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 programme is announcing its successful 14 teams for CivTech 7, along with news about the successes of last year’s alumni. CivTech 6 alumni companies have already collectively received £2.5 million
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For the Image: (L) Danny McArthur & (R) Shirley Thomson In a strategic move Hardies Property & Construction Consultants have bolstered the services they offer by acquiring long-established Aberdeen-based Quantity Surveying practice BDG Thomson Gray. Founded in 1885, BDG Thomson Gray is one of the oldest quantity surveying practices in Scotland, specialising in Quantity Surveying,
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The SPFL has today announced record financial results for Season 2021/22, with its highest-ever turnover of £39,523,000 (up 7% from £36,784,000 in 2020/21). The accounts also reveal that club fees for Season 2021/22 were £29,717,000 (up 5% from £28,358,000 in Season 2020/21). Additional payments to clubs included prize money and television facility fee payments from
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For the image: Hazel and Kyle from J Thomson Colour with colleagues Print Scotland, the trade association and voice of Scotland’s graphic communication industry, has honoured four outstanding young apprentices in its seventh annual Scottish Print Apprentice of the Year awards. The occasion is part of its mission to represent the Scottish print community and
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Freelancers, side hustlers and small businesses trying to get on top of their financial affairs are turning to a leading accountancy and tax specialist to put them on the straight and narrow. Douglas Home & Co introduced a collection of Small Business Packages six months ago to offer easily accessible and affordable accountancy services which
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The UK’s number one travel agent has invested £1million in the relocation of its official headquarters to Libertas House in Glasgow city centre’s St Vincent Place. Previously located in Oswald Street, the move will see Barrhead Travel’s sales support functions, alongside some specialist sales divisions; relocate to the fifth floor of the historic building on
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The important role of the burgeoning biotechnology community in the race against climate change will be highlighted next week with the launch of Bioeconomy Week (October 3rd to the 7th), a first-of-its-kind festival to promote Scotland as a prime location for international research and business growth. Hosted by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), a
FIRST EVER BIOECONOMY WEEK SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON SCOTLAND’S FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Read More »
Student StartUps from the University of Edinburgh have secured over £30m in combined investment over the last year, nearly triple the amount compared to the previous year. The news comes as the University’s commercialisation service, Edinburgh Innovations, reveals figures showing another 100 student StartUps formed over the same period. The £30.5m investment into student-led businesses
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From left to right: The inaugural Hickory Salonnière panel, Lauren Hughes-Glass, Celia Joicey, John Glen and Emma Jackson Key representatives from Scotland’s architecture, design and hotel sectors gathered at one of the country’s landmark arts institutions this month for the first in a series of stimulating discussion dinner events looking at trends in the hospitality industry.
INAUGURAL SALONNIÈRE BRINGS TOGETHER LEADING LIGHTS IN SCOTTISH HOSPITALITY AND DESIGN Read More »
In its biggest commercial property deal since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, DM Hall has secured the lease of 30,000 square feet of offices at 177 Bothwell Street on behalf of wealth management and professional services group, Evelyn Partners. The business, formed from the long-established and merged Tilney and Smith & Williamson operations, rebranded
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