Category: News

Scotland’s employee ownership community has taken centre stage at the UK Employee Ownership Awards 2026, with three Scottish businesses and leaders recognised as the UK’s EO sector plots further rapid growth. The latest UK figures show the employee owned (EO) sector has grown 300% between 2020 and 2025 to 2,890 businesses, and is now expected […]

Techscaler was Scotland’s attempt to build the connective tissue its startup ecosystem had long lacked at national scale: one network linking founders, mentors, operators, investors, education and place across the country rather than leaving that work scattered across individual cities and institutions. Two years on from its initial rollout, that network is no longer an […]

French renewables developer Qair has reached financial close on its first UK project, the 46.51 MWp Brecks Solar Farm, while its 1 GW Ayre floating wind farm off Orkney has secured onshore consent and moved a step closer to construction around 2030. Ayre: 1 GW floating wind off Orkney Ayre is a 1 GW floating […]

Construction of the £9.1m EnergyWorks facility in Aberdeen and a new TechX accelerator cohort of 11 cleantech start‑ups highlight how the Net Zero Technology Centre is trying to turn the North East into a net‑zero innovation and manufacturing hub. EnergyWorks: a physical home for cleantech scale‑ups Construction has begun on the £9.1 million EnergyWorks facility […]

Scotland’s economy grew just 0.1% in Q1 2026 as services and construction offset a sharp fall in production, leaving ministers defending their growth strategy in a Holyrood debate on “Growing Scotland’s Economy”. Scotland’s onshore GDP rose by 0.1% in the first quarter of 2026, down from 0.2% in the final quarter of 2025 and well […]

By High Growth Scotland editorial Scotland’s public sector is quietly turning a familiar-sounding procurement roadshow into part of the country’s growth infrastructure. Meet the Buyer-style events are now a core way councils and agencies open up billions of pounds of contract opportunities to smaller, high-growth firms rather than just the usual majors. At the centre […]

Scottish and Norwegian businesses have been urged to seize significant opportunities emerging across both the energy transition and traditional energy sectors at the 13th Aberdeen–Norway Gateway in Aberdeen. The event spotlighted a pipeline that includes oil and gas investment estimated at NOK266 billion in 2026, government ambitions to allocate areas for 30,000 MW of offshore […]

Glasgow-based corporate gifting startup Go Swag has raised 5 million dollars in new funding to accelerate international expansion, grow its team and invest further in its AI-powered platform. The round was led by Mercia Ventures, with participation from Techstart Ventures and strategic angel investors, taking total funding raised to 6.2 million dollars. Founded in Glasgow […]

By High Growth Scotland editorial Edinburgh-based GovTech venture ePass is aiming to become one of Scotland’s standout scaleups after reporting £1 million in revenue in its first year of trading and securing a flagship national deployment across the public sector. A Founded in 2024 by chief executive James Buchan and chief technology officer Chris Renga, […]

Edelweiss has launched a new twice-weekly service between Zurich and Glasgow, strengthening Scotland’s connectivity into a major European hub and opening up fresh opportunities for tourism, trade and high-value visitors this summer. Glasgow Airport has welcomed the inaugural Edelweiss flight from Zurich, marking the official launch of a brand-new direct service between Scotland and Switzerland. […]