Having already invested £20 million into over 500 businesses with entrepreneurial potential, the Scottish EDGE Awards open for submissions this week for what will be its 20th round of funding in the last eight years. Expanding on last year’s awards, which saw 40 early-stage businesses receive a total of £1.65 million, the 20th round will […]
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IT experts Mode Solutions have concluded, that on average, a quarter of workers in the UK’s top hybrid and remote working industries are underserved in their home internet requirements. Mode’s analysis of Ofcom’s Connected Nations Open Data helped to determine the viability of a fully remote workforce in industries offering greater flexibility. The need for
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Glasgow-based KC Group Shipping has establishes its exclusive China Xpress freight route, which will reduce transit times by almost a half and will carry up to 1600 shipping containers from Chinese ports direct to Greenock. The same volume of containers will be shipped in return from Greenock to China. It aims to address the supply
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Last term four Scottish schools and 850 pupils have successfully completed the ground-breaking Gen+ programme which is now set to be introduced to thousands more students across the country. The secondary schools that took part in the pilot programme were Barrhead High in East Renfrewshire, Lourdes Secondary in Glasgow, Morgan Academy in Dundee and The
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Small businesses founded at Scottish universities accounted for the highest number of equity investment deals to UK spinouts last year, according to new figures released by the British Business Bank. Of the 211 equity deals involving spinouts across the UK during 2021, 44 (21% of the total) came from Scottish academic institutions, the highest figure
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One in five businesses in Scotland were started because founders were jealous of their former boss, according to new research, with entrepreneurs desperate to experience the freedom of their own business. Start My Business, a business launchpad platform, commissioned the polling of 500 UK SME owners and senior decision makers, via Censuswide, to observe what
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For the Image from L to R: Caryn Gibson, Angie De Vos and Marieam Adghaim A new collaboration aimed at reskilling and upskilling hundreds of local women, while filling local labour shortages, has been announced in Dundee. By teaming up with Women’s Business Station as an Empowerment Partner, Dundee and Angus College will deliver training
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From L to R: The Go Forth Stirling BID team – Ambassador Gail Lamb, Project Director Danielle McRorie, Digital Communication and Community Engagement Officer Jitka Fleglova and Ambassador Josie Brown Stirling’s business owners have given a resounding ‘Yes’ to a second term for the city’s Business Improvement District (BID). The decision means the Go Forth Stirling
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Last night saw the second ever Scottish Takeaway Awards have been announced take place at The Marriott Hotel in Glasgow with 150 representatives from the industry gathered to celebrate those who shone brightly in recent years. These Awards recognise those who are the real masters in their category; from the Best Italian and Oriental Takeaway
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BNP Paribas Real Estate Next X locational analysis research has revealed that Glasgow and Edinburgh are in the top 10 greenest cities to invest in across the UK. Glasgow scored a 0.85 coming second to Cambridge at 1.29. Edinburgh is just behind Glasgow scoring 0.75 with Milton Keynes and Swansea rounding out the top five.
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