Scotland’s industrial biotechnology community is exceeding growth expectations and is on track to achieve annual turnover of £1.2bn by 2025, according to a refreshed strategy being launched at the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre’s (IBioIC) annual conference today. Source

WORK is set to begin on a 9000-panel solar farm the size of eight football pitches on vacant land at Diageo’s Leven packaging site – after planning permission was granted for the move. Source

COOKING oil is an important component of many dishes, so it is a concern that we face significant shortages of it in the coming months, possibly years, because of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Source

SCOTRAIL’S former private operator Abellio is continuing to make money from the train network despite its recent nationalisation, it has been revealed. Source

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A RECORD number of Edinburgh employers have signed up for Living Wage accreditation since the capital committed to becoming a Living Wage City. Source

POST Office workers are to go on strike over the Jubilee weekend in a dispute over pay. Source

FOOTFALL in Scotland’s shops has had the lowest rate of growth in the UK when compared with pre-pandemic levels, statistics show. Source

A FUNDRAISER to challenge a decision to close strip clubs in Edinburgh in the courts has raised £3000 in just three days. Source

A SCOTTISH health tech firm has reached 100,000 completed treatments in the UK and Ireland, utilising its signature microwave device in the treatment of skin conditions. Source

It comes as activists are set to target the UK Government’s Edinburgh hub over the decision to sign off on the project near Aberdeen Source

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners are threatening legal action in a bid to halt development of the Jackdaw gas field after it was awarded final regulatory approval. Source