Scottish businesses have positive expectations for activity levels, employment and turnover according to the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor report, but also report that inflationary pressure and supply chain issues pose challenges in the year ahead. The report, which surveyed 500
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The co-founders of tech firms Freeagent and Made.com will share their secrets of success at an entrepreneurs’ investment summit being held in Glasgow next month. Ed Molyneux, who was the CEO of accounting software firm Freeagent, and Julien Callede, the former COO of online furniture retailer
Scotland’s growth forecast for 2022 has been revised down due to the impacts of cost increases on consumers and businesses – issues that are being exacerbated by uncertainties caused by the war in Ukraine, according to the latest quarterly Economic Commentary from the Fraser of Allander
The University of Strathclyde has appointed Mairi Spowage as Professor of Practice and director of its prestigious Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI). Professor Spowage takes up the role after being acting director for the last year.
Scottish business sentiment remained positive in the fourth quarter of 2021, but the rising cost of energy impacts prospects for 2022 and operates as a drag on the outlook for economic growth, despite the easing of pandemic restrictions, according to the results of the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scott
The central outlook is still for the Scottish economy to meet pre-pandemic levels in the Spring, but Omicron casts a shadow over the speed of recovery in 2022 as restrictions are increased, according to the Fraser of Allander Institute (FOAI). The institute, which is operated by the University of St
Aberdeen-based Innovo Engineering and Construction has secured £10,000 funding from the Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) in conjunction with Strathclyde University. The funding will support a research and development (R&D) project for Innovo’s innovative autonomous eco-robotic win
A new medicines manufacturing innovation centre that will solve major pharmaceutical industry challenges and accelerate access to affordable medicines has topped out this week.
Glasgow-based business angel syndicate Gabriel Investments is searching for more investors after switching from university ownership to being led and owned by its members. Established in 2012, the syndicate has been boosted by support from the University of Strathclyde through its start-up incubator
The Fraser of Allander Institute (FOAI) at the University of Strathclyde now forecasts that the economy will reach its pre-pandemic peak in the summer of 2022, three months earlier than was forecast in March.
As restrictions start to ease and the wider economy re-opens across Scotland, a major survey published today by Addleshaw Goddard, highlights that business sentiment has improved since the last quarter of 2020. The latest Addleshaw Goddard Business Monitor report – produced in partnership with
The Scottish economy will get back to pre-pandemic levels in October 2022, according to the latest Economic Commentary by the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) at the University of Strathclyde.
Glasgow-based ClinSpec Diagnostics Limited (ClinSpec Dx) has reached its round two funding target of £3.5 million by securing an additional investment of £1.1m. The firm which develops liquid biopsies for early detection of cancer has secured the £1.1m investment from Norcliffe Cap
Significant parts of the Scottish economy face worsening conditions due to the pandemic before restrictions are set to ease this year, according to the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) Quarterly Economic Indicator (QEI).
The Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) at The University of Strathclyde has set out three possible scenarios for Scotland's economic growth in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.