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Rhona Bree, who joins Equity Gap from Scottish Enterprise as a senior investment and portfolio manager, with Fraser Lusty, who becomes managing director.

Edinburgh investment syndicate Equity Gap unveils shake-up at top

From left: Sir Ian Wood, Deborah O’Neil, ONE's CEO Jennifer Craw, and Richard Lochhead MSP at the ONE BioHub launch. Picture: Newsline Media.

Aberdeen's £40m landmark ONE BioHub life sciences epicentre makes official debut

Vault City co-founder Steven Smith-Hay: 'I’m really proud to say that four in every five sour beers sold in the UK comes from Vault City.'

Edinburgh sour beer maker on a mission as turnover heads towards £5m

Blockchain works by allowing digital information to be recorded and distributed across a network of computers then stored in blocks that hold sets of data and linked together through cryptography.

Blockchain tech set to add £4.5 billion to Scotland’s economy by 2030

The Matthew Algie senior management team at the green bean facility.

Historic Glasgow coffee roaster adding dozens of jobs with major investment

(L-R back row) Team members Cameron Allan, Mathew Munro, Ruaraidh Carmichael, Daryn Smith, Alan Robertson, Alan Rooke, Christina Simpson, Sandy Allan, Liz Hepburn, Dave Morrison and Tracey Valentine. (L-R front row) Louise Nowell, Graham Clark, Will Cox and Beverley Large.

Perthshire off-road driving and training centre switches to employee-ownership

A unique burrowing robot which ‘swims’ through grain bulks to ensure crops are stored more efficiently has been launched by agritech developer Crover, a new tenant of the world-leading centre for robotics and artificial intelligence the National Robotarium (National Robotarium)

Grain-surfing robot set to revolutionise crop management

Left to right: Gillian Fleming of Mint Ventures, Nicola Kennedy of Heero Technologies, Kathy Kinder of The TriCapital Syndicate LLP, and Deborah Hudson of Shackleton Ventures. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Dundee start-up gains six-figure backing for app aimed at cutting energy bills

Artist's impression of part of the planned Lomond Banks development
Pic: Lomond Banks

'Record' 65,000 objections against Loch Lomond Flamingo Land resort plan

Auticon UK says its focus is 'recruiting and retaining talent based on identifying and playing to the strengths of the individual' - and good for businesses. Picture: Kent Smith/Hand Cranked Films Inc.

Autistic people 'face catalogue of barriers preventing entry to workforce'

Causeway Therapeutics is a spinout from the University of Glasgow.

Glasgow Uni spin-out gains £9m to work on treatment for 'neglected' tennis elbow

'We’ve seen lots of very good innovative tech companies start up and become great SMEs within Scotland,' says Ms Meechan. Picture: Greg Macvean.

Analysis: ScotlandIS boss Karen Meechan examines outlook for tech sector

The Glasgow-based medtech business has 15 staff and is expanding its network in Europe and the US. Picture: Andrew Cawley.

Blood test pioneer Dxcover secures 'significant' seven-figure funding injection

The business angel groups invested their money with co-investment coming from other private sector investors and public sector agencies. Picture: Jon Savage

Business angel investment tops record £50 million in 2022 - Linc Scotland

Kathrina Skinner (Waire Health), Mark Beaumont (Eos) and Dave Hurhangee (Waire Health). Picture: Stewart Attwood

Fife start-up secures £2m investment for device that can help ease bed blocking

PneumoWave says its remote patient-monitoring technology can assist early detection of potentially fatal conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, opioid-induced respiratory depression, and paediatric respiratory monitoring. Picture: contributed.

SNIB hails role in seven-figure bankrolling of healthtech firm PneumoWave

From left: technician Richard Osborne and Professor Dragan Jovcic from the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen beside the DC circuit-breaker. Picture: contributed.

University projects net collective £150k to support renewable energy

Bayile Adeoti, founder of Glasgow-based Dechomai, a social enterprise working to empower ethnic minority women with leadership and enterprise skills, has been named one of this year’s Unsung Heroes. Picture: contributed.

