In line with its strategy to develop its Packaging Distribution business in the UK protective packaging market, Macfarlane Group PLC (“Macfarlane”) has today confirmed the acquisition of Colton Packaging Teesside.
Fishers opens Scottish super laundry
Scottish market-leading textile services company, Fishers, today officially opened its new, state of the art “super laundry” in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, and unveiled new livery for its famous fleet of green and white trucks.
Archangels appoints Chief Investment Officer
Scottish-based business angel syndicate, Archangels, has appointed Sarah Hardy as its Chief Investment Officer.
Sarah joins Chief Operating Officer, David Ovens, and Investment Director, Niki McKenzie, to complete…
Launch of Macfarlane Packaging Innovation Lab for customers
Macfarlane Packaging, the UK’s largest distributor of protective packaging materials, has today launched the “Macfarlane Packaging Innovation Lab” designed to create solutions for even the most demanding packaging challenges…
BGF teams up with Entrepreneurial Scotland to fuel economic growth
Scotland’s entrepreneurs are set to benefit from a major new partnership between BGF, the UK’s most active provider of growth capital, and Entrepreneurial Scotland, the country’s leading organisation…
Entrepreneurialism is brewing in Scotland
Entrepreneurial Scotland (ES) yesterday (Thursday, 03 March) raised a glass of beer in honour of its latest signing, James Watt, Captain and co-founder of independent craft brewery, BrewDog, who joined the organisation’s fast growing…
Prostrakan and AstraZeneca enter into agreement for rights to Moventig® in Europe
ProStrakan Group, a subsidiary of Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd., and AstraZeneca today announced that they have entered into an agreement for ProStrakan to acquire the rights to Moventig® (naloxegol) in the European Union (EU)…
Macfarlane announce annual results for the year to 31 December 2015
Macfarlane Group PLC delivered strong growth in 2015 with sales of £169.1m (2014: £153.8m) up 10% on the previous year and profit before tax of £6.8m (2014: £5.6m), 21% up on the previous year. The strong trading performance…
Archangels breaks through £200m investment mark in 2015
Archangels, the business angel syndicate which has been at the forefront of early stage investing for over two decades, announces today that total investment capital arranged by the syndicate passed the £200m mark in 2015.
Communications consultancies merge to create Spreng Thomson
Two of Scotland’s best-known communications consultancies, Liddell Thomson Ltd. and Spreng & Co Ltd., have merged to create Spreng Thomson Ltd., a new, full service, integrated communications business.
Multimillion-pound investment planned for Port of Dundee
Forth Ports Limited announces today that it plans to make the largest investment in the history of the Port of Dundee. The port owner is to invest more than £10 million to create a new quayside with an industry-leading “heavy lift”…
Archangels and Scottish Investment Bank provide £3.9m of further investment support to four Scottish growth companies
Archangels, the Scottish-based business angel investing syndicate, and Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) have committed to four further rounds of investment support for expanding Scottish businesses with additional funding totalling £3.9m.
