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Scottish Secretary focusses on jobs and investment in USA visit
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Scottish Secretary focusses on jobs and investment in USA visit

Jobs and investment in Scotland will be top of the agenda today [Thursday 3 April] when Scottish Secretary Ian Murray, Lord Mayor of London Alastair King and Scottish Financial Enterprise Chief Executive Sandy Begbie meet key sectors in a series of meetings in New York during Tartan Week.

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Edinburgh aerospace firm backed for expansion
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Edinburgh aerospace firm backed for expansion

An aerospace technology firm has secured a £500,000 investment to accelerate its development of space launch guidance systems.

Backed by Kelvin Capital, Gabriel and Scottish Enterprise, Edinburgh-based Aurora Avionics is now looking to hire new engineers, grow its operations at the Royal Observatory and further advance its technology.

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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£10M Investment in New Space Facilities in Scotland
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£10M Investment in New Space Facilities in Scotland

New space facilities will be constructed at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) to facilitate a major European Space Agency (ESA) mission in Scotland

The laboratory, funded by the UK Government’s investments in ESA, will be used to assemble the optical benches for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission.

Source: DIGIT

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