Edinburgh-based hospitality specialist, Signature Group, has announced plans to create over 90 jobs in Edinburgh with the launch of two new bars and restaurants in early 2027. The new venues will be located in the same building, a historic site on Forrest Road, which started life in the late 1800s, as a purpose-built meeting hall for the independent Order of Oddfellows, a mutual-aid society. The new Ember & Fellows restaurants and bars will offer two different hospitality exp

This Christmas, Buccleuch is celebrating the season with a programme of events and experiences at all four of its historic estates: Bowhill House in the Borders; Dalkeith Country Park in Midlothian; Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway; and Boughton in Northamptonshire. Each estate will offer its own distinctive take on Christmas, combining centuries of history with family entertainment, festive shopping and seasonal food and drink. Drumlanrig, Bowhill and Boughton are

Law firm, Gibson Kerr, has appointed a private-client specialist to lead the expansion of its private-client practice across the central belt. Donna Brennan joins as partner and head of personal law, bringing around 30 years of legal experience to the Edinburgh and Glasgow-based firm. Donna joins from Weightmans, where she was a partner responsible for private-client work in Scotland. Her appointment is part of Gibson Kerr's ambitions to strengthen its specialist private-clie

Quickco has announced the expansion of its network with a new car-parts centre in Edinburgh, which opened at the beginning of the month. Based within Evans Halshaw Renault Edinburgh, Quickco is providing local automotive businesses with access to Renault original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts. The opening gives garages, workshops and service centres across Edinburgh and the surrounding areas access to more than 280,000 parts, supported by same-day delivery and within-the

Glasgow-based healthcare and life-sciences company, Phlo, has been named the UK’s ninth fastest-growing technology company in the 2026 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 awards. The business achieved revenue growth of 3,846 per cent over three years. Phlo was the highest-placed company in this year’s ranking from outside London and the southeast of England. Edinburgh-based fintech, Aveni, also features in this year’s Fast 50, ranking 48th, with three-year revenue growth of 727 p

A Michelin-acclaimed Edinburgh restaurant has unveiled its festive ‘Fish-mas’ menus for Christmas and Hogmanay at its waterfront venue on the Shore in Leith. At chef Barry Bryson’s Barry Fish restaurant, the team will be serving up a Christmas and New Year feast from the sea, including a range of Scottish fish and speciality seafood dishes. The restaurant will be open on selected days throughout December, and for lunch and dinner on Christmas Eve. It will be closed from 25-2

Bracewell has announced the opening of a new Edinburgh office and the appointment of Matthew Ansell as senior associate, further strengthening the practice's presence and architectural expertise across Scotland. The new office is located at 40 Constitution Street in Leith, where it will provide the firm with a dedicated base to work more closely with clients, partners and project teams across Edinburgh, the Lothians and the east of Scotland. The expansion is expected to stren

Wedgwood restaurant in Edinburgh’s Canongate has announced that it is offering its 'Christmas dinner in a box' for the third year running. The boxes were originally devised by Wedgwood’s chef, Paul Wedgwood, during the pandemic. This year, there are two boxes available – one for meat eaters, containing a roast turkey, mallard breast or pressed ham hock main course – and a vegetarian version, which has a sweet potato, chestnut and spinach rotolo, with all the traditional trim

Edinburgh creative agency, Fifth House, has created a new brand identity for the organisation formerly known as Voluntary Health Scotland. Now known as Health Creation Scotland, the organisation worked in partnership with Fifth House to create the new identity, following a collaborative strategic and creative process designed to reflect the organisation’s role as a national voice for Scotland’s third-sector health organisations. At the heart of the new visual identity is a

A group of veteran whisky entrepreneurs have combined forces to launch MBH Holding, an independent Scottish spirits group operating across Scotch whisky, independent bottling, branded products, travel, cask ownership and rare spirits. The founders reported that they anticipate a combined turnover of £16m and an estimated £5m market value in casks and bottles. They also said that the group has been established with a long-term, sustainable growth strategy, combining establishe

