Puresport has launched a £1 million crowdfunding campaign as it targets expansion in retail and overseas markets. The Scottish wellness brand, founded in 2018 by rugby player Grayson Hart, has passed £3.5m in online sales this year. Puresport's business focuses on brain function-boosting
Entrepreneurship
A Scottish boutique hotel, No. 17 The Promenade, has reopened under its new owner, unveiling a grand renovation.
Edinburgh-based company Codebase has been awarded a contract worth up to £42 million to establish seven new tech scaler hubs across Scotland. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the Tech Scaler contract, which is one of the largest investments by the Scottish Government into Scotland
A competition hosted by the University of Strathclyde's entrepreneurship programme had students and alumni's start-ups stake their claims for funding.
TechHUB, a part of the Northern Innovation Hub (NIH), has secured £3.2 million from HIE to create a food and drink techonolgy centre. The funding includes £1.2m from the UK government as part of Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal.
Mark Logan has been appointed chief entrepreneur for Scotland as part of the national strategy for economic transformation. The new role's focus is to embed entrepreneurship in the economy, and that partnerships with industry and investors are prioritised and strengthened.
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