Venture capital investment into South West businesses is rising with innovative firms securing almost half a billion pounds last year. New data from financial services giant KPMG has shown companies in the region secured £455m across 124 deals in 2022. This represented a 9% rise from the £416m raised in 2021. KPMG said almost half […]
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The residential property letting market in Glasgow and its surrounds remains remarkably healthy, with continuing strong demand for accommodation, property professional Riccardo Giovanacci (pictured above) has revealed on an influential investment podcast. Despite fears of UK-wide recession and concerns over tax disparities in Scotland compared to England, confidence is high and the city is an
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Aberdeen-based diversity and inclusion organisation AFBE-UK Scotland is calling on black and minority ethnic (BME) leaders to join the next cohort of its Transcend programme. Transcend is designed for BME professionals with more than 10 years’ experience in senior to lead engineering and technical roles to help them progress to high-level management and executive
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A landmark ‘planet positive’ office development is set to power up the second phase of development work at Newcastle’s key regeneration zone Stephenson Quarter. The Pioneer – a 100,000sqft building set over 10 storeys with indoor and outdoor workspace – has been unveiled by the joint venture leading the redevelopment of the area, having been
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A rail group is now under UK ownership and sporting a new name following the completion of a management buyout from its Dutch parent company. Abellio UK is now called Transport UK Group and functioning as a standalone entity after the MBO deal was completed with its state-backed owner Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The buyout has received
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Commercial property firm UK Land Estates has re-acquired significant chunks of three North East industrial estates in a major multimillion-pound deal. The landlord and developer, which now has about 600 tenants across its properties, has bought parts of North Tyneside’s New York Industrial Estate, Cramlington Nelson Park and Boldon Industrial Estate in an undisclosed deal.
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Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has announced a new partnership with the British Army which will see it provide more than 170 homes for soldiers and their families in Gloucestershire. The company said a “landmark” purchase agreement it had reached with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation – the operator of the MoD’s built and rural estate.- would help
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Systal Technology Solutions, a global managed network and security service and transformation specialist, has revealed the latest cyber defence technologies that are helping to revolutionise cyber delivery innovation across Scotland and beyond. Unveiled at an exclusive event to kick-start Cyber Scotland Week at its Glasgow HQ’s Security Operations Centre (SOC) facility, Systal showcased its extended
SCOTLAND’S LARGEST MULTINATIONAL IT SERVICES UNVEIL CYBER DEFENCE TECHNOLOGIES Read More »
CivTech has announced its latest cohort of innovators set to use technology to solve real-life Challenges facing public and third sector organisations in Scotland. The latest cohort follows CivTech 7’s Demo Day earlier this month, where the Scottish Government confirmed £10million funding to the CivTech programme over the next year. CivTech 8 has marked the
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The Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) has launched a brand-new podcast this week, OxTalks, for businesses in Oxfordshire and beyond wanting to take their organisation to the next level. OxTalks explores the big questions in business, from finding and retaining talent, to adopting new technologies, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and creating equal opportunities. The
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