The Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Catriona Penny as its Venture Banking director, expanding its support to Scotland’s most ambitious high growth companies and the investors backing them.
Calls for a moratorium on data centres were dismissed by John Swinney yesterday who insisted the government had introduced guidelines to ensure community interests were being protected.
Singular Photonics, an Edinburgh University spin-off, has closed an oversubscribed $2.15 million funding round to develop a new generation of image sensors typically used in medical equipment and digital cameras.
A company making sustainable construction materials has raised almost £900,000 to help increase production of its flagship product which is being used in a major NHS project.
Scottish cloud computing firm Iomart Group has appointed former bank executive Matthew Waymark as chief financial officer and director, filling one of two key vacancies at the company.
STV Radio, Scotland’s newest and only national commercial radio station, has recorded a strong debut in its first official audience figures since its launch in January.