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Plans unveiled for future of site.

North-East Fife food processing equipment maker Foodmek is activating an ambitious growth plan after securing £500,000 funding for it from the Scottish Loan Scheme (SLS), part of the Scottish Government’s Scottish Growth Scheme. 

As a delegation of Canadian Fintech leaders arrived in Scotland as part of a recent UK-wide trade mission, for one of the participants it marked a return home.

An online tourism data course, thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, has been created by Scottish Enterprise to help organisations better understand and use information to enhance their business and the first course begins on November 11.

The ‘Understanding Data in the Tourism Industry’ course is free and delivered by Edinburgh Napier University through funding by The Data Lab in partnership with Scottish Enterprise.

Responding to the announcement from SIMEC Atlantis Energy that the company has signed a contract to supply tidal generation equipment and offshore construction services to to Kyuden Mirai Energy for a demonstration project in Japan, Paul Lewis, Managing Director, International Economic Development at Scottish Enterprise, said:

Pilot programme to encourage young people to consider entrepreneurship as a viable career path

Dukosi, the Edinburgh-based developer of leading-edge battery technology, has today announced it has been 100% acquired by KCK .

Representatives of leading fintech firms in Canada will arrive today in Scotland (Wednesday, 23 October) as part of a UK-wide trade mission. 

A joint initiative between Japan and Scotland, formed two years ago, will see almost £21million invested into underwater technology projects to promote economic growth opportunities in the Blue Economy.

Invizius, the Univerity of Edinburgh spin-out whose technology could help reduce the high death rates amongst dialysis patients, has raised £2.75m from a consortium of investors.

Responding to EY's latest Attractiveness Survey that shows Scotland has attracted the highest number of projects to small towns, communities and villages compared to rest of the UK, Charlie Smith, Managing Director of International Development, Strategy and Technology at Scottish Enterprise, said: