Scotland

Multi-sport
Events

The proposal of a curtailed budget of between £130m and £150m for a 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with £100m offset by the CGF, could serve as a blueprint to help attract hosts for future editions.
Multi-sport
Events

Scottish authorities are engaged in talks over Glasgow staging the 2026 Commonwealth Games, 12 years on from playing host, as the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) bids to finally nail down a city or region to rescue the event.
Golf
Industry Moves

James Ralley, World Rugby’s director of partnerships and brand, has left the organisation to become the commercial director for the St Andrews Links Trust, the body that manages the seven links golf courses at St Andrews in Scotland.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

National tourism agency VisitScotland is to look for a new leader of its major events strategy after the experienced Paul Bush decided to step down from his role
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

UK-based life, pensions and investments mutual Royal London has been named as founding partner and front-of-shirt sponsor for the British & Irish Lions women’s team’s first-ever overseas tour.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Cinch has invoked a break clause in its title sponsorship agreement with the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) to allow the online car retailer to exit at the end of the current 2023-24 season
Football
Media

The international broadcast rights to the Scottish Premiership will continue to be sold by Infront until the end of the 2028-29 season after the agency emerged victorious from a recent invitation to tender…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Scottish Professional Football League, Rangers and the Premiership club’s sponsor, Park’s of Hamilton, have agreed to withdraw their arbitration procedure relating to the SPFL’s sponsorship deal with …
Multiple Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

The search has begun for a new naming-rights sponsor for the Emirates Arena, the multi-sport indoor venue in Glasgow, SportBusiness understands
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

EventScotland, an arm of the national tourism organisation that brings sports and cultural events to Scotland, has appointed UK Sport’s Rebecca Edser as its new head.
Football
Industry Moves

Scottish Premiership club Rangers has hired Karim Virani from fan engagement platform Socios.com to become its new chief commercial officer
Rugby Union
Governance

Scottish Rugby has appointed Alexandra Whelan, a broadcast executive at the IMG agency, to a non-executive director role. Whelan joins the board of Scottish Rugby Limited
Football
Industry Moves

Ticketing technology company Secutix has hired former Scottish Football Association (SFA) chief commercial officer Chris Rawlings to the new role of business development lead for the UK and Ireland
Football
Industry Moves

Scottish Football Marketing, the new commercial arm of Scotland’s football bodies, has named Brendan Napier of multinational brewing company Molson Coors as its first commercial director.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Germany-based sports equipment and apparel manufacturer Puma has become the new official match-ball provider to the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and the Scottish Women’s Premier League (…
Football
Industry Moves

James Bisgrove, commercial and marketing director at Glasgow Rangers, has been promoted to the role of chief executive at the Scottish Premiership club
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has said that there are currently no plans for it to follow the lead of the English Premier League by introducing a ban on clubs signing gambling companies…
Football
Media

The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has claimed a win in its fight against piracy after it was granted a permanent interdict (injunction) against licensees that have been illegally streaming…