Survey highlights 'magic that happens' to help early-stage Scots start-ups

Shahida Imani, CEO of Edinburgh-based Chromacity . Picture: Peter Dibdin

Edinburgh laser innovator Chromacity secures funds and names two new directors

Euan Tripp, partner at Anderson Strathern: 'Despite the uncertainty and disruption during 2022, it has been a very positive year for investment deal activity.'

Anderson Strathern 'cautiously optimistic' for 2023 after record investment year

The facility, which is set to be ready in the spring, will span 31,000 sq ft, and initially create 11 new jobs as well as safeguarding a further 14. Picture: contributed.

Aberdeenshire timber frame firm creating £4m environmentally friendly factory

Fergus Moore, Dawn Thompson, Ryan Taylor and Scott Kennedy of Revive Eco.

Glasgow start-up that recycles used coffee grounds bags £375,000 investment

Adrian Gillespie, CEO, Scottish Enterprise. Picture: Scottish Enterprise / Alan McAteer

Scottish Enterprise funding set to generate £700m of innovation activity

'We have established a close, long-term relationship with Barclays Eagle Labs... and we look forward to building on that rapport,' says AccelerateHER CEO Elizabeth Pirrie. Picture: contributed.

New partnership aims to help 40 UK female-led firms accelerate

David McElroy, CEO; Gary Loake, founder and chief science officer; Andrew Durkie, partner at Eos. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Edinburgh biotech start-up gets £2.6m injection to scale up business

The Snappy Group is formed of two businesses, Snappy Shopper and Hungrrr, providing technology services to the growing UK convenience grocery and hospitality sectors, respectively.

Scottish convenience store delivery platform bags 'seven-figure' funding deal

From left: the firm's four co-founders CTO Professor Damion Corrigan; CSO Professor Paul Hoskisson, CEO Dr Stuart Hannah, and chair Dr Poonam Malik. Picture: contributed.

Microplate Dx nets 'significant' seed funding to scale pioneering test

AccelerateHER chief executive Elizabeth Pirrie has welcomed the additional support.

Scottish Enterprise signed up as 'key partner' for AccelerateHER awards

Jan Robertson enthuses over the Scottish life sciences sector’s export potential at last week’s event. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Ad Feature Life sciences: Wide world of possibilities

Technology innovation organisation CPI is opening its medicines manufacturing innovation centre at the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) in Renfrewshire.

Medical innovation centre to bring 100 'high-value' jobs to Glasgow city region

The investment in new premises will allow global corporation Marubeni Europower to drive forward its work to support Scotland’s journey to net zero.

Japanese firm involved in Scottish green projects launches Glasgow base

Evelyn McDonald, CEO Scottish Edge; Judith Cruickshank, managing director, commercial mid market at Royal Bank of Scotland, and Steven Hamill, COO Scottish Edge. Picture: Sandy Young/scottishphotographer.com

£1.5 million boost for high-growth firms as latest Scottish Edge launches

Jock Gardiner, John Duncan (Alba Equity), Ben Bamford, Ben Stuart.

Aberdeen packing tech outfit to ramp up operations and add staff

Claire Cramm, Iain Anderson, Benjamin O'Brien, Paul Atkinson and Tom Croy. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Edinburgh tech jobs boost as New Zealand firm opens 'centre of excellence'

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with Sanjeev Gupta, the head of the Liberty Group, ahead of a ceremony where Tata Steel handed over the keys of two Lanarkshire steel plants to metals firm Liberty House, at Dalzell steelworks in Scotland.

GFG Alliance 'part company' with Dalzell steelworks auditors

The team at Kilwinning-based Shuttle Buses - all 70 employees have been given a stake in the business. Picture: contributed.

