A University of Glasgow academic has won a £20,000 award for entrepreneurs for his work leading a team that has developed a way of using sound waves to help speed the detection of malaria and sexually transmitted infections.
IN this week's SME Focus, we hear from one of the fledglings who are preparing to move on from the business hatchery backed by some of Scotland's leading entrepreneurs.
MARTIN Gilbert is expected to say he is stepping down as chairman of FirstGroup this week with analysts predicting the transport giant may also unveil plans to raise £600 million.
SCOTTISH Enterprise chief executive Lena Wilson has had her appointment to the board of testing services provider Intertek as a non-executive director approved with 99.89% support from shareholders.
Given how much it relies on the Scotch whisky industry to make its case about an independent Scotland's superior balance of payments, the Scottish Government could do without a drawn-out war against the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA).
IN this week's SME Focus we hear of a couple who were able to take more control of important aspects of their lives after accepting the risks that an entrepreneurial existence entails.
THE imposing Mansion House was built in the 18th century to accommodate the Lord Mayor in appropriate style as the City of London undertook a series of improvements to see off the challenge of the upstart neighbourhood of Westminster.
Simon Bain, personal finance editor for The Herald and Sunday Herald, was highly commended in the regional business and finance writer category of the prestigious Headlinemoney awards, at a ceremony at London's Park Lane Hilton Hotel this week.
SIR Tom Hunter said he made a huge mistake investing in housebuilders at the tail end of the last boom but remains keen on property amid tough times for many in the sector.
29 April 2013
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