IT is quite a jump from marketing lobster pots in the cellar of a Hebridean pub to developing flood-proof architecture for the low-lying plains of England.
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.
A start-up that aims to be Scotland's first international bicycle brand since the demise of the Glasgow-built "Flying Scot" has won a top prize at the UK's leading cycle manufacturing show.
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).
GENIUS has clinched a deal to supply gluten-free rolls, made in Scotland, for sale in Caffe Nero coffee shops, which is expected to result in a big boost in its profile.
SIR Winfried Bischoff has revealed he is retiring as the £713,000-a-year non-executive chairman of Lloyds Banking Group, three-and-a-half years after being hired to steady the bank after Lloyds TSB's troubled rescue takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland.
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.
5 May 2013
