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Kieran Fowler, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Greens INNOVATING Glasgow city centre students have been recognised for their entrepreneurial ideas. Seven start-up business ideas from both Strathclyde University and Glasgow School of Art students and graduates have reached the finals of the Fresh Ideas. More than 240 students applied for long-running national student enterprise competition - with 14 finalists set to pitch their ideas on March 12. Among the Glasgow finalists are ideas for hyper-local produce using city-based hydroponic agricultural technique (Kieran Fowler), user-fri...

Rhoda Meek set up Isle20 at the beginning of the pandemic to support producers in Scottish islands sell their wares online AMIDST the gloom of a lockdown January it’s hard to see a bright side but a silver lining to the coronavirus cloud could be the number of businesses across Scotland that have embraced ecommerce for the first time. For artists, craft workers and microbusinesses particularly, a move online has staved off penury and for some has been so successful that they expect to continue to benefit post-Covid. Island and rural communities are among those that have been quick to ...