Ayrshire bus and coach company changes lanes to employee-ownership model

MiAlgae managing director Douglas Martin. Picture: Martin Shields

Edinburgh biotech behind sustainable pet food nets £2.3m investment

Startup Grind Scotland's Nick Murray interviewing UserTesting CEO Andy MacMillan in Edinburgh last week

MacMillan offers an insight into UserTesting - Nick Freer

Andrew Vincent with the building blocks, which are made from recycled plastic. Picture: 360 Bid

Fresh investment sees Scottish building block firm attack defence market

From left: Johnny Mone, head of business innovation at UWS, and AlbaSense founder Professor Des Gibson. Picture: Elaine Livingstone.

Paisley-based spin-out AlbaSense aims to shake up thin film and sensor industry

More than 20,000 objections have been received to the Flamingo Land proposals. Picture: John Devlin

More than 20,000 objections lodged over Flamingo Land’s Loch Lomond plans

Scottish EDGE COO Steven Hamill and CEO Evelyn McDonald. Picture: Sandy Young Photography.

Scottish EDGE returns 'bigger and better' with latest round open for submissions

STAC CEO Paul Wilson at front centre, with STAC team, advisers and cohort. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Scottish Enterprise backs Internet of Things accelerator as more firms join up

From left: Charles Sweeney, Kirsten Lord, and David Ovens. Picture: Jamie Williamson.

Healthtech firm PhysioMedics strengthening with seven-figure investment

The latest figures were welcomed by ministers from both the Scottish and UK governments. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Inward investment projects create 4,400 jobs in Scotland in past year

Cytomos board: Alan Raymond, Stuart White, Mark Collinbourne, Nicola Broughton, Gino Miele, with Sarah Hardy from Archangels.

Edinburgh life sciences firm behind cell analysis tech secures £1.6m funding

Employee-owned firms have been found to enjoy 'fairer workplaces, greater staff engagement, and enhanced employee wellbeing' compared to other business types (file image). Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

The future of business success is about more than just profits - comment

From left: Nicola Wee, chief marketing officer; Jamie Hunter, chief operating officer; Joseph Twigg, CEO; and Andy Johnston, chief revenue officer. Picture: contributed.

'Regtech' firm Aveni scaling AI-backed platform with seven-figure funding boost

The latest recipients of the awards and funding celebrate. Scottish Edge is the biggest funding competition for high growth potential businesses. Picture: Sandy Young

Scottish Edge awards: 40 firms with 'entrepreneurial potential' share £1.5m

Mark Bustard, chief executive of IBioIC. Picture: Chris Watt

Scotland’s industrial biotech sector to be worth £1.2 billion by 2025

Livingston-based Brewster Brothers, which recycles 99 per cent of all construction, demolition and excavation waste it processes for reuse, currently serves about a fifth of the construction market.

West Lothian recycling specialist nets funding to create 22 'green' jobs

Subsea equipment being cleaned as part of the work carried out by Legasea. Picture: contributed.

Aberdeenshire start-up Legasea eyes more contracts after Celtic Sea project

IGS announced its £42 million Series B round at COP26 last November

How to make Scotland’s tech sector international - Nick Freer

John McNicol, director at Kelvin Capital, and Fiona Marshall, chief executive at Biotangents.

Edinburgh biotech to use £2.2m funding to improve disease detection in cattle

The company says the funding round will enable it to progress its first soloMER drugs into the clinic and accelerate its product pipeline. Picture: Lewis J Houghton/www.lewspics.com.

Aberdeen-based life sciences pioneer Elasmogen secures seven-figure boost

Alex McVey, Michiel Smith, Teuta Pilizota and Moray Martin. Picture: Stewart Attwood

University of Edinburgh start-up to set up lab and grow team with £1m funding

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First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf tries his hand at hedge trimming during campaigning in Pollok (Pic: Robert Perry/PA Wire)

Deposit return scheme on the brink as Alister Jack rejects call for concessions

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown during a 'Making Britain Work For Scotland' rally

Gordon Brown’s latest ‘save the Union’ plan faces reality check

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