Evaluating the impact of trade & investment support
A recent evaluation examining the impact of international trade and investment support for companies in Scotland has found a significant economic return for both trade and inward investment activity.
Evidently this is good news for...
Keeping it real for our visitors
It has never been easier for travellers to choose their holiday destination. Competition amongst destinations is fierce and in to this mix are the changing tastes of visitors.
The “Instagram generation” is seeking a visitor...
ScotRail ushers in sleek new era
ScotRail’s upgrades and improvements for the nation’s commuters continued in earnest at the end of July, as the new Hitachi fleet of Class 385 trains began ferrying customers between Glasgow and Edinburgh, thus beginning...
Digital skills developed in schools
Senior pupils in schools across Scotland are developing skills in Digital Technology through Foundation Apprenticeships.
To ensure young people are given the opportunity to develop relevant skills in key growth sectors, SDS has developed 12...
Turnip and go – farmers’ market moves to station
Dumfries station will be transformed into a farmers’ market in the coming weeks. Local producers will be given space under the canopy in the station car park when the Dumfries Farmers’ Market relocates from...
Rail on track to make connections
As David Horne, Managing Director for Virgin Trains on the east coast route explains, Edinburgh is a city shaped, in no small part, by the railways. Whether you look north across the steel cantilevers...
The changing world of electricity
The power generation industry has seen a growing number of exciting developments in recent years, and at Clyde Blowers Capital (CBC) we are encouraged by the increased levels of investment into the sector as...
Using innovation for business growth
In Scotland, our public bodies are ideally placed to stimulate change. Working day to day in complex environments covering an immense range of services with a wide array of technologies – from collecting rubbish...
Innovating success
You may have already heard that spending on business research and development in Scotland has topped £1 billion for the first time ever. Data published shows Scotland’s R&D investment levels in 2016 were running three times...
Building the best railway Scotland’s ever had
Work is taking place across the country to prepare Scotland’s railway for the arrival of two brand-new train fleets – Virgin East Coast’s Azuma trains and ScotRail’s class-385s.
Over Christmas and New Year 2017, 4,000...