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IOM Consulting Limited secures independent future with investment from Rcapital
IOM Consulting Limited, the Edinburgh-based occupational hygiene, laboratory and professional services consultancy, today announced that it has been acquired by Rcapital. The transaction secures the independent future of the business, its laboratories and around 90 staff will transfer to IOM Consulting Limited with offices across Edinburgh, Stafford and Chesterfield.
Scottish students secure international Saltire Scholars roles
A record number of Scottish university students have secured internships through the Saltire Scholars programme this summer.
A total of 208 undergraduates have secured placements through the initiative, run by Entrepreneurial Scotland, making it the programme's largest intake to date.
Source: The Herald
More than 700,000 specimens of insects and plants to be digitised to 'unlock' critical information
Detailed observations on more than 2,000 species of moths collected over a 50-year period are to be digitised alongside hundreds of thousands of other specimens in a multi-million project to allow scientists to “unlock” critical information held in Scotland’s national sciences collections.
Source: The Scotsman
SNIB tightens exposure to risk but broadens targets
Scotland’s state-owned development bank is tightening its exposure to risk by backing companies with an established growth record and a clear market advantage in their sector.
David Ritchie, who was installed as chief executive of the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) in January, has also revealed he will broaden the range of companies it is targeting.
Source: Scottish Financial News
Research organisations launch collective alliance
The National Research Organisations (NRO) Group brings together more than 40 UK science and research organisations dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of people, communities, the economy, the environment and national resilience.
Three research organisations 'in the zone' are part of this collective alliance - Roslin Institute, Moredun Research Institute and UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH).
SRUC launches its largest ever Board recruitment drive
SRUC has begun a search for up to seven non-executive Board Members as part of a planned programme of Board succession and skills renewal aligned to its new strategy.
This is the first time since the creation of SRUC in 2012 that opportunities of this scale have become available to play a leading in the success and growth of SRU
Discovering what’s Brewing at BioCampus
Midlothian Science Zone Business Forum in June was hosted at Vault City Brewing’s new premises on BioCampus following a major refit of a building three times larger than the company’s former site in Portobello, and increasing production capacity by more than eight million litres a year!
Happy cows or moody cows – existing farm tech can tell the difference
Scientists in Scotland have discovered that sensors on dairy farms could help identify happier, healthier herds.
A new study from the Digital Dairy Chain, part of the SRUC-led UKRI Strength in Places programme, has revealed that technology already worn by thousands of dairy cows could become a powerful new tool for monitoring animal wellbeing – helping farmers identify both thriving herds and those needing extra supp
UK’s £750m supercomputer milestone as turf cut at Easter Bush Midlothian
Construction on the site of the UK's Next National Supercomputer has begun on Easter Bush, Midlothian. The University of Edinburgh was chosen as the new supercomputer’s home in recognition of EPCC’s long-standing leadership in high performance computing.
Work begins on UK's new £750m supercomputer
Construction work has started on the UK's new £750m national supercomputer.
It will be hosted in University of Edinburgh buildings on the outskirts of Penicuik and Roslin in Midlothian, near the institute where Dolly the sheep was cloned.
Source: BBC News