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Business leaders elected to Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Business leaders elected to Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has announced its new cohort of fellows, including several from Scotland’s business community.

Fellows are elected to Scotland’s national academy for exceptional achievements and acumen in the world of science, mathematics, business and the arts.

Source: Business Insider

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Scottish National Investment Bank: A catalyst for positive change
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Scottish National Investment Bank: A catalyst for positive change

With an ambition to be transformative and provide development capital to Scottish firms engage in three core pillars – the drive to net zero, tackling place-based inequality, and supporting innovation – the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) set out its stall to before an audience of delegates from across the business spectrum in Glasgow today.

Source: The Herald

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Scottish biotech company secures £3.4 million
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Scottish biotech company secures £3.4 million

Scottish biotech engineering company uFraction8 has secured £3.4m in new investment, following the completion of a funding round led by Foresight Group.

Based in Falkirk with a fully-owned subsidiary in Poland, uFraction8’s microfiltration technology is designed to optimise cell and biomass production, offering an energy-efficient alternative to traditional methods used in the production of food, feed and bio-based products.

Source: Business Insider

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Scottish biotechnology centre achieves 300 member milestone ahead of major event
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Scottish biotechnology centre achieves 300 member milestone ahead of major event

Scotland’s Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has seen its membership surge to more than 300 after welcoming around 100 new members to its network in 2024.

Industry leaders said the growth reflected the health of Scotland’s bio-economy, with start-ups Vaste and Seastex recently joining IBioIC and helping to push its network past the milestone figure.

Source: The Scotsman

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Supporting women-led businesses is an ‘economic imperative’ – Forbes
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Supporting women-led businesses is an ‘economic imperative’ – Forbes

Supporting women-led businesses is an “economic imperative”, Kate Forbes is expected to say in speech in Edinburgh today.

The Deputy First Minister is addressing a Pathways Pledge event – a gathering of organisations signed up to tech entrepreneur Ana Stewart’s Pathways Forward initiative, which aims to help remove barriers facing women in enterprise.

Source: Business Insider

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New Scottish EDGE Awards to Help Drive Economic Change
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New Scottish EDGE Awards to Help Drive Economic Change

Applications for round 25 of Scottish EDGE Awards will be accepted until the 27th February. The live final is scheduled for 9th May.

Scottish EDGE, the business funding competition, has joined forces with Techscaler and Scottish Enterprise to help drive economic change in Scotland with the introduction of two new awards.

Source: DIGIT

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