Here’s our summary of the most salient budget announcements today pertinent to businesses and entrepreneurs: The national minimum wage for those aged 21 years and over will rise by 6.6% in April 2025 from £11.44 to £12.21 per hour. Apprentices and under 18s are set to get an increase of Read more…
We’re delighted to announce the new WeDO Chair and Advisory Board. Richard Simpson, joint Managing Director of Tayburn, one of Scotland’s longest-standing creative agencies, has been appointed as our new Chair, along with a further two new Board members, Ian McLeod Kerr, CEO and founder of Raven Controls – winner Read more…
Sterling Sinclair Removals Group (SSR) has acquired long-established, Tillicoultry-based, Glen Transport. The six-figure deal is the group’s second such transaction in less than a year, following the takeover of Britannia Edinburgh Removals. As part of the agreement, Stirling-headquartered SSR has taken on Glen Transport’s staff, client base and indoor storage Read more…
CivTech Round 10 has launched to drive public sector innovation with up to £8 million of Scottish Government funding being made available to help start-up businesses and entrepreneurs solve public sector challenges. The latest round of the Scottish Government CivTech programme invites companies and individuals to come up with innovations Read more…
Creative and digital agency, LEWIS has acquired Tayburn in a six-figure cash and equity deal that will combine almost a century of creative and digital expertise. Richard Simpson, Ambassador in our Executive Team is joint Managing Director of Tayburn. This deal will bring together the two firms to offer clients Read more…
The Scottish Impact Investor Readiness Programme is a new programme to address the growth barriers faced by Scottish businesses and being delivered by Strathclyde Business School, in partnership with the Scottish National Investment Bank. It was developed following research into the challenges that businesses with a focus on environmental and Read more…
We’re delighted to share that Sallyport Commercial Finance has laid out expansion plans following doubling the size of its team since launching in Glasgow last year. During its first year operating in Scotland, the North American-founded commercial lender has given out £4.4m across a variety of UK industries and Read more…
Glasgow City Region (GCR) is one of two new Scottish investment zones to benefit from investment, tax reliefs and other incentives over ten years for a package of projects which will boost the innovation economy. GCR’s £160 million Investment Zone has £160 million funding available for project funding bids from Read more…
We love hearing about the successes of our members and are thrilled that Lance Gauld of Glasgow-based managed service provider Cloud Cover IT who has sold the business to English IT firm Aspire Technology Solutions. Aspire has offices in Gateshead, Teesside, Leeds and London. As part of the investment, Cloud Read more…
The British Business Bank has launched The Investment Fund for Scotland which will deliver a £150 million commitment of new funding to Scottish businesses. The fund aims to drive sustainable economic growth by supporting innovation and creating local opportunity for new and growing businesses across Scotland. The Investment Fund for Read more…
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