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Carruth departs

Stirling Council CEO quits weeks after sealing City Region deal

Stewart Carruth ex-Stirling Council
Stirling Council chief executive Stewart Carruth has left his post just weeks after helping achieve the City Region deal.

New funding initiative

Sturgeon pledges early start on investment bank

Banker Benny Higgins and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon has pledged an immediate start on setting up a Scottish National Investment Bank.

Collaboration 'key' to scheme

Investors urged to back £25m digital fund

Potential investors were told today that a £25m fund would help turn Stirling into a digital hub.

Fund launch

Interview: Stewart Carruth and Steven Morris

Seeking a share of digital spoils

Fund helps city's growth plan

£25m boost for Stirling’s tech hub hopes

Stewart Carruth
Stirling Council is joining city-based syndicate ESM Investments to showcase a new fund that aims to turn the area into Scotland's next technology hub.

£25m to be raised

ESM switches fund after Budget changes

Steven Morris
Changes in the Budget have forced a change of plan at ESM Investments..

ESM launches VCT

Morris spreads search for tech backers

Steven Morris
ESM Investments is casting the net wider in the search for wealthy investors to back a new technology growth fund...

AFT secures six-figure sum

ESM angels back fintech firm via framework

Steven Morris
A Glasgow-based fintech business has sealed a six-figure investment deal, the first to be completed with the help of a new Glasgow City Council scheme ..

Incubator spreads its wings

Codebase confirms Stirling expansion plan

Johanna Boyd, Stephen Coleman, Neil Benny
Technology incubator CodeBase has confirmed that it is opening its first offshoot outside Edinburgh...

Funding for growth firms

Interview: Steven Morris, investor

Steven Morris
Spinning a new tech hub