• McGill secures fire safety contracts worth up to £4 million

Building services contractor McGill has won a £400,000 contract and been appointed to a £3.6 million framework to deliver upgrades to fire alarms.

The £3.6m framework agreement with Falkirk Council and the £400,000 contract with Loreburn Housing Association were awarded to McGill’s specialist fire and security team after a competitive tender process whilst work remains suspended on all but essential Scottish sites.

• PlayerData secures £750,000 investment round

Edinburgh-based PlayerData has secured a £750,000 investment round to support market entry and its next phase of growth. Sir Terry Leahy is among the group of prominent private investors from the Scottish and UK business scene to participate in the round. 

The funding round enables PlayerData to fast-track the launch of its sports team and individual athlete products. 

• Capital Document Solutions invests £25,000 to adapt business for coronavirus survival

Edinburgh-based print solution specialist Capital Document Solutions has invested £25,000 to adapt its operations and redeploy its staff for home working in order to ensure the firm’s survival in the current coronavirus crisis. 

All sales staff at the company are undergoing the latest online training courses, are attending webinars and have been issued new laptops and other technological equipment and are utilising new remote-working software.

•  Snappy Shopper secures most significant contract to date

Dundee-based delivery app Snappy Shopper has secured its biggest contract to date with the west Midlands-based SPAR wholesaler AF Blakemore.

The new deal ensures plans to offer the Snappy Shopper delivery service in up to 250 sites across Blackmore Retail’s company-owned stores.

• MBM Commercial launches Digital Deals Hub

MBM has launched its Digital Deals Hub, to help commercial deals to stay on track during lockdown. The hub is the first of its kind and provides resources on how and when digital signatures can be used in legal transactions.

Since the UK entered lockdown on 23 March 2020, MBM has completed over twenty investment deals and many other legal transactions using digital signatures, however this practice is still not widely utilised across the legal profession. MBM began trialling digital technology in 2019 and had already rolled out training to all staff prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, with a view to rolling out this service to clients in the summer of this year.

• Buffalo Farm hails success of delivery service during lockdown

Fife-based Buffalo Farm has seen an increase in business since the lockdown measures were implemented as it successfully launched an online delivery service.

The service has meant that the farm has not had to furlough any staff as employees turned their energies to ensuring the success of the delivery service. The company has seen food packages going out to around 150-200 customers per day.