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Campaign closes

Innis & Gunn hits £3m target for funding new brewery

Innis Gunn Edinburgh brewery
Beer money: the finance will build a brewery at Heriot-Watt Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn has reached its £3 million crowdfunding target to help finance its new brewery at HeriotRead More

Company round-up

Emerald Works launches to offer global learning

Emerald Works
Richard Bevan CEO of Emerald Group and chairman of Emerald Works with Peter Casebow CEO of Emerald Works Three international learning organisations are coming together to form Emerald Works, bringing together the Edinburgh-basedRead More

Firms drawn to Scotland

Incomers account for majority at EIE20 investor event

Danny Helson, Julie Grieve and Bob Keiller
Danny Helson, Julie Grieve and Bob Keiller Technology investment event EIE20 will feature its biggest ever cohort of overseas ventures which have chosen to locate in Scotland. Informatics Ventures saysRead More

£612,000 raised

WooHa Brewery beats crowdfund campaign target

Heather Mcdonald WooHa
Heather McDonald: ‘blown away’ A brewery in north east Scotland has raised more than £600,000 in just 19 days from a crowdfunding campaign. WooHa Brewing Company, based in Kinloss in Moray,Read More

Drinks agreement

Suntory takes 10% stake in Macallan whisky firm Edrington

Macallan single malt whisky
Suntory already has a stake in The Macallan Japanese spirits producer Suntory is raising its stake in some of Scotland’s most famous Scotch whiskies. It will acquire 10% of theRead More

Three-year deal

Business Stream wins back £200m government contract

Business Stream
Business Stream is now the second biggest water retailer in the UK Water retailer, Business Stream, part of state-owned Scottish Water, has won back the public sector procurement framework fromRead More

Outsourcing acquisition

Workflo acquires TRM as talks progress on English deal

Michael Field of Workflo Solutions
Michael Field: ‘valuable addition’ (pic: Terry Murden) Workflo Solutions, the Livingston-based outsourced document management and IT support services specialist, has acquired Paisley-based TRM in the first of two deals theRead More

Funding support

Albacom secures £500k for expansion into new markets

Albacom
Jim Davidson with business development manager Ken Clarke Engineering design and manufacturing firm Albacom is set to expand after raising £500,000 to develop its business in new markets. The company,Read More

Portfolio boosted

Syndicate grows as Kelvin Capital enjoys record year

Dave Hughes Novosound
Novosound, founded by Dave Hughes, was one of the investee firms Investment syndicate Kelvin Capital achieved a record level of activity last year with members joining from Europe and theRead More

Government support

Cheap loans to help firms develop digital technologies

Kate Forbes, SNP digital minister
Kate Forbes: ‘unlocking potential’ (pic: Terry Murden) Businesses can now apply for interest-free loans of between £5,000 to £100,000 to help invest in digital technologies and skills. Digital Economy MinisterRead More