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A game-changing aerospace technology firm has secured a £500,000 investment to accelerate its mission of revolutionising space launch guidance systems. Backed by Kelvin Capital, Gabriel and Scottish Enterprise, Edinburgh-based Aurora Avionics is now looking to use the fresh injection of funds

Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has announced the opening of applications for its AG Elevate accelerator programme for scale-up businesses. The 10-month programme provides growth-stage businesses with the opportunity to secure access to world-class legal advice, regular mentorship meetings and admission to A

Three spinout projects from the University of Dundee with the potential to deliver significant healthcare benefits have received more than £250,000 from Scottish Enterprise to support their development. Softech received funding via Scottish Enterprise’s in-year High Growth Spin-out Progr

Twenty innovative start-ups have been selected for a University of Edinburgh incubator programme aimed at developing and commercialising academic entrepreneurship.

The Digital Xtra Fund, a charity fostering digital skills among the youth in Scotland, has announced its commitment of £110,000 to fund 26 tech and coding clubs.

Highland Spring in £20m expansion Perthshire-based bottled water producer Highland Spring is planning to spend £20m in ramping up production to meet growing demand for bottled water.

John Swinney Employee ownership can be the key to unlocking innovation in companies, according to a cross-sector group of influential Scottish business leaders.

Sir Charlie Mayfield The chairman of the UK’s largest employee-owned company has praised Scotland’s commitment to the business model as new figures reveal the ‘sector’ is thriving.

The UK’s most vulnerable tenants are being pushed out of the private rental market, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned.

John Hawksworth Up to around 30 per cent of existing UK jobs could face automation over the next 15 years, but new AI-related technologies will also boost productivity and generate additional jobs elsewhere in the economy, according to new analysis by PwC in its latest UK Economic Outlook report.

Jonathan Meddes Four of Scotland’s most disruptive start-up companies will showcase their vision of how to change the world of business to investors, venture capitalists, incubators, and academics at Deloitte’s Edinburgh Greenhouse on April 25.

James Kergon Manufacturers with operations in Scotland are planning to spend more developing new products and services to drive growth, according to a report by global accountancy firm KPMG.

Liz Cameron Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) has announced the official opening of a new International Trade Office in the city of Yantai, China, as part of a trade mission by a Chambers’ delegation to explore new trading opportunities and links with business, education and government organisat

Wendy Smith, Scott Henderson, and Sandy Findlay (all Jumpstart). Edinburgh-based R&D tax relief firm Jumpstart has opened its first office in the West Midlands and is promising to help engineering firms and manufacturers unlock an extra £4.5 million.

Sir Ian Wood (Image: Ross Johnstone) Opportunity North East (ONE), the private sector economic development body headed by oil tycoon Sir Ian Wood is aiming to accelerate the development of the digital economy in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire with the establishment of ONE Digital with £4 million of add