Scotland stories
Halifax customers will keep their account details as Lloyds Banking Group folds the brand into Lloyds, with no immediate action needed.
The Edinburgh cyber security firm is betting on Hanes to speed international growth as demand rises for help managing AI-driven threats.
The distributor has unified its UK and Ireland sales teams as it seeks a single route to market for partners and vendors across Europe.
The financing will fund MSAI's largest sovereign hardware deployment to date, with new compute installed in Scotland for UK-based AI customers.
The trip connected 25 Hong Kong and Mainland firms with UK investors and policymakers as both sides chase green finance and clean-tech deals.
Smaller UK firms faced tighter funding in 2025 as AI deals drew 44% of equity investment, the British Business Bank said.
Smaller UK businesses saw funding weaken as AI deals soaked up a record share of equity investment, despite overall market value slipping 4%.
The UK developer's expansion into energy and data centres gets new finance and technology leadership as it eyes GBP £12 billion of spending.
The appointment comes as Scotland's digital sector contributes GBP £7.5 billion to the economy and faces pressure to fill 13,000 annual vacancies.
Employee-owned Livingston James is keeping succession internal as it expands into specialist finance and overseas markets amid firm demand.
Women's underrepresentation in cyber has prompted a Scotland-wide push to widen the talent pipeline as the sector expands 20% in a year.
A lean network of specialists helped Echo3 sell more than 80,000 health and safety courses while keeping costs low in its early years.
Editors can now build synced sound effects inside Adobe Premiere Pro, cutting rough sound design time for smaller teams under pressure.
An opt-out class action over Google Play fees could see thousands of UK developers seek more than GBP £1 billion in damages.
With AI tools spreading through the bank, 60,000 NatWest staff will now be trained to spot ethical risks and handle them responsibly.
Broadband gaps could spoil live action for 2.4 million UK households as millions stream football matches this summer.
Rising cyber threats to essential power systems have prompted the Scottish grid operator to tap European research and expertise.
British firms seeking compliant AI processing can now keep inference workloads inside the UK as energy and data rules tighten.
The proposed campus could bring more than 1,300 long-term jobs and nearly GBP £1 billion in investment if Falkirk Council approves it.
Developers face fresh planning pressure as the charter demands renewable power, low water use and heat links for new Scottish sites.
