CivTech alumni company EOLAS Insight Ltd is taking the lead in a project that uses its technology to help conservationists count African elephants from space. The ambitious firm is working with partner, Peace Parks Foundation, and received funding from the European Space Agency to conduct animal censuses, using satellites. Glasgow-based EOLAS Insight Ltd will use artificial
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(L) EBC managing director Mark Glasgow and (R) HeatFix Scotland managing director Andrew Lamond Two Scots heating firms have joined forces to launch the country’s first community-focused energy training academy. The ground-breaking project will be modelled on a social enterprise, and is an extension of a recently-agreed partnership between the Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) and
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Business in the Community (BITC), The Prince’s Responsible Business Network, has appointed Louisa Macdonell (pictured above) as its new Scotland Director. Louisa Macdonell joins BITC from the SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations) Employability team and is Entrepreneur-in Residence at the University of Edinburgh Business School. She supports and mentors small business owners, especially those run by women
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St Andrews Links Trust, the organisation which manages the world-famous Old Course and the other Links courses at St Andrews, say the introduction of vital business software has already proved transformative and will continue to improve its operations. The move is part of a digital transformation across the Trust, which has also included a recently
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It’s become a growing trend over the last decade for people to make the move to vegan. Whether it’s making a change in diet for health reasons or they’re looking to reduce their carbon footprint for the good of the planet. The restaurant industry has jumped on this trend with more offering a vegan menu
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Wylie & Bisset, Accountants and Business Advisers, has beaten a number of national and international accountancy practices to secure first place in a Department for Education tender to provide funding assurance work over the next four years. The win follows the firm being named last year as the sole independent Scottish accountancy practice to be
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(L) Ash Keenon & (R) Chris Gear Less than a year after launching onto the market, Aberdeen’s first commercial kombucha brewery is on the move. Hot on the heels of picking up Best New Product in the North East Scotland Food & Drink Awards, Raw Culture has started production from its new premises in the
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Skypark team from Left to Right: Alex Mackay (JLL), Ken McInnes (Ryden), Scott Farquharson (Ryden), Alistair Reid (JLL), Tim Jacobsen (Ryden) and Meg Beattie (JLL) Federated Hermes, a global investment manager, has announced the appointment of JLL as joint lettings agent at Skypark, Glasgow’s premier urban business hub. Owned by Federated Hermes since 2018, Skypark
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An innovative and entrepreneurial Scottish company which makes a significant contribution to food safety and reducing unrecyclable plastic waste has won an £80,000 award to help take its business to the next level. The achievements of ReCover Packaging which has developed the leading technology for sustainable, reclosable film for the lids of food containers were
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The Scottish Women’s Premier League (“SWPL”) has announced a new and improved three-year deal with BBC ALBA and BBC Scotland for live matches and highlights of the League. The new agreement with both stations, which runs until the end of the 2024/25 season, is the biggest with the channels since they began covering the women’s
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