be the second supermarket chain to offload its mortgage book following a review of its financial services arm. The company isRead More

Household services deal

Ovo moves into big energy league after £500m deal with SSE

SSE
Ovo has become Britain’s biggest energy supplier in the UK after British Gas after sealing a deal to acquire Perth-based SSE’s household retail business. The ‘challenger’ energy company will payRead More

Russia deal

Pipe specialist STATS signs MoU for Putin’s offshore gas project

President of INTRA Services Alexander Shilov, Sakhalin Energy CEO Roman Dashkov, STATS Group Technical Adviser – Global BD Support, Dave Vernon Pipeline technology firm, STATS Group has secured a dealRead More

Glasgow relocation

Mobile marketing firm Digitonic moves to new HQ

Grant Fraser Iain Wilcox, Lynsay Cameron and Steven Richardson
Grant Fraser Iain Wilcox, Lynsay Cameron and Steven Richardson Smart mobile marketing agency, Digitonic, has relocated its head office in Glasgow city centre, investing six figures converting a disused space oppositeRead More

Royal Navy contract

Johnson unveils £1.25bn frigate boost for Scottish shipyard

Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier
Rosyth has been completing work on aircraft carriers Shipyard workers’ jobs in Scotland and Northern Ireland will be secured by the awarding of a £1.25bn contract to build five frigatesRead More

Fund raised

Boundary raises £1.22m from Equity Gap and SIB for alarm

Hiring: Robin Knox and Paul Walton Home security startup, Boundary, has secured £1.22 million from Equity Gap and the Scottish Investment Bank to create several jobs and prepare for launch.Read More

Property deal

Paulo and DiRollo sell Coulters Lettings to Gilson Gray

Matt Gray, Sam Paulo, Marcus DiRollo, Glen Gilson
New team: Matt Gray, Sam Paulo, Marcus DiRollo, Glen Gilson Law firm Gilson Gray has bulked up its property business by acquiring Coulters Lettings just a month after residential estateRead More

Support for hatchery firm

Robot mower entrepreneur raises funds for cut of lawn market

Joan Kangro: disruption A Scotland-based entrepreneur who is aiming to revolutionise the lucrative lawncare market has secured investment of £400,000 in an initial funding round. Estonian Joan Kangro founded KingdomRead More

Bid possible

Eddie Stobart confirms takeover interest from DBAY Advisors

Eddie Stobart
Offer could be forthcoming for trucks firm Haulage firm Eddie Stobart has confirmed that it has received an expression of interest in acquiring the company. Funds managed by DBAY AdvisorsRead More