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Tycoon urges change of policy

McColl warns against ‘half-cooked’ national investment bank

Jim McColl
Scottish business leader Jim McColl today warned against setting up a national investment bank which was "half-cooked".

Growth firms targeted

19 firms sign on for Scale-Up challenge

Bob Keiller with Scale-up recruits
Nineteen Scottish firms have been chosen to take part in an ambitious scheme designed to help their growth plans.

As I See It

Barclays puts scale-up community on alert

Terry smiling
Is there a looming crisis in funding next stage companies? New figures from Barclays tell us that the number of high-growth companies is shrinking and that investors have become a little shy about providing support...

Scale-up Summit

‘Go for growth’ is message from Summit leaders

Mark Hogarth
Scotland's small businesses were today urged to move into 'scale-up' phase by business leaders, from traditional to modern, keen to pass on their experiences...

Programme to build companies

Scale-up initiative aims to boost growth

Tom Hunter at Scottish Edge
An initiative aimed at helping companies scale-up will launch next month at an annual gathering of entrepreneurs...