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“SaxaVord Spaceport’s £60m has given Scottish space more in October alone than in all of 2025, on our record.”

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Energy in Scotland this week

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Technology Scotland held an energy systems event on Wednesday 28th October

Latest in Energy · 3 days ago

Picture · Technology Scotland

Technology Scotland held an energy systems event on Wednesday 28th October

This session was focused on connecting Scotland’s manufacturing pathways, with an ambition.

Technology Scotland · 3d · Share

Policy · Inverclyde

Greenock McDonald's gets green light for electric charging points

Greenock McDonald's gets green light for electric charging points

Picture · Greenock Telegraph

Inverclyde Council conditionally approves two InstaVolt rapid EV chargers at Greenock McDonald’s, supporting Scotland’s net-zero transport ambitions.

Greenock Telegraph · 4d · Share

Also in Scottish tech

East Lothian pupils tackle cyber-bullying and catfishing in online safety workshop

15h · East Lothian Courier

Montrose gaming café completes move to new town centre premises

22h · The Courier

All we want for Christmas is a Scottish data centre strategy

24h · The Scotsman

Scottish recruitment market faces shifts as AI and re-industrialisation reshape hiring

28h · The Scotsman

Scottish car firm explores Glasgow data center near Cowlairs Park

34h · Data Centre Dynamics

Machine learning helps identify Britain's bats in national woodland survey

Updated 36h · UCL | University College London

People in the news

John Swinney

First Minister · Scottish Government

Said he was deeply concerned that changing Acorn carbon capture funding to loans or equity creates risk

STV News · 30 Oct

Angela Hepworth

CEO · Scottish Renewables

Scottish Financial Review · 28 Oct

Companies

Pure Water International

£200,000 · 28 Oct

In the news · Orkney · 27 Oct

Investors

Grant to Mocean Energy · 14 Oct

Scottish National Investment Bank

Backed Nami Surgical's £3.4m · 14 Oct

Scottish Enterprise

Backed GLORIAH's £600,000 · 9 Oct

Open calls

FOAK Builder: Programme Entry Expression of Interest

Closes 5 Nov · Innovate UK · UK-wide

Growth Cohorts: Next-gen low carbon concrete cohort entry Round 2

Closes 2 Dec · Innovate UK · UK-wide

Tracked by ayeoh in the past 90 days

£380.6m

across 14 rounds

£47.4m invested (7 rounds) · £300m debt (1 round) · £33.1m in grants (6 rounds)

30 Oct · Up from £16.2m: DataVita's £300m debt in Lanarkshire was added; Mironid's £34m Series B round in Glasgow was added; 5 more changes.

Every round, with its source · By city and sector · Know of a round we missed? ayeoh@loopsio.com

Who just got funding

Pure Water International raises £200k

28 Oct · Energy · Firstport

Mocean Energy wins £698k grant

14 Oct · Grant · Energy · Edinburgh · UKRI Gateway to Research

This week on the record

Pentestly is to be struck off the register, Companies House has given notice.

Closure · 31 Oct

A director left Fios Genomics on 29 Oct.

Directors · 30 OctFios Genomics

Quorum Cyber appointed a director on 28 Oct.

Directors · 29 OctQuorum Cyber

Softcat won a £61.1k contract from City of Glasgow College for The Provision of Anti-Virus Software.

Contract · 28 OctSoftcat

Signals before the news

Storyteller Software

Filed a share allotment 2 days ago

Edinburgh

Vaste Technologies

Filed a share allotment 3 days ago

Edinburgh

Filed a share allotment 4 days ago

Glasgow

Podcasts

Beyond StArtups

Adeel Shafi, Business Development Lead at Scottish Brain Sciences

St Andrews · 30 Oct · 31m

Energy Voice Out Loud

“Hijinks” Healey casts Acorn on stony ground

Aberdeen · 30 Oct · 36m

The Go Radio Business Show

Can Scotland Tackle Its Jobs, Housing & Energy Challenges?

Glasgow · 25 Oct · 35m

More in Energy

Nicola Cooper examines the social infrastructure of innovation across Scotland

4d · Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre

600 new EV chargers for Ayrshire

Updated 10d · GreenFleet

New Bill seeks mandatory social tariffs across UK energy, broadband, and mobile

11d · ISPreview

Fraserburgh Campus receives renewables technology donation worth £7000 from Infinity Group Ltd

12d · North East Scotland College

End the driveway divide: Why the pavement tax faced by EV drivers must be tackled

12d · The Scotsman

How Moray wind farm plans to use AI to pay full energy bills of nearby residents

14d · Press and Journal

AI could reinforce inequality in Scotland's new energy jobs, Aberdeen summit hears

Updated 17d · Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce

Root-Power awards contracts for three BESS projects totalling £50 million

19d · Solar Power Portal