CPI, an independent technology innovation centre and founding member of the UK Government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult has been awarded a globally recognised certificate for food safety.

BASF in the UK wants to hear from 100 start-ups and early-stage companies developing innovative and sustainable solutions. Interested companies are invited to apply by 13 August 2023.

Celtic Renewables are at the forefront of maximising the generation of value from biological residues, and on launching the new circular economy bill Minister Slater visited the company’s plant at Grangemouth to see first-hand how by-products of the whisky industry are processed into high-value low-carbon green chemicals that are used in our daily lives.

sbi, a leading organization in the field of shake flask bioprocessing, has recently introduced Lab Chats, their latest venture in knowledge sharing. This newly launched broadcast aims to explore and share interesting facts, innovative solutions to challenges, and the latest technologies within the realm of bioprocessing.

Edinburgh-based food tech company, Roslin Technologies, is delighted to welcome Philippine-based Kickstart Ventures, through the Ayala Corporation Technology Innovation Venture (ACTIVE) Fund, as an investor in the Company to support its mission to become the leading provider of animal cell lines to the global cultivated meat industry. 

Edinburgh-based Carbogenics who’ve developed proprietary technology that boosts green energy production, has raised more than £1m in investment to build its first production and R&D facility in Scotland.

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) is looking for companies with a sustainable building material product that reduces embodied carbon to join its newly launched Accelerator programme.

The Scotland Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition is set to take place on October 25th, 2023, at the esteemed Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow. This premier event brings together industry leaders, experts, and professionals to foster innovation, collaboration, and growth within the manufacturing and supply chain sectors.

Scottish researchers are developing a first-of-its-kind tool to monitor for toxic chemicals using bioengineering, with the potential to transform routine health and safety testing across a range of industries. 

Edinburgh based Lentitek Ltd (Lentitek), a developer of pioneering manufacturing technologies enabling economic delivery of advanced cell and gene therapies, announced today that it has secured £250,000 ($300,000 USD) in seed investment.  This investment will be deployed to further advance its technology and commence initial commercial trials. 

On Thursday 4th May 2023, AberInnovation hosted a celebratory event to mark the success of its European Regional Development-funded support. The event featured a personalised video address from Minister for the Economy Vaughan Gething, highlighting the significant contributions the Campus has already made to the region’s economy since opening in late 2020, as well as looking ahead to the future of research and innovation in the food and circular economy sectors.

CPI and a consortium of 14 other businesses, universities and others have received a grant towards a project aimed at converting industrial carbon emissions to create more sustainable consumer products. The two-year project, called Flue2Chem, aims to cut around 15-20 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year and help the UK reach its net zero goal.

Materials from Scottish-grown seaweed could help to improve the life-span and charge time of lithium-ion batteries used for the likes of electric vehicles, with a new first-of-its-kind prototype already being tested by expert researchers.  

Skilled professionals from displaced backgrounds and their families have started to arrive in Scotland this year as part of the Displaced Talent Pilot, which connects refugees with employers in safe countries who are looking to fill positions across a range of sectors.

Roslin Technologies Limited, based at Edinburgh University’s Easter Bush Campus, has won the 2023 Scottish Life Science Award for Animal Health, Agri-tech and Aquaculture at a ceremony in Edinburgh in March 2023.

The annual celebration of knowledge exchange between business and academia returned to an in-person event on 23 March this year for the first time since 2020 – and if the buzz of the room at the Dundee venue was anything to go by, people were delighted to be celebrating face-to-face once again.

Green Bioactives Limited (‘GBL’), a world-leader in the discovery, development and sustainable production of high-value natural products derived from plant cell cultures, has expanded its senior management team with two key appointments.

In March, the MI:RNA team were delighted to win a place on the Leap Ventures accelerator, the top PetTech accelerator program in the world. They were chosen from over 200 applicants to join a 6 strong Cohort for a 12-week intensive program including two weeks in person in the USA. 

Biotangents recently celebrated the launch of its first next generation molecular diagnostic assay.  AmpliSpec™ LAB BVDV is designed for use by laboratories to detect Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV) in cattle.  Its unique design allows the test to be easy to use, highly accurate and fast.

BSI has published a white paper examining the challenges and opportunities around the cultivated meat industry.