Scottish Enterprise support forecast to generate £700m in innovation expenditure
Scottish Enterprise support is forecast to generate over £700m in innovation expenditure – supporting 260 projects spanning multiple industries including the tech sector. The national economic agency will generate an...
Glasgow video interviewing platform secures investment for US expansion
A Glasgow video interviewing platform is expanding in the US after securing £1.5m from investors. Willo – one of the world’s fastest-growing asynchronous video interview platforms – is to scale up its presence in...
Budding authors invited to ‘tweet their pitch’ to secure book deal
Budding authors are being invited to use Twitter and ‘tweet their pitch’ in order to secure a book deal. The call to action came from XpoNorth Digital, a creative industries...
App for birdwatchers and drone inspection service among business awards winners
A drone-based offshore wind turbine inspection service and a social media app for birdwatchers were among 42 startups to share £1.6m in funding at a business awards. The Scottish EDGE...
Scotland’s first national games week puts ‘booming’ sector in spotlight
Scotland’s first national games week celebrated the success of a ‘booming’ sector and gave an opportunity for pioneering designers, coders and educators to collaborate and innovate. With six major events...
Scottish agritech firm to expand operations into the US
A Scottish agritech firm that grows crops in vertically stacked indoors columns to save space, energy and water is set to expand its operations into North America. Intelligent Growth Solutions...
Boost for industrial biotechnology as new grants scheme unveiled
A new uplifted grants scheme to support the growth of industrial biotechnology has been announced by one of Scotland’s innovation centres. The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has launched a...
Edinburgh mobile car care tech firm eyes ambitious growth plan after £500,000 cash injection
A mobile car care and bodywork repairs startup from Edinburgh has secured a £500,000 investment to expand its offer across the UK. Fresh Car, which is based on a franchisee...
Former Grand Theft Auto producer joins tech advisory board at accountancy firm
A former producer for the global best-selling video game Grand Theft Auto has joined a leading Scottish accountancy firm’s tech advisory board. Colin Macdonald will help advise Johnston Carmichael’s clients...
Enterprise in the driving seat
Mark Logan likes to talk about funnels and ecosystems. With the air of a restless science teacher, he talks about pouring fledgling companies into them, with something fully-formed coming out the...

