Bank supports Mironid with £8.4m in race to commercial success
Mironid, a Glasgow-based biopharmaceutical company, employing 16 staff including scientists, has secured an £8.4m equity investment from the Scottish National Investment Bank. This gives the company further breathing space to...
Ticketing start-up gains £250,000 angel investment to take on major event players
Forumm, a Scottish ticketing and event technology start-up, has secured £250,000 from an angel investor network which values the business at £2.25m.The funding round, secured under the Enterprise Investment Scheme...
All-tenure development is vital to solving our housing emergency
When discussing solutions to the housing crisis, the instinct is often – understandably – to focus on social and affordable housing. However, increasing supply of those tenures alone will not...
Power Shift: Minister signals Scotland’s moment to lead the energy transition
The UK’s Energy Minister used the platform of the UK’s largest energy conference to set out his stall for the country’s clean energy transition making it clear that Scotland is...
Laings going for gold in return to Argyll Arcade in Glasgow
Luxury jeweller Laings is opening a showroom in the company’s former Argyll Arcade store in Glasgow. The arcade remains one of Scotland’s best known and most popular places for jewellery...
SCOTLAND V CAMBRIDGE: Bid to bring £100m in-vitro life science hub to Edinburgh
Our resistance to harmful microbes remains one of humanity’s greatest challenges. In many cases, the rise of diseases has been compounded by changing climate conditions.Scotland’s life science communities are playing...
Local know-how meeting city’s property needs
Behnam Afshar, a director of AMA Homes, which has been in the housing market for more than 40 years, says local knowledge plays an essential part in meeting local needs.His...
Why Glasgow’s love affair with cinema is up in lights
Glasgow Film Festival goes from strength to strength, while the city itself has become established as a hit location for directors When film actor James McAvoy recently brought his movie...
From ruin to renewal: time to empower Glasgow’s city‑region
The recent Glasgow city centre fire has devastated businesses and wrecked livelihoods. But the blaze next to Glasgow Central station has also brought into focus the usually abstract topic of...
Scottish firms warned over arrival of new carbon tax in 2027
Scottish businesses have been warned to start collecting vital information on their carbon footprint with new legislation on the horizon. The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) comes into force on...