L-R Alison Connelly, Head of Funding Development at RSPB and Suzy Smith, Marketing Director for The Famous Grouse

Famous Grouse and RSPB toast £600,000 success

The Famous Grouse is toasting the success of its partnership with RSPB which has reached a significant fundraising milestone of £600,000. The money will help…
Scotch Whisky Association

Whisky generates £5bn a year for UK economy

New figures reveal gin and beer are following in the footsteps of exporting phenomenon Scotch whisky. The celebration of poet Robert Burns is now marked…
Artist's impression of the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre set to double headcount

The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) is set to double its headcount as it prepares to open its new innovation facility to the Scottish…
L-R: Iain Swanston (Klozers), Gordon White (fatBuzz), John Anderson (Strathclyde Business School), Claire Kinloch (Genoa Black), Anas Sarwar (MSP), Eric Munro (RBS)

Scotland’s first sales and marketing academy launched

Three Scottish businesses have joined forces to work together to combat youth unemployment in Scotland, which latest government figures show is at 50,000 people. Sales…
Roger Kilburn

£700k investment to help meet £400m industrial biotechnology goal

Small businesses in Scotland are set to receive a significant boost as the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) announces over £700,000 of investment for…
Julie Mitchell-Mehta

Your Inbound Marketing New Year’s Resolution

How are your resolutions going? Are you still in the gym three times a week or is the pub beginning to look more appealing?…
Laura Sutherland of Aura PR. Image credits: Martin Shields Photograhy

Laura Sutherland: Tips on how to integrate PR and SEO

PR and SEO can and should exist side by side. One of the biggest challenges for PR and SEO is assuming either everyone knows everything or no-one…
Julie Grieve

Tech startup wins Scottish Enterprise grant

A Fife-based business women has won a Scottish Enterprise grant to help kick start her new business that has the potential to transform the…
Caroline Newson

Scotland’s Top Women in Digital to visit Berlin

Six of Scotland’s top professional women from leading and emerging digital companies are to visit the creative hubs of London and Berlin this month…
Moffat Manor Holiday Park

Richmond Wight Estates buys lodge manufacturer Reiver Carlisle and submits planning application

Luxury residential and holiday park operator Richmond Wight Estates, which currently operates three parks in Scotland and is involved in property and leisure development…
Katie Wood

Solicitor traineeship numbers in Scotland continue to rise

The number of traineeships available for aspiring solicitors in Scotland continues to rise. According to a Law Society of Scotland report, the number of training…
Alasdair Steele, Head of Scotland Commercial at Knight Frank

2016 investment levels resilient for Scottish commercial property

Investment in Scottish commercial property held up in 2016 despite an unpredictable 12 months, according to figures released by Knight Frank. Across all sectors, including…
Leah Hutcheon

Appointedd secures international partnership with payment provider AEVI

Online booking software specialist, Appointedd has agreed a strategic partnership with AEVI, the provider of a global open ecosystem for payment transactions and marketplace…
Keith Brown MSP

Scotland’s international exports rose by £1 billion to £28.7b in 2015

Scotland’s international exports rose from £27.7 billion in 2014 to £28.7 billion in 2015. The USA continues to be Scotland’s top trading partner outside of…

Gaia-Wind produces 1000th wind turbine

Scottish small wind turbine manufacturer Gaia-Wind saw its 1000th turbines rolling off the production line since the company moved its operations from Denmark to…
Ricky Nicol

Commsworld lights its first inter-city fibre marking major milestone

A Scottish independent firm has positioned itself shoulder to shoulder with industry tech giants by investing £1m+ in establishing its own pure fibre telecommunications…
Marshall Dallas, Chief Executive of the EICC

Edinburgh International Conference Centre hits 21 year high with 91,000 in 2016

The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) hosted the highest levels of events and delegates in its 21-year history during 2016, while posting record turnover…
Left to right are Andrew Parfery and Andrew McGinley of Care Sourcer (by Stewart Attwood)

Scottish health tech startup wins NHS contract

Edinburgh based health tech startup Care Sourcer has secured a contract with NHS England as the founding directors aim to disrupt a UK care market…
John Hixon

Cloud HR software supplier opens Glasgow office

Cloud HR software supplier Cezanne HR has opened a new Glasgow office. Commenting on the reasons behind the opening of the new office, John Hixon,…
Daniel Rodgers and Ronnie Forbes of Qikserve

Maven leads £2.7m funding round for mobile ordering and payment business QikServe

