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ScotBio targets overseas sites as Lockerbie steps up output

Production is under way at Lockerbie ScotBio, which is pioneering a new technique for producing natural food colourants, has announced plans for further expansion as it scales up production atRead More

Enterprise round-up

Instant HR app; STATS Saudi deal; Workflo heads south

Stephanie Robinson
Stephanie Robinson: second venture Entrepreneur Stephanie Robinson has launched an app designed to help distressed employees needing access to HR advice. Ms Robinson says the app, HR Solver, connects employeesRead More

Enterprising talk

Dragon Paphitis to share secrets at Scottish Edge final

Theo Paphitis
Theo Paphitis: ‘passionate’ Theo Paphitis, entrepreneur and star of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den series, will share the story of his success at the Scottish EDGE Awards final in Edinburgh nextRead More

Self-catering expansion

Handpicked city pair add Highlands lodge to portfolio

Handpicked Lodges Team
Country life: Tanja Hughes and Judith Thurlow moved north to set up their business Handpicked Lodges has acquired another property, the newly refurbished Caberfeidh lodge in the village of Kincraig,Read More

Funding for tyre plant

£60m helps wheels turn for Michelin innovation hub

Michelin Dundee
Welcoming new funds: the tyre plant becomes an innovation hub A plan to turn the doomed Michelin tyre plant in Dundee into a centre for developing new industries and skillsRead More

53 jobs planned

Payments firm Modulr investing £20m in Scottish hub

Myles Stephenson Modulr
Myles Stephenson: ‘fantastic talent’ Business-to-business payment specialist Modulr is to invest some £20 million in the Scottish fintech industry, creating 53 jobs. The company, which has a development hub inRead More

New city offices

CGI on lookout for more Scottish offices after capital launch

Tara-McGeehan-and-Lindsay-McGranaghan-of-CGI
Tara McGeehan and Lindsay McGranaghan at the opening (pic: Terry Murden) Canadian technology firm CGI is looking to open more offices in Scotland in addition to the four now inRead More

No decline in appetite

Brexit uncertainty ‘fails to slow venture capital flow’

KPMG-Amy-Burnett
Amy Burnett, manager, KPMG Enterprise with Catherine Burnet, senior partner Venture capital investment into Scotland remains robust in spite of Brexit uncertainty, according to new figures. More than £32 millionRead More

Bricks and mortar move

Glasgow hosts first store for online menswear firm Bee Inspired

Steven Robb and Mark Corcoran
On the ball: co-founders Steven Robb and Mark Corcoran An online clothing brand that boasts Lionel Messi, Roberto Firmino and Luis Suarez as customers has chosen Glasgow’s Princes Square forRead More

Portfolio beats stock market

Souter gifts £109m to charity – biggest since Carnegie

Brian Souter
Sir Brian Souter: ‘portfolio is in good shape’ (pic: Terry Murden) Stagecoach boss Sir Brian Souter has gifted £109 million to charity – one of the biggest donations by aRead More