Invest Edinburgh blog archive
- Thursday 22 July 2010
RD Energy Solutions is a renewable energy engineering and consultancy firm with expertise in renewable technologies including wind, solar, hydro, biomass systems, heat pumps and energy from waste. We tend to work for high energy-using businesses in both the public and private sector that want to reduce their carbon footprint, cut energy costs or generate income from renewable technologies. Our clients include the NHS, councils, schools and other public bodies as well as property developers who need to meet emissions targets. Renewable energy developers are also increasingly using our services on wind farm, biomass and hydro schemes. We are based on the Bush Estate in Edinburgh but also recently opened an office in Stratford Upon Avon to service our clients in the South.more... - Wednesday 23 June 2010
EST is a partnership project that was originally initiated by the seven science parks based in Edinburgh City Region. It also involves Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh universities; the research institutes of Moredun, Roslin and NHS Lothian and the four local authorities. Scottish Enterprise has provided considerable support. The principle goals are to promote Edinburgh City Region to technology companies as an attractive place to live and work; to encourage collaboration amongst companies and the scientists based here and to promote awareness of the science parks as outstanding places to grow business – especially early stage, science-based companies.more... - Thursday 03 June 2010
Edinburgh Napier University has just launched nine new institutes to boost knowledge transfer to Scottish business. Vice Principal Professor Robin Mackenzie outlines the plan...more... - Wednesday 26 May 2010
Colinton-based Sandy Maxwell-Forbes has just ditched a busy career in marketing to set up a unique crèche for dogs with Sarah Mclean, her experienced dog walker. We caught up with them during a paws in their hectic day...more... - Wednesday 19 May 2010
The official title of our award is The Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade: 2010. It is the highest accolade that any business in Britain can achieve, and it has been awarded to us for our success in growing our export business. It's a huge accolade, particularly for such a young company. (Innis & Gunn has eight staff and was started in 2003)more...
