Steve Dunlop, chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, has welcomed news today (Wednesday 25 September) that the management buy-out of Aberdeen paper mill Arjowiggins has been concluded.

Cohort of Scottish entrepreneurs to travel to world’s top entrepreneurship school

Par Equity and the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) have profitably exited deltaDNA following the acquisition of the Edinburgh-based analytics business by Unity Technologies.

Drive to promote investment opportunities gets underway

Scottish Enterprise CEO, Steve Dunlop welcomes news that JPMorgan Chase & Co. is to build a new state-of-the-art technology home in Glasgow.

A Norwegian fintech company is set to establish a technology hub in Edinburgh following a £225,000 Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) award from Scottish Enterprise.

As the growth of employee ownership continues to accelerate, Co-operative Development Scotland has launched the first ever podcast series dedicated to the model.  

• 75% increase in total grant value since last year
• 2,394 jobs created or safeguarded in Scotland – 37% more than last year
• Helping to deliver £316.4m planned capex – more than 6x last year’s figure
• 99% of offers were for SMEs
• Scottish-owned companies account for 86% of offers
• Average grant to Scottish SMEs rose by £100,000 since last year

Edinburgh-based biotechnology company MedAnnex Ltd has received a further £1m investment from The Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), the investment arm of Scotland’s national economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise. 

A new manufacturing district in Renfrewshire which will create thousands of new jobs for the sector took a step closer today as work started on site.

• £5 million RSA grant will support Care Sourcer to scale
• Care Sourcer building industry-leading technology to tackle UK’s care crisis
• Edinburgh-based care matching site continues hiring phase