Hillington News Archive
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Profit from Twitter at the Hillington Park Innovation Centre with Colin Kelly and NS Design
TECHNOLOGY expert Colin Kelly hopes to serve up a “tweet” to business chiefs ... by giving them lessons on how to profit from Twitter.
The former Paisley Daily Express columnist has teamed up with Renfrewshire firm NSDesign to offer businesses expert advice on social media at the Hillington Park Innovation Centre
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Pitching for Management™ in Glasgow
Sponsored by Bank of Scotland and in association with Intramezzo and UKBI and hosted by Hillington Park Innovation Centre.
Connecting local businesses with top-level senior talent (huge salaries not expected)
Would you like a cost-effective recruitment solution for your business?
AngelNews, a news service for entrepreneurs and investors is bringing Pitching for Management to Glasgow at Hillington Park Innovation Centre on Thursday 10th November.
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Sims Recycling Solutions acquires HPIC graduate company, S3 Interactive Limited
Sims Recycling Solutions has expanded its ICT Asset Recovery business into mobile devices with the acquisition of S3 Interactive Limited (S3i), a UK leader in the recovery, repair and refurbishment of devices such as smart phones and tablet computers.
S3i, who started their business in Hillington Park Innovation Centre, is a Glasgow based, asset recovery, enterprise operating in the growing mass market mobile technology device sector. It specialises in recovering end of life and defective mobile devices from manufacturers’ warranty and non-warranty service providers. These devices are then repaired, data-wiped and refurbished, before being sold globally.
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Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards
The Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards is a new contest to promote the development of IT applications designed to improve the lives of those with disabilities and people that are older, to help them get more actively involved in society. The programme is supported and co-organized by AGE Platform Europe, the European network of around 160 organisations of and for people aged 50+, and the European Disability Forum (EDF), the NGO that represents the interests of 80 million Europeans with disabilities. -
Business Rate Relief
The issue of Business Rate Relief has been raised by UKBI on behalf of its members many times, particularly on the impact of the lowered Empty Property Rates threshold from £18,000 to £2,600. -
Businesses urged to help shape the future of Social Media for Scottish businesses
NSDesign, a tenant at Hillington Park Innovation Centre, is working with Glasgow Caledonian University's Business School to produce a range of resources which will provide SMEs with simple and effective best practice guidance allowing firms to better gauge their return on investment (ROI) from social media. -
Heriot-Watt University holds industry day to tackle environmental risk management
Representatives from the UK’s leading environmental, climate change and energy bodies and organisations are to join industry colleagues and academic experts at Heriot-Watt University in the New Year, to discuss the challenges of effectively managing environmental risk. -
Entrepreneurship … A New Name for Old Fashioned Good Business Practice!
The 10th Anniversary Celebration for one of Britain's most successful entrepreneurial breeding grounds was a fitting occasion to dissect entrepreneurship and innovation.
And so it was that invited speakers to the party at Hillington Park Innovation Centre gave their view on the buzz words of the 21st century business lexicon.
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Starter for 6 Open For Applications
The Starter for 6 programme is funded through the Creative Scotland Innovation Fund and is administrated by the Cultural Enterprise Office. The programme is specifically aimed at helping the development of seed and start-up arts and creative sector businesses in Scotland, delivering practical support and training to enable the planning and development of a viable business plan to the point where the business is ready to start up. -
NS Design Creates Bespoke Social Networking Business Site
Social networking expert NSDesign has launched a bespoke business social networking platform for the International Business Technology and Innovation Exchange (IBTIX) - www.ibtix.com -
Appshare Ltd got Talent
Appshare Ltd, one of many Hillington Park Innovation Centre tenants, is on the verge of launching its business software that can slash the cost of business meetings and reduce the impact on the environment. The company claim its technology, which was developed in 2000 under Dr Lykourgos Patropoulakis at Strathclyde University, will allow companies to eliminate the need for most employees to travel to business meetings. -
TOP UK RECOGNITION FOR SCOTTISH INNOVATION CENTRES
A Scottish company providing innovative business incubation services for fledging technology companies has been acclaimed as a model for the industry across Britain.
The praise for Innovation Centres Scotland (ICS) has come from the industry body UK Business Incubation (UKBI) who benchmarked their operations against its new accreditation standard.
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Scottish Cities land super-fast broadband
Super-fast broadband will be on offer to thousands of internet users in Glasgow and Edinburgh by next year.
Initially the service will be available to 30,000 properties served by exchanges around Glasgow University and in the Hillington Park innovation centre.
