Deloitte’s latest survey of UK Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) shows that 59% of the UK’s largest businesses have become more optimistic over the past 12 months on the potential for AI to boost the performance of their own organisation - up from 39% when last measured in the third quarter of 2024.
Thousands of high street jobs are at risk after The Original Factory Shop filed for administration and Claire’s Accessories lined up restructuring advisers amid fears of a second insolvency.
Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Oil prices and shares in major US energy companies rose sharply yesterday following the weekend capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro.
The union Unite has challenged the government to demonstrate “whose side it is on” after Phillips 66 agreed to acquire the assets of the Prax Lindsey oil refinery following its collapse into administration.
Aldi recorded its strongest Christmas trading in Britain as shoppers cut costs while still splashing out on premium festive food.
Scotland is set to mark its men’s national team’s return to the World Cup with a proposed public holiday after qualification for the tournament for the first time since 1998.
Inverurie Locos have announced plans to turn their ground into a £20million retail park as the club explores plans to a new stadium.
Iska Birnie Photography helps businesses and entrepreneurs show up confidently and consistently in their marketing through professional brand, commercial and headshot photography.
TrustFord Aberdeen is back open and ready to welcome customers after a very wintry start to the year.
Researchers from The James Hutton Institute’s International Barley Hub (IBH), working within an international consortium led by the research units of the Clermont-Auvergne-Rhône- Alpes Centre (INRAE-UCA), have identified genomic evidence of convergentselection, a process where unrelated, or distantly related, crop species independently evolve similar genetic adaptations to the same environmental pressures.
Subsea Expo will return to Aberdeen next month with a refreshed programme of activity, bringing the underwater sector together under a new theme - “The Next Wave”.