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GLASGOW HEAT PUMP CENTRE AIMS TO ACCELERATE SUSTAINABILITY DRIVE

A brand-new state-of-the-art air source heat pump showroom is opening in Glasgow this week, with the aim of supporting people across the city and beyond in making the transition to low-carbon home heating. The Daikin Sustainable Home Centre in Tradeston, Glasgow, is being launched by Richmonds Plumbing & Heating Merchants Ltd, an independent family-owned company […]

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CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT ADVISES FIRMS HOW TO TACKLE ENERGY CRISIS

With wholesale energy prices in the UK having soared due to increased demand as the economy recovers from the pandemic and a rise in natural gas and coal prices, and as a result of uncertainty brought about by the war in Ukraine, Hardies Property & Construction Consultants is advising companies to seek to understand how

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JAPANESE FIRM OPENS FIRST OFFICE IN SCOTLAND

Global corporation, Marubeni Europower Limited, has advanced its net zero collaboration in Scotland following the opening of its first office in Glasgow The investment in new premises will allow the company to drive forward its work to support Scotland’s journey to net zero and follows a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which it signed with Scotland’s

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EQUITY INVESTMENT IN SMALL SCOTTISH BUSINESSES RISES

Equity investment levels in Scotland’s smaller businesses continued to rise during the first half of 2022, despite well-publicised economic headwinds, according to new research published this week as part of the British Business Bank’s annual Nations and Regions Tracker.  A total of £411m was invested between January and June 2022, more than the same period

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SCOTTISH INDOOR FARMING FIRM CHOOSES AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS

Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) has selected Loveland in Colorado for its expansion into North America. The Scottish agricultural infrastructure company designs, produces and maintains vertical farming technology that enables indoor growing anywhere, eliminates the need for pesticides or fungicides and reduces water consumption by up to 95%. Opening a base of operations in the US

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M&S BOSS MAKES PLEA TO SAVE THE HIGH STREET

The chief executive of M&S has called for a radical reform of the business rates system in the UK to prevent the total collapse of high streets. In a hard-hitting intervention, Stuart Machin has described the current system as “daylight robbery” and blamed it for cities and towns becoming “increasingly full of vacancies and dodgy

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GLASGOW BASED OAT MILK BRAND PREPARES FOR EXPANSION

 Panther M*lk, Alcoholic oat milk cocktail made in Glasgow, plans to ramp up production and is targeting revenues of £1 million in 2023 following talks with major UK retailers. Founder of the Glasgow based brand Paul Crawford, who appeared on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den in March, aims to increase production volumes next year from hundreds

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SCOTTISH START UP LOAN RECIPENT AMONG AWARD FINALISTS

A Start Up Loans-backed business owner from Scotland has been announced as a finalist for the Great British Entrepreneurship Awards. The announcement comes as the programme celebrates its 10-year anniversary, having delivered 98,000 loans worth over £922m in funding. The Great British Entrepreneur Awards, on the 21st November 2022, will be bringing together 1,400 entrepreneurs,

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FIRST MINISTER HELPS LAUNCH TALLEST UK TURBINES

 (L) Gordon Thomson Head of Projects at Banks Renewables & (R) Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Nicola Sturgeon has marked the connection of the UK’s tallest and most efficient onshore wind turbines to the national grid. The 200-metre structures are part of Banks Renewables’ Kype Muir Extension Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire that will consist

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