Appointedd founder wins Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year
Leah Hutcheon, CEO and founder of Appointedd, has won Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year at the Scotland and Northern Ireland round of the Royal Bank of Scotland Great British…
Pupils from Park Mains High School in Erskine win inaugural #DigiInventorsChallenge
An idea to develop an app that encourages young people and their families to enjoy healthy living at home has picked up first prize at the inaugural #DigiInventorsChallenge. Announced last…
Scottish health care startup Care Sourcer secures largest contract to date
Scottish health tech startup Care Sourcer has secured its largest contract to date and is now working alongside NHS Gloucestershire Foundation Trust in phase 2 of a project won through the Small…
Scottish Enterprise partnership helps LendingCrowd fund 33 Scottish SMEs
A year on from its partnership with Scottish Enterprise, LendingCrowd, Scotland’s only alternative finance provider to SMEs, has completed 33 loan deals to Scottish companies to the tune of £3…
Technology first focus area for new VisitScotland #ideasbecomelegend campaign
Technology will be the first area of focus for an ambitious new VisitScotland campaign which aims to grow Scotland’s multi-million pound business events sector by positioning the country as a…
Face of Scottish ‘witch’ reconstructed by Dundee scientists
The face of a Scottish woman persecuted for witchcraft more than 300 years ago has been reconstructed by forensic scientists at the University of Dundee. Lilias Adie died in 1704…
3 minutes with… Leah Hutcheon, Appointedd
FutureScot met with Leah Hutcheon, CEO and Founder of online booking and scheduling system Appointedd, to discuss her startup journey, her vision for the future of the company and her…
5 tips for starting your own business that we picked up at the Startup Summit
The Startup Summit took place yesterday at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh. FutureScot was there and picked up some handy tips for starting up and running your own business! 1….
Scottish Equity Partners announces investment in Dotmatics
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed a significant investment in leading global scientific informatics software provider Dotmatics. The company, founded in 2005, delivers enterprise solutions tailored to the modern, highly collaborative and mobile…
£2.6m announced for science centres to encourage STEM uptake
Funding of £2.6m has been confirmed for Scotland’s four science centres. The figure includes money to subsidise school transport costs and increase engagement with under-represented and harder to reach groups,…
