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Scottish Enterprise welcomes the announcement of a new collaboration in genomic medicine which sees Scotland join AstraZeneca’s global genomics initiative

An Edinburgh Napier University spinout that could dramatically cut the time it takes police to examine consumer devices for criminality has received major new investment.

Scottish Enterprise has today announced that its investment arm, the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), has agreed to provide funding of £2.75m to LendingCrowd, an innovative Edinburgh-based peer-to-peer lending platform which provides affordable loans to SMEs.

For the first time, Scottish Development International is hosting a Scotland pavilion at Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) in Amsterdam this week, targeting energy related opportunities in The Netherlands and Northern Europe. The Scotland pavilion joins Iran, Italy, China and the Netherlands on the list of country pavilions.

With over 100,000 locals needing to be trained over the next 10 years to support East Africa’s oil and gas, mining and construction ambition, a delegation of 10 Scottish oil and gas training providers will visit Tanzania and Mozambique this week to offer their skills & experience to these markets and to capitalise on the significant growth opportunities.

Representatives from Neptune Marine Services UK are getting set to travel to the Netherlands to attend this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OECC).

Glasgow will today become the host city for the ninth European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and the Bioeconomy (EFIB), which is taking place 18-20 October.

Scotland is introducing a selection of its world-leading luxury products and services at a special showcase in Shanghai today, Friday 14 October.

One of the world’s leading aerostructure suppliers to both Airbus and Boeing has invested £5m at their site in Prestwick.

Twenty-three of the top chefs in France have arrived in Scotland to sample the best food and drink that the country has to offer.