Private equity house, Maven Capital Partners, has led a £2.7 million investment in QikServe Limited. Edinburgh based QikServe has developed a patented B2B cloud-based platform…
Jim Duffy

UK start-ups win £280,000 of prize funds at Entrepreneuring Awards

UK start-ups were awarded a total of £280,000 earlier this month at the bi-annual Entrepreneuring Awards hosted by Entrepreneurial Spark Powered by NatWest, the…
Sam Salisbury, Investment Principal for Ignite

‘Big energy ideas’ sought from Scotland’s brightest businesses and entrepreneurs

Scotland’s brightest businesses and entrepreneurs have one week left to enter a unique accelerator programme, which could provide them with the funding and support…
Iain Fraser

Self-build home business enters administration

Self-build home business, Inverness-based Roy Homes Ltd, and its sister company, Roy Homes Timber Frame Ltd, have entered administration, with Iain Fraser and Tom…

Food and drink strategy engagement road tour

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), Scotland Food & Drink and Scottish Enterprise are holding a series of events to discuss the emerging 2030 food…
Danny Lee, Corporate Partner, Shepherd and Wedderburn

Shepherd and Wedderburn help Scotland’s low-carbon entrepreneurs

Law firm, Shepherd and Wedderburn is for the third year, actively participating in and sponsoring the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation’s Low Carbon Ideas…
Ken Milliken, Head of Forensic for KPMG in Scotland

Number of high value fraud cases falls, but total value increases fivefold

The number of cases of alleged fraud reaching Scottish courts in 2016 fell from 12 to 9, but the value of loss was more…
Kenny Blair, Buzzworks Holdings MD

Buzzworks opens ninth Scottish location and hits £15m turnover

Buzzworks Holdings has been recognised as one of ‘The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For’ in the UK – one of only…
Angela Vickers, Apex CEO

Successful year for Apex Hotels with profit increase

Edinburgh based Apex Hotels Limited has reported a successful financial year with an 11.8% rise in underlying profits before tax, up from £9.2m to…
Stuart Mason

Stuart Mason: How long does your ONE HOUR Meeting last?

How long does your ONE HOUR Meeting last? The hint should be in the title! Most businesses I work with find that meetings rarely…

£220k grant set to help Scottish IT company speed up growth

A Scottish IT firm has been awarded a £220k grant to create 24 jobs over the next 18 months. Odro Ltd, which has been helped…
The Lauriston Place building

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sells historic HQ to University of Edinburgh

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has sold their former headquarters on Lauriston Place to the University of Edinburgh in an £8m deal. The…
Fiona Hyslop

Hyslop to visit Japan to strengthen ties

External Affairs Secretary Fiona Hyslop is to visit Japan next month to strengthen economic and cultural ties between the two countries. During the visit she…
Hilary Mason

DataFest17 attracts two more top speakers for week long science festival

Two more high profile speakers have been confirmed for DataFest17, the week-long data science festival to be held in Edinburgh. Hilary Mason, former chief…
Marketing Director, Robert Graham

Graham’s extends range with new naturally protein-rich product

Graham’s the Family Dairy has launched a new quark product to their award winning range. Protein 22 is thick and creamy, similar to yogurt…
David Lamont, Proserv CEO

Strong start to 2017 for Proserv with new contracts and global expansion

Energy services company Proserv has secured contracts valued at more than $12 million (around £10 million) so far this year and has revealed plans…
David Rennie

Scottish Enterprise action plan to help gain even bigger slice of £50B subsea market

Scottish Enterprise has revealed a new Subsea Engineering Action Plan with the aim of capturing an even bigger slice of the current £50 billion…
Chris Torres

Senshi Digital success with Italian jobs

Glasgow based digital design studio, Senshi Digital, has won contracts to build six new Italian tourism agency websites. The international destination focused digital business recently…
Stephen Walker

Former Turnberry director launches consultancy

A former director of sales & marketing at Turnberry has launched a new consultancy offering specialist support in a range of business disciplines specifically…

Doubles win for Power Jacks after second Wimbledon contract win

North East based Power Jacks has secured another ace contract, supporting the installation of a second retractable roof at Wimbledon, the home of tennis. The…
SureVoIP's Managing Director Gavin Henry

Interview: Gavin Henry – A man destined to succeed

SureVoIP’s Managing Director Gavin Henry is over the moon about last year’s ITSPA award win for Best Business ITSP (medium enterprise), an accolade that…