Student Rents, the Edinburgh-based SaaS rental platform, has appointed Jamie Stewart as its new chief executive after closing a £470,000 Crowdcube seed round. Stewart, 19, steps up from chief brand officer and replaces his father Grant MacCusker, who becomes non-executive chairman as the company prepares for major growth on the back of the investment. The pair […]
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Edison Group, the fast-growing Irvine-headquartered construction property and investment business, has become a convert to the principle of the four-day working week for all employees. The new regime, which will guarantee all sixty Edison Group employees three days off each week,: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, or Saturday, Sunday and Monday, while maintaining existing salary levels,
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One of Scotland’s main cruise ports is set to experience its busiest year since records began. Greenock Ocean Terminal has 91 cruise liners booked into the Inverclyde town’s new dedicated pontoon across 2023, a rise of over 25 per cent on last year. As many as 150,000 passengers and 38,000 crew members are expected to
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Left to Right: Nikolaos Grammatikos, Steven Hutton, Giselle Stewart, Peter Young and Rob Fey A studio which forms part of global games giant Sega is launching a base in Newcastle with plans to create 100 skilled jobs. The Creative Assembly Ltd, part of Sega Europe Ltd and creators of the multi-award-winning Total War Franchise, Halo
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Ever Clinic, one of the leading teams in Scotland for aesthetic medicine, has become the first clinic in the country to combine FaceTite technology with its already comprehensive and sector-leading suite of solutions, which include the latest surgical-grade lasers. The game-changing technology uses the power of radio frequency to heat underneath the skin using a fine
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Aquaculture technology specialist, Ace Aquatec, this week launched the portable Humane Stunner Universal (A-HSU) for prawns, following on from successful trials of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) with Neomar, Förde Garnelen and Crusta Nova in Germany. With over 400 billion prawns farmed each year, the global shrimp industry is one of the most prominent sectors in aquaculture. But until recently
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In an important milestone on its ongoing journey towards Net Zero, Glasgow-based R-Biopharm Rhone, manufacturer and distributor of analytical test kits, has become the first Company in its sector to be certified as carbon neutral. The Company, which is part of the R-Biopharm Group achieved carbon neutrality over 2021 for all Scope 1 and 2
A Birmingham-based HR software provider has been acquired by a North West rival. Natural HR was founded by husband and wife team Jason and Sarah Dowzell and runs cloud-based HR software products. It has now been bought out by Moorepay which also offers payroll and HR software and services, and advice and consultancy to SMEs
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Banking giant HSBC has bought the UK arm of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank after the Government and Bank of England stepped in to “facilitate” a private sale. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that all customer deposits have been protected under the deal, and that no taxpayer cash was involved. The deal comes after the
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Fintech lender Sonovate has surpassed £3.5bn in total funding and £1 billion in annual funding for the first time as rising costs force businesses to seek finance to manage cash flow and drive growth. During 2022, Sonovate provided businesses with £1.1 billion in finance, a 58% increase on the £700 million lent in the previous
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