Fraudulent insurance claims continue to top £1bn
18 November 2025
Finance
FSCS deposit protection to be increased to £120,000 from December
18 November 2025
SNIB invests £50m into Octopus Capital’s Affordable Housing Fund
18 November 2025
ICAS appoints Katie Close as new director of tax
18 November 2025
Aberdeen: Six macro themes that will reshape investing in 2026
18 November 2025
Lanarkshire care home saved thanks to seven-figure funding from Unity Trust Bank
18 November 2025
Azets puts seven SME solutions to Chancellor
18 November 2025
Drinks bodies make joint pre-budget appeal against duty rise
13 November 2025
SWA: Proposed spirits duty rise could add £90m to government borrowing
29 October 2025
Whyte & Mackay sees pretax profits slip by £8m
20 October 2025
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13 October 2025
Hebridean distillery raises a dram to £1.5m investment boost
Benbecula Distillery – one of Scotland’s newest whisky producers, based in the Outer Hebrides – has secured a £1.5 million investment boost from the British Business Bank’s Investment Fund for Scotland.
30 September 2025
Profits dip at Loch Lomond as It hits out at ‘unfair’ taxes on whisky
Whisky distiller Loch Lomond Group has reported a drop in underlying profits to £23.7 million from £29.4m the previous year, with turnover decreasing to £105m from £118m, for the year ending 31 December.
24 September 2025
Wbg’s 168 Whisky Club toasts 12 years of networking
Wbg’s 168 Whisky Club moves into the autumnal season this week with another tasting from Ferguson Whisky, whom it has supported from inception.
23 September 2025
Artisanal Spirits Company replaces RBS financing facility with improved Santander deal
The Artisanal Spirits Company, owner of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, has successfully secured a new £35 million financing facility with Santander.
23 September 2025
RSM: Scottish economy on the rocks amid looming tax rises and ‘no deal’ whisky tariffs
According to RSM UK’s latest Economic Outlook for Q3 2025, the UK was the best performing G7 economy in the first half of 2025, despite low consumer confidence and stagnant business investment.
