Month: April 2025

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Clan Cancer Support has appointed two new Trustees to its Board and 32 new ambassadors to strengthen the work the charity is doing to support local people impacted by cancer.   Dr Deborah O’Neil and Dr Kirsten Cassidy have been appointed to Clan’s Board of directors, bolstering the charity’s health sector expertise.   Dr O’Neil trained […]

The Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) has announced the appointment of eight new directors to its board, strengthening its leadership team with a diverse range of expertise from across the tourism sector. The new board members are: Fiona MacConnacher, head of public affairs UK and Ireland at Booking.com Jane McFadzean, senior director for global sustainability at […]

Venture Capital (VC) investment into Scotland’s start-up and scaling businesses increased slightly in the opening quarter of 2025, according to the latest KPMG Private Enterprise Venture Pulse report. Twenty-seven investments were concluded in the region, highlighting sustained appetite among VC investors looking to support Scotland’s burgeoning start-up community. Having raised £92.3 million in the final […]

Although discussing wellness in the workplace has become less of a taboo over recent years, work-related mental health issues are costing the UK economy over £57 billion each year – a figure that has nearly doubled in recent years. Businesses failing to acknowledge employee wellbeing is no longer feasible, resulting in a decline in productivity […]

As economic uncertainty spurred by Trump’s tariffs takes hold across the footwear industry, Skechers USA Inc. started off fiscal 2025 with record sales, but it’s retracting its yearly guidance. The Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based footwear company reported net sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2025 of $2.41 billion, a 7.1 percent increase from $2.25 billion […]

Adidas is starting fiscal 2025 on a strong note, with first quarter earnings reflecting double-digit growth across all markets and channels. According to the German athletic company’s preliminary results for Q1 2025, Adidas saw revenues grow nearly 700 million euros, or 13 percent, to 6.15 billion euros in the period, up from 5.46 billion at […]

Scotmid Co-operative has reported a trading profit of £4.3 million and a turnover increase of £4.5 million to reach £429.4 million for the year ending 25 January 2025. The mutual also closed the year with record net assets of £127.2 million, strengthening its balance sheet despite continued market volatility. Chief executive Karen Scott praised the […]