Business

FOLLOWING a public meeting discussing proposed cuts to Edinburgh’s third sector, decisions have been pushed back from June to August this year.  Members of the Thrive Collective, councillors, Edinburgh locals,...

A NEW Seabird Resilience Fund has been announced by the Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund (SMEEF) to help safeguard the future of Scotland’s seabirds. The £1.6m investment, funded by voluntary...

A SCOTS tech business has successfully secured a £500,000 loan from the British Business Bank’s Investment Fund for Scotland. Obtained via fund manager The FSE Group, the funding will enable...

AN AQUACULTURE technology company has secured a £10m investment to help accelerate development and support fish farmers. Ace Aquatec’s new funding will directly support the creation of 15 new jobs...

STATISTICS for an upcoming travel and environment committee meeting show that the budget for road improvement has gone up by 22% since last year.  Pavement spending, however, is staying the...

KELSO Pharma has secured £140m of acquisition funding as it appoints a senior pharma executive as non-executive director. The specialty pharma business, backed by Apposite Capital, secured the nine-figure funding...

A NEW director has been appointed at Henderson Loggie as the firm looks to expand its tax advisory services. Stephen Dodds has been appointed as a tax director for the...

THE UNIVERSITY of Edinburgh has been ordered to pay £1.1m to an engineering professor whose employment was terminated in 2012.  After a 13-year employment tribunal, a unanimous judgement decided that...

THE University and College Union (UCU) for Edinburgh has responded to threatened cuts from the university who say they are in “severe financial difficulty”.  University of Edinburgh (UoE) principal Peter...

STAFF at the University of Edinburgh have been sent an email warning them of possible cuts amid a “financial challenge”.  The email, sent yesterday from Principal Peter Mathieson, blamed “external...