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Increase in FDI projects sees Scotland bucking UK and Europe trend

Scottish Enterprise has appointed global energy consultancy Xodus Group to the role of Offshore Wind Cluster Builder to develop and grow the offshore wind supply chain across Scotland.

Scotland retained its strong position as one of the most active equity investment markets in the UK last year with the number of deals completed reaching record levels.

Presentations are difficult for anyone, but even more-so for the 300,000 disabled students across the UK, who are often required to present as part of their university or college course. Estendio is on a mission to alleviate presentation anxiety, after Chris Hughes, Founder and CEO, experienced the challenge of presenting first hand as a dyslexic student in university.

Scottish Enterprise Interim Chief Executive Linda Hanna welcomed the five-year strategy for Scotland’s financial services industry from Scottish Financial Enterprise:

Smart home security start-up Boundary Technologies has announced investment of £3.7m to scale up following the successful launch of its first product, including £1.5m from Skyscanner’s co-founder Gareth Williams - his biggest angel investment to date.

Tech entrepreneur Pete Jaco has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of a university spin-out geared to tackling the multi-billion pound ransomware market.

Scottish Enterprise to invest £400 million to safeguard and create jobs for Scotland.

Scottish Enterprise is today (May 19) launching its ‘Think Climate’ podcasts with conservationist and UN ambassador Sacha Dench as the first guest to appear and who will discuss her record breaking attempt to fly around the UK in an electric paramotor to raise awareness of climate change.

Changingday, the Glasgow start-up creating virtual reality games for autistic people, has secured more than £670,000 to develop and launch its products.

Twelve prime sites have been identified as the result of a study which has been developed to help establish Scotland as an attractive location for green datacentres and to accelerate inward investment from the datacentre sector.

Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS), the arm of Scottish Enterprise which promotes company growth through employee ownership and co-operative business models has launched a podcast series to highlight the benefits of inclusive business models. The first features Jamie Hepburn MSP, Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills.