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Kilwinning-based Shuttle Buses has become employee-owned, giving all 70 employees a stake in the business as the current MD plans for his eventual retirement

Ambitious plans unveiled to reduce sector’s environmental impact with publication of new Scottish Space Sustainability Roadmap

Export opportunities at major trade events

Scottish products and services remain in global demand 

Scottish Enterprise today, 18 August 2022, revealed that 2021/22 continued to be a record year for its early-stage investment activities.

Five start-up businesses founded by students and recent graduates from the University of Edinburgh are celebrating after securing almost half a million pounds in grant funding awards between them.

Smart Green Shipping, a systems design and engineering company, aims to lead global shipping’s green transition through unique industry collaboration with Malin, Drax and the shipping sector with targets to reduce greenhouse gas and fuel costs by at least 20% via high tech sails. The project is supported by Scottish Enterprise, industry partners and private investors.

Scottish Enterprise is launching a free online Net Zero Accelerator tool today (Monday 25 July) to support more businesses to develop net zero plans and further the economic development agency’s commitment to embedding sustainability across its work.

A scheme to create an international rail cluster of excellence in Scotland has been extended following the success of the first phase.

Glasgow-based tech start-up Gigged.AI has been awarded a £100,000 SMART: SCOTLAND grant by Scottish Enterprise to develop its digital talent sourcing platform.

New research published today by Scottish Enterprise (SE), 11 July 2022, reveals equity investment secured by Scottish businesses increased 36% to £690 million in 2021, up from £509 million in 2020.

Global programmatic advertising tech firm to deliver high-value jobs boost