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Young business leaders in the Highlands and Islands are being encouraged to apply to a year-long programme aimed at developing the next generation of entrepreneurs. IMPACT30 is led by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and delivered by business skills training consultancy, Skillfluence.

Aberdeenshire family-run business Mackie's of Scotland, has recorded a 95% increase in the sales of its fruit-based products resulting in a record-breaking summer for the firm.

An Edinburgh Napier student has become the inaugural winner of the University’s Appin Entrepreneurship Award. Student Kael Begbie – known as The Hoagie Man – scooped the top prize of £2,000 after coming out top in the competition held at Edinburgh Napier’s Bright Red Tr

Glasgow-based online retailer of men’s wet shaving and grooming items, The Executive Shaving Company, has moved into employee ownership with all staff taking a stake in the business.

Inverness-based investment group GEG Capital Ltd has acquired Highland construction company WGC (Scotland) Ltd. Following the acquisition, which will see WGC continue as a standalone entity within the group, GEG Capital will support the existing management team to target growth in the social housing

Aberdeen-based investment firm Scott James & Associates (SJA) has acquired a fellow St James’s Place practice in Cruden Bay. The firm has acquired the business of Brian McAulay, following his decision to retire after spending seven years with the firm.

Glasgow-based Esteem Training Limited, a construction management training company, has transitioned into an employee-owned enterprise. With immediate effect, shares in Esteem Training Limited, previously owned by founder and director Trudy Mackenzie and fellow directors Ian Grigg and Martina Hö

Linlithgow-based investment advisory firm Alan Steel Asset Management (ASAM) has adopted employee ownership following the wishes of its late founder, Alan Steel. After setting up ASAM in his hometown of Linlithgow in 1975, Mr Steele began looking at a succession plan which coexisted with his values

uFraction8, a Scottish biotech engineering company developing innovative bio-separation instruments for pharmaceutical and food manufacturers, has secured over £2.5 million in new investment to further commercialise its solution. The successful fundraise, secured through a combination of priva

Cytochroma, a life sciences company that provides ethical, sustainable and accurate alternatives to animal testing in drug discovery and development, has secured nearly £1 million to further commercialise its business. This follows a successful investment round led by Angel Academe alongside f

Equity Gap, the Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate, has announced key board member and advisory appointments, as it looks to expand its relationships with next-stage funders and enhance exit capability. Tracey Ginn, US and UK corporate partner at MBM Commercial; Rachel Jones, entrepreneur an

New polling, published in an IPPR Scotland report released today, has revealed that people in Scotland are overwhelmingly supportive of the introduction of a four-day working week. In addition, the report finds that a shorter working week - in which workers’ hours are reduced without losing ou

A Scotland-wide programme to support business and community-led tourism enterprises taking the lead in the sector’s COVID-19 recovery was launched yesterday.

Scottish Enterprise has agreed to award Scottish EDGE an additional £75,000 in Round 18 in recognition of the number of promising high-growth businesses identified in previous rounds. The cash injection will enable the funding competition to support a further seven applicants of its Young EDGE

Scottish financial services chief Anne Richards has been honoured with a damehood in the Queen's birthday honours. Ms Richards, chief executive of Fidelity International, has been recognised for services to financial services, women, education and science.