Laser-etchers carve out a win

A HIGH-TECH laser-etching firm has clinched the prestigious Alba Innovation Challenge top prize.

Optoscribe, headed up by Nicholas Psaila, has been named outright winner of the national business competition, walking away with the award and a prize package of up to 50,000, which includes a combination of financial and business support.

The competition was launched by West Lothian Council's Business Gateway last summer in a bid to attract the country's best innovators to West Lothian.

The awards were presented at Livingston's Alba Innovation Centre last Thursday.

Mr Psaila said: "It will enable us to establish the company, and give us an ideal base for developing."