Clyde 1 and Clyde 2 have seen listener figures continue to grow with a fantastic set of results in the latest RAJAR figures. The Q2 RAJAR 2022 results just go to underline the continued popularity of Clyde 1 of Clyde 2 with their listeners across Glasgow and the West. Scotland’s largest commercial radio station, Clyde […]
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BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor has invested £2.3m in business transformation and advanced data science consultancy Optima Partners. This investment will support the consultancy in scaling its industry-leading propositions by growing its skilled workforce and further developing its software as a service (SaaS) solutions. Optima Partners is an Edinburgh-headquartered data
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Business Connect is delighted to announce the top contenders that have been shortlisted in The Scottish SME Business Awards 2022. Voted for by the public, the awards will be hosted virtually next month and will commend creative and successful SME’s from across Scotland that have pushed the boundaries of innovation and imagination in their enterprise.
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The CEO of Scotland’s leading Esports event company is preparing to travel to Birmingham as Team Scotland takes its seat at the Commonwealth Games for the first time in history. James Hood (pictured above), who launched Dundee-based Esports Scotland five years ago, was unveiled as Team Manager for Scotland for the Commonwealth Esports Championships (CEC)
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Irn-Bru maker AG Barr has reported a surge in sales amid the summer sunshine but warned of an “increasingly challenging” backdrop as prices continue to rocket. Issuing an update on recent trading, the firm flagged revenues of about £157 million for the first half of its new financial year, which would mark a year-on-year rise
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US spirits giant Brown-Forman is to invest more than £30m in its GlenDronach Distillery in Aberdeenshire. The company said the investment would more than double its capacity, enabling it to meet growing global demand. They’re also looking to make the distillery more energy efficient. The Jack Daniel’s maker bought The GlenDronach in 2016 when it
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Diversity and inclusion organisation AFBE-UK Scotland has successfully run its first senior leadership programme to help ethnic minority professionals progress into leadership roles. The virtual programme ran for 10 weeks from April to July and was delivered through a series of sessions aimed at unearthing the barriers to career progression and charting a path into
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Recent KPMG UK figures have shown that fast growth businesses in Scotland attracted over half a billion pounds of venture capital (VC) investment in the first half of 2022, despite investors becoming more cautious globally. There were 45 investments completed in Q2 2022, raising over £325 million for Scottish scale ups. In the previous quarter, 41 deals
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Exterior of Bob & Berts Perth Store Independent coffee and food chain Bob & Berts has opened a new store in Perth as part of its expansion across Scotland, with the company now seeking additional premises in the Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness regions. The company has made a significant investment to transform the former
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Ticket sales for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe have been slower than organisers would have hoped, with the cost of living crisis believed to be major factor Assembly, one of the Fringe’s biggest operators, said ticket sales have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. Edinburgh is set to host more than 3,000 shows when it starts
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