Editor's Note: Sir Tom Hunter was knighted in 2005 for services to entrepreneurship and philanthropy. A long-term advocate of "giving back," Tom has championed the cause of philanthropy in Europe.

Home-grown billionaire’s backing of Children In Need is his latest generous act - Sir Tom Hunter, who started out selling trainers from a van, has a long history of helping good causes.

In July 2007, when Sir Tom Hunter was at the top of his game, his pledge to give away £1bn earned him star billing on the BBC's Ten O'Clock News. Interviewed in the garden of his £50m mansion on ...

Sir Tom Hunter said that he knew of developers who were choosing to take "build to rent" projects to Birmingham or Manchester because they were unsure of how rent caps would work in Scotland.

The mystery donor who paid for the body of Alex Salmond to be flown back to Scotland has been revealed as philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter. The 69-year-old was attending a conference in the city of ...

Sir Tom Hunter is stepping up the amount of money being pumped into his charitable foundation after revealing a £100 million gain from the flotation of online health and beauty seller The Hut ...

Sir Tom Hunter has called on the Scottish Government to meet with him and help push a social enterprise on after a report detailed the level of success MsMissMrs is having in helping women in Glasgow.

Sir Tom Hunter has warned that now is not the time to be “gambling” on another independence referendum.

Sir Tom Hunter used to be regarded as one of the U.K.'s shrewdest investors. But the Scottish entrepreneur no longer looks so clever now that two investments in U.K. housebuilding have unraveled ...

Sir Tom Hunter: "Is there any politician who can hold their head up through this [Brexit] process? You have let us all down." One of Scotland's richest men has accused politicians of letting down ...

Businessman Sir Tom Hunter has confirmed he paid for the chartered flight which will return Alex Salmond’s body to Scotland on Friday.. The former first minister of Scotland died aged 69 after ...

SIR Tom Hunter yesterday challenged Humza Yousaf to scrap “absurd” tax hikes on higher earners. The furious tycoon hit out days before the controversial new 45 per cent band is introduced by ...