Category: Business & Economy

A new head of commercialisation is set to spearhead support for startup and spinout companies at Edinburgh’s Heriot Watt University. Grant Wheeler will will to achieve ‘great cohesion’ between academic…

Scotland is set to benefit from an “investment zone” and a special fund to boost innovation and science in Glasgow.  The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the measures in the Budget…

Staring down the barrel of a recession while the earth burns and a war rages in Europe, it’s easy to think we are all doomed. But, when it comes to…

A group of leading female business figures are to come together to discuss the findings of a new report aimed at boosting the number of women entrepreneurs. The new Scottish…

A skills event is to be hosted in Glasgow to address recruitment challenges faced by businesses in the city. The ‘Skill the Gap’ event next month aims to educate businesses…

Fourteen Scottish tech company founders will get the chance to showcase their products and services in the US market through a government-backed business mission. The founders will travel to New…

Thirty-one ideas designed to encourage more women to become entrepreneurs are being ’carefully considered’ by government, Nicola Sturgeon said today. The First Minister signalled that the Scottish Government will ’respond…

With energy bills at a record high, new research has shown that more than half (59 per cent) of Scots with a smart meter are monitoring their gas and electricity…

The finalists for the annual celebration of business-academic partnerships in Scotland that show innovation have been revealed. Twenty-two nominees have been shortlisted in the eighth Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards, hosted…