News

• UK to capture a bigger slice of the  global £98bn small molecule pharma market
• 80 new jobs to be created by 2023; a further 90 created or retained during design & construction
• £80 million of new R&D investment by 2028

Scottish Enterprise director of technology and engineering, David Smith comments on the latest inward investment figures

Some additional commentary on the 2018 EY Scotland Attractiveness Survey from Paul Lewis, Managing Director, Scottish Development International 

Scotland saw a 7% rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) projects during 2017, making it the top performing location in UK outside London once again, according to the latest annual survey into FDI attractiveness published today (11 June 2018) by EY.

Scotland Is Now partners collaborate with internet giants on cutting edge technology

MiAlgae, a student-launched startup that aims to revolutionise the animal and fish feed industries with microalgae made from the co-products of whisky, has received £500,000 from investors.

Factory of the future will provide cutting-edge products and services for oil and gas projects worldwide.

An Edinburgh-based company has announced it has completed its transition to become Scotland’s latest employee-owned business, with 14 members of staff becoming majority owners.

Scan Building Services Ltd chooses EO to reward employees

Designer and manufacturer of world-leading prosthetic technologies, Össur, has cemented its commitment to Scotland with an agreement to invest £5.6 million over a three year period to develop ground-breaking myoelectric prosthetic hand and arm solutions at its Touch Bionics operations.

US software company AcuSoft have announced the opening of their first European office in Glasgow.

Synpromics Ltd, the leader in gene control, today announced it has been awarded a £1.9m research and development grant from Scottish Enterprise. The funds will expand Synpromics’ world leading R&D programmes in gene regulation for cell and gene medicines.