Business
Scottish building supplies company strengthens management team
ST ANDREWS Timber & Building Supplies has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of its first group key accounts manager. Headquartered in Edinburgh, the company has branches in Livingston and Paisley with a regional sales team covering the country. Most recently sales director with Woodbridge Timber, Brian McVeigh takes on the newly-created role […]
Conference is set to explore how Scotland can improve towns for the future
DUNDEE is set to host a conference with a Scottish Government Minister and a council leader to focus on the future of Scottish communities. Scotland’s Towns Partnership (STP) is joining forces with Dundee City Council to host this major event which will see delegates from across the country will travel to the The Apex City […]
Ports group commits to net zero mission at event in the Scottish Capital
A BRITISH ports group has committed to achieve it’s net zero carbon operation mission by 2042 in event at the Scottish Capital yesterday. At the event, the company, Forth Ports launched a film which demonstrates its ambitious vision of achieving carbon neutral emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 2032. This will create an infrastructure platform […]
Renowned renewables firm set to bring batteries to Bathgate
A SOUTH Lanarkshire renewables firm is charged up having announced plans to build an ambitious battery storage project in West Lothian. Banks Renewables is expecting to invest over £100m into developing Pond Energy Park, which will see a section of an industrial park near Bathgate re-designed into a two-hectare battery site. Expected to be submitted […]
Scaling Up Scotland – Major conference and networking event Launched by the Hunter Foundation
THE HUNTER Foundation (THF) will bring together some of the UK and Scotland’s top entrepreneurs this autumn at its ‘Founders Conference – Scaling Up Scotland’. The event, which is being supported by Entrepreneurial Scotland, is the first of its kind hosted by the organisation in partnership with the Scottish National Investment Bank (The Bank). It […]
Coretrax makes trio of senior appointments to support growth in Eastern Hemisphere
OIL well integrity and production optimisation company Coretrax has strengthened its Eastern Hemisphere leadership team with a trio of appointments to support growth in the region. Neil Killoh joins Coretrax in the role of country manager for Australia, New Zealand and Papa New Guinea, which marks the company’s first appointment in the region. Malek Abed […]
Stirling social enterprise secures £10k in funding with help from Business Gateway
A SCOTTISH social enterprise supporting children and adults with disabilities has scaled up its operations after accessing over £10,000 of funding with help from Business Gateway. Bounce OT is an activity-based service that offers therapeutic services for children, young people and adults with disabilities, and their families, to overcome the impact of inequality. The company […]
Scottish pioneer targets common skin blight with $1m trials
Major investment aims to secure clearance for innovative lesion treatment A PIONEERING microwave health tech firm is undertaking clinical trials on a global scale which could give millions fighting with stubborn skin lesions across the globe access to effective treatment. Stirling-based Emblation has invested $1 million to conduct clinical trials in the US and Germany, […]
Scots award-winning specialist flooring contractor appointment first commercial director
A SCOTTISH award-winning specialist flooring contractor, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Ross Andrew as its first commercial director. The Fife based Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS) has appointed Andrew to step up from his position as senior quantity surveyor to help lead the firm’s ongoing growth plans at its Rosyth headquarters. […]