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Bethan Vasey joins Scotland’s national economic development agency as Director of North East Transition

Scottish Enterprise helped ambitious Scottish businesses generate £2.15 billion in exports last year, despite the challenging global economic environment. The result represents one of Scotland’s strongest international trade performances of the past five years and reinforces Scotland’s global competitiveness.

A national programme helping Scottish companies capitalise on the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) has received funding for its second year.

A £1.9 million grant, part of a £12 million company investment, will support the growth of Scotland’s Critical Technologies supercluster, expanding a compound semiconductor wafer manufacturer and creating new opportunities for staff and apprentices.

QUICKBLOCK, the UK-based developer of rapidly deployable modular infrastructure solutions for defence, security and humanitarian applications, today announced the successful completion of a £940,000 funding round comprising new equity investment and innovation grant funding.

Cirrus Logic, a leader in high-performance, low-power audio and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced it has received a research and development grant from Scottish Enterprise to support the development of next-generation smart energy technology and expand advanced engineering activities in Scotland.

UK-based diagnostic health testing company, Regenerus Laboratories, announced that it has secured £8m to accelerate operational and market expansion, and strengthen its diagnostic platform. The funds consist of £5m equity investment from Foresight Group and a £3m R&D grant from Scottish Enterprise.

ReVentas, a Scottish start-up pioneering a new type of plastic recycling, has been awarded £3.5m grant funding from Scottish Enterprise to support the development of their solvent based recycling technology over the next three years. 

An industrialised construction company which has developed innovative technology to build homes from recycled glass panels has secured more than £5m in funding to help it tackle the UK’s housing crisis.

Fintech companies from around the world with innovative AI solutions can now apply to the award-winning Financial Regulation Innovation Lab’s new innovation call – on responsible AI in financial services. This is a unique opportunity for companies at any stage to fast-track their solutions to real-world problems and help shape the future of financial services.

Scotland has retained its position as the UK's leading destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) outside London, demonstrating resilience and continued investor confidence in a challenging global environment. 

Scotland remains the UK’s top destination outside of London for foreign direct investment projects.