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How cycling’s marginal gains theory could revolutionise food production

It was a coaching strategy that helped deliver unparalleled success for Britain’s elite cyclists since the turn of the century.

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The UK Space Agency, in partnership with Lockheed Martin and Orbex, has put forward a plan to build a launch site for rockets to carry micro-satellites

Firm behind Sutherland spaceport pledges to operate in a 'green manner'

A company backing a proposed spaceport in the remote north of Scotland has promised to operate in a "green manner" ahead of an environmental assessment of the site.

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The firm is leading a global team monitoring the construction of the New Safe Confinement. Picture: contributed.

Edinburgh experts help build 'largest movable steel structure' for Chernobyl

An Edinburgh-based construction and property firm has detailed the “vital” monitoring work it is conducting regarding the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine.

Business

Scottish salmon remains one of the country's biggest exports. Picture: PA

Bill Jamieson analyses the Scottish Government's A Trading Nation export plan

Calling the Scottish diaspora, the army of Global Scots, enterprise agencies and Scottish Development International: the Holyrood administration’s giant 230-page plan to boost our exports – Scotland: A Trading Nation – may well render its readers comatose.

Business

How cycling’s marginal gains theory could revolutionise food production

Firm behind Sutherland spaceport pledges to operate in a 'green manner'

Edinburgh experts help build 'largest movable steel structure' for Chernobyl

Bill Jamieson analyses the Scottish Government's A Trading Nation export plan

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