Archaeological services provider GUARD Archaeology Limited is the latest business in Scotland to become employee-owned, with 32 members of staff given a stake in the business. 

Edinburgh-based bioinformatics company, Fios Genomics (Fios), which helps pharmaceutical and biotech companies to analyse the large amounts of data generated during drug development, has announced a strategic partnership with one of the world’s largest contract research organisations, Charles River Laboratories, (Charles River).

Med-tech firm EnMovi has selected Glasgow as the location to advance its development of cutting-edge orthopaedic sensors and data analytics after receiving a £2.5m research and development (R&D) grant from Scottish Enterprise.

SHE Software is investing £4milllion in a cutting-edge health and safety technology project supported by a Scottish Enterprise Research and Development grant of £1.4million that will also support the East Kilbride company’s global growth and create 15 new jobs.

• Over £2bn of private sector investment planned or already underway
• £235m Growth Deal initiative could see 6,000 new jobs created
• Local businesses encouraged to embrace local opportunities and back Growth Deal