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Valneva says its Covid jab better than AstraZeneca’s

Valneva Covid vaccine
Firm has just completed a trial French firm Valneva says its Covid-19 vaccine gives stronger immunity than the one produced by AstraZeneca. The company’s claims, based on a large-scale trial publishedRead More

Platform backed

Funding boost for AI recruitment firm Gigged.AI

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Founders: Rich Wilson (left) and Craig Short Technology start-up Gigged.AI has raised £600,000 in an over-subscribed investment round led by early stage venture capital firm Techstart Ventures. The Glasgow-based firm,Read More

Best Buy deal

US firm swoops on Scots tech star Current Health

Chris McCann and Stewart Whiting
Chris McCann with colleague Stewart Whiting Scottish medical technology company Current Health has been acquired by a listed US business for what is described as a ‘substantial’ sum. Best Buy,Read More

Festival conference

Fintech Scotland to unveil research on 10-year plan

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Stephen Ingledew and Nicola Anderson (pic: Terry Murden) Fintech Scotland will reveal new research underpinning an ambitious 10-year roadmap at an event on Thursday featuring one of the architects ofRead More

Daily Business Live

THG plummets | EasyJet sees recovery | Calnex guidance

Edinburgh airport Easyjet
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: THG shares take big hit THG, formerly The Hut Group, saw its shares plummet 35% after shareholders were told at its first capital markets dayRead More

Multi-launch agreement

Skyrora agrees rocket deal with Shetland spaceport

Skyrora
Skyrora conducted the first rocket test on UK soil in 50 years Rocket company Skyrora has agreed a multi-launch deal with the SaxaVord spaceport on Unst, the most northerly of the ShetlandRead More

Official opening

Growing demand for Roslin’s gene therapy treatments

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Janet Downie and Ian McCubbin at the opening A new cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility at the Edinburgh BioQuarter is expected to create more jobs than first forecast lastRead More

Kiosk plan

Scots eyecare firm IbisVision rolls out tech to India

IbisVision
Eyecare tech is expanding Scottish optical technology firm IbisVision is rolling out its remote eye testing platform across India. The Glasgow-based company has signed an agreement in the world’s secondRead More

Investment Summit

Tidal firm Orbital among 12 showcasing green tech

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The O2 tidal turbine is among the devices selected Twelve companies, including blue chip firms Rolls-Royce and Drax, as well as Scottish tidal turbine developer Orbital Marine Power, will showcaseRead More

Aviation boost

Flight academy ready for take off in Glasgow

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Nicola Sturgeon tries her hand at a flight simulator Glasgow Science Centre is to become home to the UK’s first Newton Flight Academy, a permanent classroom used to teach studentsRead More