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First tenants and new CEO announced.

SHORE the Scottish Seaweed Company (SHORE), the trading name of Alness-based seaweed processing company New Wave Foods Ltd, has expanded its product range having secured a £1.7 million finance package.

Industry leadership group Scotland for Employee Ownership (SfEO) has announced it has created an Advocate Programme.

PROJECTS putting Scotland at the forefront of the fintech and life sciences sectors have been awarded funding of  £146m. 

Reactec, the Edinburgh-based tech company that recently launched its innovative SAFE-DISTANCE device to enable social distancing among workers, has completed a further £700,000 round of fundraising for the ongoing development of its innovative personal monitoring equipment and reporting technology.

Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services, a specialist provider of pharmaceutical and vaccine development services, has announced it has signed a supply agreement with AstraZeneca for sterile manufacture of the COVID-19 recombinant adenovirus vaccine known as AZD1222 for AstraZeneca sponsored clinical trials.

A report by an independent group of experts looking at future economic growth in response to the coronavirus pandemic has been welcomed by Scottish Enterprise.

The Morvern Community Development Company (MCDC) has worked with Triodos Bank UK and the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, to secure a new finance arrangement to support the development of a high-head (142m) hydropower scheme on the Barr River near Loch Teacuis, Morvern in Lochaber, Scotland.

• Head of John Lewis Glasgow Isabella Miller confirmed for highly-coveted role
• John Lewis Partnership is largest employee-owned business in the UK
• Scotland for Employee Ownership has aspiration of 500 employee-owned businesses by 2030

The widespread use of electric vehicles across the UK has moved a step closer following a £4.1 million funding deal to support the growth of Trojan Energy’s innovative on-street charging product.

AAC Clyde Space, the Glasgow-based space solutions company, has announced it has begun development of its next generation of nano and small satellites with support from Scottish Enterprise.

ION Geo is a global software firm with a base in Edinburgh and has transformed manual operations at Montrose Port Authority with its Marlin™ SmartPort optimisation software and recently completed a full digital switchover.