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Startup secures £400k

Architecture firm Hoko builds support for jobs drive

Hoko team
Team builders: Donald Wilson, Danny Campbell, Graham Campbell, Warren Gee Residential architecture start-up Hoko has secured £400,000 to help the technology-enabled platform’s recruitment drive. A group of investors – CairngormRead More

Company briefs

EOT for Shore; Slanj opens HQ; Keenan expands

Shore team
Shore team celebrate change of structure Scotland’s largest product design company Shore is switching to employee ownership. The company, which operates from Leith include some of the world’s biggest medical andRead More

Flotation on AIM

Calnex unveils first Scottish IPO for two years

Tommy Cook of Calnex
Tommy Cook: new capital Calnex founder and CEO Tommy Cook will make a paper fortune of almost £9m when the company floats on the stock market next month. Headquartered inRead More

Gobal award

McArthur honoured for smart energy work

Stephen McArthur
Stephen McArthur: innovative An electronics engineer is to receive an international award for his work in smart energy systems. Professor Stephen McArthur, Strathclyde university’s deputy associate principal for research, knowledgeRead More

Scheme may cost £20m

Easdales ponder hotel plan after buying Watt store

Easdale brothers in Watt Brothers store
Easdale brothers admire the Art Deco interior Former Watt Brothers department store in Glasgow has been acquired by bus tycoons Sandy and James Easdale who are looking at options forRead More

New funding support

Grants on offer to help tech startups prosper

Steve Dunlop
Steve Dunlop: working at pace (pic: Terry Murden) New grants are being offered to high growth start-up companies and university spinout projects as part of the Scottish government’s push onRead More

Fintech raising funds

Gadhia ready to launch £5m crowdfund for Snoop

Jayne Anne Gadhia
Jayne-Anne Gadhia: ‘it was the right time’ Financial management app Snoop, chaired by former Virgin Money boss Jayne-Anne Gadhia, is about to launch a £5m crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, according to aRead More

Accountancy acquisitions

Goldwells takes on tax specialist in new deals

Debt, money etc
Ewan Edwards Scottish accountancy firm Goldwells has expanded with the acquisition of two Moray-based businesses. Moray Tax Specialists and Chris Banks Bookkeeping will take the number of Goldwells across theRead More

£2.6m investment

BGF backs growth at drinks software firm MRM Global

Craig-Letton-chief-executive-of-MRM-Global-with-Euan-Baxter
Teaming up: Craig Letton with Euan Baxter BGF has invested £2.6 million in Edinburgh-based MRM Global, a high growth provider of marketing technology to the global drinks and hospitality sector. MRM’sRead More

Change of owner

Power group Flexitricity sold in £15.4 million deal

Flexitricity control room
Control room at Flexitricity Edinburgh power company Flexitricity has been sold by its Swiss owner to a Channel Islands based business in a deal believed to be worth £15.4 million.Read More