Global private-markets manager, CVC Capital Partners (CVC), has announced the opening of an office in Edinburgh, expanding the firm’s presence in the UK.The new office in the South Gyle, is set to be home to 20 people. Ken Young, managing partner and chief operating officer, said: “There is a fantastic pool of talent in Edinburgh, thanks to the city’s history as one of the world’s first global financial centres and as a birthplace of the modern asset-management industry. The

Scottish chartered-surveying firm, Shepherd is stepping up its expansion in England with the opening of a new Mayfair office and an enhanced focus on London's commercial and residential-property markets. The move marks a significant new chapter in the firm's English growth strategy, bringing together its established London team with additional senior expertise in commercial-agency and residential valuations. The new office, at 12 Bolton Street, will be home to commercial-agen

A family-run Edinburgh property firm managing around 15,000 properties across Scotland has acquired new headquarters, as it marks 50 years in business and targets further growth. Trinity Factoring Services, which provides property factoring, lettings and buildings-insurance services, has purchased the whole of the Canal Court office space on Craiglockhart Avenue, with support from a building-transition loan from Bank of Scotland. Trinity currently employs 75 people, including

Edinburgh-based Draconite, which specialises in heat-protection technology, has been named ‘Most Promising Small Business’ at KPMG UK’s annual Black Entrepreneurs’ Awards, receiving a £25,000 cash prize to invest in the company. Now in its seventh year, the initiative supports emerging entrepreneurs by providing them with a platform to showcase their ventures to a wider audience and enabling opportunities for growth. Four businesses were selected as winners from 12 finalists

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has appointed Clare Dewar as a partner in its real-estate team in Scotland. Clare, who joins from Brodies, brings more than 20 years' experience in commercial real-estate matters. In recent years she has advised on some of Scotland's most significant transactions, including major retail, office and hotel acquisitions and disposals, portfolio-management mandates and complex development projects. Clare will work closely with the firm’s nati

South Queensferry’s Crab & Lobster Fish Shack has made the finals, in the Field to Fryer category, as well as Top 10 Best Fish & Chip Restaurants category, in the National Fish & Chip Awards 2027. It joins only two other Scottish businesses in the former category and is the only Scottish representative in the latter. All go through now to the grand final in London in February next year. Commenting on the Field to Fryer listing, which celebrates chips, the restaurant’s owner,

Business confidence in Scotland rose 13 points during October to 49 per cent, according to the latest Business Barometer from Bank of Scotland. Companies in Scotland reported higher confidence in their own trading outlook month-on-month, up 13 points at 63 per cent. When taken alongside their optimism in the economy, up 14 points to 35 per cent, this gives a headline confidence reading of 49 per cent (in comparison with 36 per cent in September 2026). Scottish firms' optimi

Edinburgh’s GoFibre has been named the UK’s fastest-growing broadband provider in the 2026 UK Fast Growth Index, published in partnership with UBS. Founded in the Borders and now headquartered in Edinburgh, the business builds full-fibre broadband for rural communities across Scotland and northern England. It reaches more than 130,000 homes and businesses. Sam Calvert, chief commercial officer at GoFibre, said: “GoFibre, as an independent Scottish company, is proud to be ba

A former school site in Edinburgh is to be developed as an extra-care community following its sale. Landsdowne Campus, in Murrayfield, has been purchased by developer, Vivere, adding to its existing extra-care community portfolio and marking its first venture in Scotland. The sale was handled by Savills on behalf of St George’s School. The site previously accommodated the school’s middle-school campus, which has now been relocated to its main site for the 2025/26 academic yea

When an acclaimed chef opens their first restaurant in Scotland, people have questions. Will they ‘put a kilt on it’ – or will they stay true to their usp, with a respectful nod to the country’s produce and culinary traditions? As Ottolenghi was one of my favourite places to eat when I lived in London, I was interested to see how it would land over the border. The first time I ate there, it felt like I’d been eating in black and white all my life and was now eating in colo