Heriot-Watt University

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Credit ratings can act as a significant restraint on the risky behaviours often associated with overconfident chief executives, new research has revealed. Researchers led by Bangor University in Wales and other institutions including Heriot-Watt University, The University of Aberdeen, and Vlerick Bu

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A cutting-edge £2.5 million optical ground station, designed to secure next-generation communications against cyber threats, officially opened today (2nd May 2025) at Heriot-Watt University's Research Park in Edinburgh. The Quantum Communications Hub Optical Ground Station (named HOGS) represe

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Heriot-Watt University has secured renewed backing, worth £1.25 million, from investment firm Baillie Gifford to significantly enhance programmes based at Panmure House – the final remaining home of economist Adam Smith. The 'Baillie Gifford Panmure House Partnership II Gift' aims to rev

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The Ardgowan Distillery has partnered with Heriot Watt University and engineering provider, Briggs of Burton, to develop pioneering technology to reduce its carbon impact – capturing all of the CO2 in its fermentation process and transforming it into green biomethane.

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A round-up of business news from across Scotland featuring: Infix's trial phase with NHS Lanarkshire, Heriot-Watt University's multi-million-pound robot trust project, Gordon & MacPhail's third commemorative whisky and the return of CR Smith's apprentices.

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Royal Bank of Scotland and Heriot-Watt University have announced a new scholarship targeted towards black and minority ethnic finance students. Along with supporting BAME students to overcome financial barriers, the scholarship supports the Bank and the University’s commitment to addressi

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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers Association (SEMLA) are hosting their first networking event for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic professionals working in Scotland. The event is to take place in Edinburgh on September 5 at the bank's historical home of St Andrews

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