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A Campbeltown malt has been hailed the “best whisky in the world” in a US contest. Glen Scotia 25-Year-Old Single Malt Whisky has been recognised as the Best in Show at this year’s San Francisco World Spirits Competition, with judges awarding the whisky from Campbeltown as the overall winner of the competition, taking the title of the "Best Whisky in The World in 2021”.  The SFWSC is described as one of the world’s most prestigious spirits competitions, and its judges are renowned experts in the field with decades of industry experience.  This year the SFWSC judged 3,...

Submitting... Similar in concept to children’s building blocks, the flat-pack building material is said to require no tools, additional materials or construction experience. Its compact design also makes it easy to transport to remote or hard-to-reach locations. Andrew Vincent with the building blocks, which are made from recycled plastic. Picture: Andrew Loughlin, 360 Bid Chairman Tom Thomson said: ”Our investors’ commitment validates and supports our ambition to make QuickBlock one of Scotland’s major business successes. We are now recruiting for a further three new members of staff...

ULEMCo receives investment boost ULEMCo, the UK hydrogen fuel specialist, has announced the closure of a funding round of almost half a million pounds that will help to accelerate the deployment of hydrogen mobility technologies. The equity investment has come from Equity Gap and Scottish Enterprise. To date, ULEMCo has successfully converted large vehicles to run on hydrogen dual fuel, on hydrogen alone and in hydrogen fuel cells. The new funds will be used within the overall business plans to build ULEMCo’s capability to support customers in Scotland, where dema...

By Kristy Dorsey Scottish digital health company Altair Medical has secured £2.25 million in a first round of funding to bring its real-time platform for monitoring breathing problems to the market as early as next year. The money has been raised from a syndicate of investors including the Scottish Investment Bank, Intuitive Investment Group and angel investor syndicates Equity Gap, Alba Equity, and London & Scottish Investment Partners. It will allow Altair, based at Eurocentral off the M8 motorway, to double its workforce to 12 in the coming months. The monitoring platform, which h...

Duke Energy awards $650K in education-related grants in Florida The grants will be directed to 23 programs across the state. The Duke Energy Foundation is awarding $653,000 in educational grants directed to students and educators in Florida. The utility-powerhouse will award grants to 23 nonprofits in an effort to enhance educational programs focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as diversity, equity and inclusion awareness. “Building a brighter future begins with providing students with the best education and opportunities for success,” Melissa Seixas, Duk...