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Daily Business Live: Sanitiser; insolvency; Jack virus alert

BrewDog-Sanitiser
6.05pm: Sanitiser fast-tracked Business Secretary Alok Sharma is cutting red tape to help get hand sanitiser to market more quickly. Companies including Brewdog, Diageo and Ineos have offered to createRead More

AccelerateHER Awards

Four company owners secure place on overseas missions

Jackie Waring, Investing Women
Jackie Waring: opportunity to further profile their businesses (pic: Terry Murden) Four entrepreneurs have secured a free slot on a market-building mission to Europe or North America to showcase theirRead More

Software expansion

Machine Labs driving growth with Shopify integration

Andrew Veitch
Andrew Veitch: working hard Machine Labs, an Edinburgh-based software start-up, has launched its database marketing platform, integrating with Shopify which is behind $80 billion e-commerce sales each year.  Just twoRead More

Make-up expansion

GlamCandy ready for a Glasgow makeover

Ebony Smith
Julian Kynaston overseeing makeup workshop Makeup college GlamCandy is expanding into Glasgow, adding to its locations in Edinburgh, Dunfermline and Aberdeen. It is opening a college in Central Chambers inRead More

Security

Vault offers a safe place for valuables and heirlooms

Seamus-Fahey-left-and-David-Walsh-in-Edinburgh-Safe-Deposit
Seamus Fahey (left) and David Walsh Householders worried about having their valuables and family heirlooms stolen by burglars are being offered the opportunity to store them in a secure vault.Read More

Fintech boost

Digital asset firm GCEX creates jobs in Scotland

Kate Forbes
Kate Forbes: exciting time (pic: Terry Murden) A technology company specialising in digital assets is opening a facility in Glasgow to support its global growth. GCEX will create 26 jobsRead More

Help for students

Short term interns platform beats fund-raising target

Morrow brothers
Morrow brothers: building partnerships A Scottish start-up which provides a platform for short term internships is expanding after a successful funding round.  Udrafter –  short for the University Draft –Read More

Support for growth firms

Rose unveils UK fund for female entrepreneurs

Alison Rose
Alison Rose: real action (pic: Terry Murden) Bank chief Alison Rose has unveiled the next phase of her campaign to support female entrepreneurs – a UK Enterprise Fund. The fundRead More

RBS support scheme

Social enterprise cook with mission to help children’s diet

Amber
Amber Pattullo: social enterprise Scottish entrepreneur Amber Pattullo has today launched her crowdfunding campaign, ‘Cook with Me’ as part of the RBS Back Her Business competition. Her social enterprise is committed to providing affordable andRead More

12 on shortlist

AccelerateHER finalists compete for trade mission

Rising star: Monika Ohashi Twelve female company founders are competing to showcase their company on an overseas trade mission.  They have been shortlisted for the 2020 AccelerateHER programme which thisRead More