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Work to create ONE SeedPod – the transformational industry innovation hub for Scotland’s food and drink industry – has started in Aberdeen, following the completion of the capital funding package and award of the construction contract

New research published today, 22 May 2023, shows the value of equity investment secured by Scottish businesses reached a record £953 million in 2022, an increase of 26% from £754 million in 2021.

Scotland’s first report into the blockchain economy finds the technology could be worth over four billion by 2030 and scopes out major companies, investors and opportunities for industries from energy to entertainment.

Scottish Enterprise provides support to innovative project

Neil Gray MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy, has today officially opened Compack Cartons’ new packaging operation in Livingston following a £13.5 million investment by Port Glasgow-based McLaren Packaging in the facility.

Dunkeld, Perthshire based Land Rover Experience Scotland has become the country’s latest employee-owned business after giving staff an 83% share in the company via the establishment of an employee ownership trust (EOT)

Provenance and sustainability of Scottish seafood sector on display

Heero Technologies, a high-growth clean tech software and data company based in Dundee, has secured a six-figure investment from The TRICAPITAL Syndicate LLP, Scottish Enterprise and Mint Ventures to further develop its innovative energy efficiency app.

Investment opportunities central to Tartan Week celebrations

A UK agritech specialising in the next generation of green insecticides has secured a further round of investment totalling £4 million to scale up the development of its unique nature-inspired pesticides, the first of their kind to be developed worldwide.

A technology company that aims to bring high speed broadband to hard-to-reach areas has been awarded £275,000 in funding from Scotland’s national economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise.