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Glasgow relocation

Mobile marketing firm Digitonic moves to new HQ

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Grant Fraser Iain Wilcox, Lynsay Cameron and Steven Richardson Smart mobile marketing agency, Digitonic, has relocated its head office in Glasgow city centre, investing six figures converting a disused space oppositeRead More

Support for hatchery firm

Robot mower entrepreneur raises funds for cut of lawn market

Joan Kangro: disruption A Scotland-based entrepreneur who is aiming to revolutionise the lucrative lawncare market has secured investment of £400,000 in an initial funding round. Estonian Joan Kangro founded KingdomRead More

Tackling remote working

Workplace platform Desana raises seed funding ahead of launch

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Launch team: Mark Hogarth, Steve Jeans, Michael Cockburn, Colin McCulloch, Robert Richmond Workplace platform Desana has raised £550,000 in seed funding from TechStart Ventures ahead of its launch. Desana, basedRead More

E-commerce firm relocates

Amateur sports merchant Kitvendr moves as demand rockets

Rangi Jericevich: significant step An e-commerce platform that helps amateur and community sports clubs generate new income by selling their own branded merchandise has invested in new production machinery andRead More

Jobs created

Whisky Frames toasts higher sales after dragons setback

Kristen Hunter: ‘great team’ Kristen and Ross Hunter, who have created a picture framing business using whisky barrels, has gone from selling 200 a yearmfrom their kitchen table, to 20,000Read More

New finance jobs

Payments firm iZettle looking to expand in Scotland

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Jacob de Geer (left) with Robin Knox (pic: Terry Murden) Point of sale payments systems iZettle intends to boost jobs in Edinburgh following its acquisition last year by PayPal. Stockholm-basedRead More

WeWork launch tenants

Duo return home to open office for travel and room app

Urchana Moudgil and Craig Unsworth An Edinburgh-born duo are returning to the city to expand their fast-growing tech startup. Craig Unsworth and Urchana Moudgil are the co-founders of Upgrade Pack,Read More

Retailer on track

Welch seeking new funding for online retailer Atterley

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Mike Welch: scaling up (pic: Terry Murden) Online fashion retailer Atterley.com, set up by tyres tycoon Michael Welch, is preparing for another funding round after reporting it is on track for anotherRead More

Craft skills revived

Transmit support helps carve out new furniture venture

Rory MacDonald: Transmit got us off the ground Keen recycler Rory MacDonald is reviving old craft skills after turning to a lender which supports businesses that can’t access traditional finance. Read More

Tech Nation Report

Edinburgh leading UK technology jobs and pay boom

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Skyscanner: an Edinburgh-created unicorn, though now owned by the Chinese (pic: Terry Murden) Edinburgh has created three times as many jobs in the technology sector than the UK average, withRead More