Homes for Scotland Annual Conference: ‘Too early to tell’ on new housing agency
On 16 September – aptly Scottish Housing Day – Homes for Scotland’s annual conference at Dynamic Earth in the capital felt like a stress test for the Scottish Government’s new...
Centres of attention as data and AI leaders meet in Scotland for summit
Data centres have evolved from a specialist real estate asset into critical infrastructure underpinning the modern economy. But they are not without their detractors The data centre has undergone a...
SNIB, Hunter REIM and Ediston Real Estate form joint venture to develop 370 build-to-rent homes
The Scottish National Investment Bank (“the Bank”) has committed £19.5m to support the development of 370 single-family build-to-rent homes in Edinburgh.The development, located near Edinburgh’s Bio Quarter and Little France...
UP, UP AND AWAY: Space firm CAVU joins export trail as Scottish Enterprise support generates £2.15bn
Stirling-based CAVU Aerospace UK, a space engineering company developing mission-critical technologies for satellites and deep-space missions, is the latest investment as Scottish Enterprise reveals it has helped Scottish businesses generate...
CHALLENGING TIMES: Ritchie believes investment bank on right course despite £138m losses on early failures
The new chief executive officer of Scotland’s national investment bank, David Ritchie, remains upbeat about the future despite posting yearly results which show a net loss of £138m.These losses reflects...
THE BIG READ: How Judy and Susan lifted Scottish women to become confident leaders
Building confidence and delivering executive change: A decade of the Executive Leadership Programme (ELP) at the University of Edinburgh Business School. Founders Professor Susan Murphy and Judy Wagner of FWB...
SOVEREIGN STATE: DataVita secures £300m for data centre rollout in Scotland’s AI Growth Zone
DataVita, Scotland’s largest independent data centre developer and operator, has secured £300m of funding to expand and build two data centres in the North Lanarkshire’s AI Growth Zone.The consortium fundraising...
ELECTRIC WHEN? Why Far North needs serious plan for investment in its railway
As the Edinburgh Tram network continues to be disrupted in the aftermath of the fire in Princes Street, there are questions over how fixed rail public transport can overcome incidents...
Drax boss says grid connectors should pay for renewable hold-ups
The operators of the Britain’s national grid should be made liable for damages over delayed upgrades to the electricity network, the owner of the Cruachan hydro-electric power plant in the...
DEATH OF A HERO: Tributes pour in for Sir Ian Wood, a titan of entrepreneurial Scotland
Tributes have been pouring in from Scotland and further afield for Sir Ian Wood, 84, who has died. The Business would also like to pass on its condolences for the...