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Innovation award launched by Royal Society of Edinburgh
Scotland’s top award for innovation carries a cash award of £50,000. The Gannochy Trust Innovation Award of The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is presented annually to a young innovator whose work benefits Scotland’s wellbeing. The closing date for entries is 8th May 2009. -
New Business Development Manager
Essential Viewing is delighted to announce the appointment of Graeme Campbell as Business Development Manager. -
ICS Clients Shortlisted in Software Awards
Nine companies supported by Innovation Centres Scotland have been included in the shortlist of finalists for the prestigious Scottish Software Awards 2008. The awards cover seven categories and four are being contested by ICS assisted businesses that represent more than a quarter of all finalists. -
Businesses to get unique mobile telecoms service from industry legend’s new Scottish venture
The UK’s embattled business sector is poised to gain its own dedicated mobile virtual network tomorrow with the launch (Monday, October 27, 2008) of a new service headed by one of the most highly-respected entrepreneurs in the telecoms sector. -
Global Connection for Essential Viewing
A Global Co-operation Agreement with Lockheed Martin has placed Essential Viewing at the forefront of development and supply of leading edge video technology for security and military applications. -
New Investment for Kelvin Connect
Mobile data management systems provider Kelvin Connect has recently negotiated a £1million investment deal that will finance expansion plans. The equity stake taken in Hillington Park Innovation Centre-based Kelvin Connect (www.kelvinconnect.com) taken by Airwave Solutions will drive the growth of its business to supply electronic notebooks to Britain’s police forces. -
OLM Group’s Scottish Expansion
OLM Group, the largest independent supplier of information solutions to the UK Care sector, recently announced an expansion of its presence to support its market activity in Scotland. -
NSDesign Delight at Double Award Nomination
NSDesign shortlisted for 2 ROCCO Awards. -
Texting – The Language of Success
KeyPoint Technologies (KPT) has dialled up a £4 million second round of finance that will consolidate its position as a global leader in the delivery of language software and services to major mobile phone handset manufacturers. -
Green Web Hosting launched by NSDesign
Glasgow based Business Internet Solutions company NSDesign Ltd, have partnered with Tree Appeal to launch a new “Green” Web Hosting package, aimed at their environmentally conscious client base. -
Incubation for Innovative companies at an all time high!
8 new companies have moved into the Hillington Park Innovation Centre since December 2007, which brings the total number of tenants to 38. -
Personal ‘green’ energy in UK a reality with Gaia-Wind
21 May 2007 – Danish-born Gaia-Wind today announced its launch in Scotland from the award winning Hillington Park Innovation Centre, Glasgow, to supply efficient and economical small wind turbines for domestic, farming, commercial and public sector use. The personal wind turbines, which are designed to perfectly complement mainland Scotland’s moderate wind speed, greatly reduce energy bills and offset the carbon footprint of rural houses and farms back to zero. -
Pupils switch on to Technology Challenge
Some of Inverclyde and Renfrewshire's brightest pupils faced up to three of the area's leading high-tech companies for a technology challenge at Hillington Park Innovation Centre. -
Work begins on new ICS run innovation centre
Work has begun on a new £3.5 million facility at the Alba Campus in Livingston, West Lothian, that will put some of Scotland’s most innovative young technology companies on the fast track to success. -
West Coast Mercurytide
Mercurytide, one of Scotland’s most innovative technology development companies, opened its new office at Hillington Park Innovation Centre recently. -
Why game creators must learn fresh finance tricks.
IF THE statistics and the hype are anything to go by, Scotland's games industry should be bulging with as much cash as its leading lights are bulging with market-leading ideas. -
Traceall Ltd. wins Best Start up/Spin-out Award
Scottish Software Awards 2005. Innovation Centre client Traceall Ltd. wins best Start up/Spin-out Award. -
Firms Flourish at Incubator Site
A PIONEERING incubator for Scottish technology companies, based near Glasgow, is on target to leverage 10 times its original public sector investment, and will be replicated in a second venture in Livingston. -
Scot leads way in language at touch of a button
Developing systems to help his disabled brother led Sanjay Patel to predictive texting’s next step, writes Kenny Kemp. -
£1.4m Alba contract awarded
A new world-class incubator for hi-tech start-ups has opened its doors for business on the Alba Campus in Livingston and expects to sign up its first tenants later this month. -
Scottish Company ‘Lights up’ with Funding
Scottish technology start-up Design Led Products has won first-round funding from leading private equity investment syndicate Braveheart Ventures as part of a new partnership with Hillington Park Innovation Centre. -
Global e-learning firm to open Scots HQ
A GLOBAL company which helps firms develop their potential through e-learning is opening a Scottish HQ and creating eight new jobs. -
Global success for Hillington Park
A Glasgow innovation park has been named as one of the top 3 science-based incubators worldwide. -
Fancy a year’s free salary?
Researchers keen to develop a spin-out business around a technological idea have until 1 April to apply for the next round of Scottish Enterprise/Royal Society of Edinburgh Enterprise Fellowships. -
Software company unveils first pre-tax profit
Former Innovation centre tenant Idox, the software and services firm that employs 80 of its 140 staff in Glasgow, yesterday unveiled its first pre-tax profit, and said it remained "extremely optimistic" about the future. -
Wireless Innovation Centre Test Demonstration Lab Opening Soon
After consultation with Scottish small businesses in the wireless/mobile space, the Wireless Innovation Centre will be launching a Test/Demonstration Lab. -
New £3.5m incubator boost for spin-outs
A NEW £3.5 million business incubator has been launched in the Lothians with the aim of nurturing hi-tech spin-outs and other firms with high-growth potential. -
Text toons the Keen new thing
Leley Keen, founder of the defunct computer games firm Inner Workings, has resurfaced with a new venture that will allow consumers to send cartoon greetings cards and messages via mobile phones. -
Design Led name in lights
The company, set up by ex-Micro-Emissive Displays’ Dr James Gourlay, aims to target the global market for illuminated products ranging from dashboards in cars and computer keyboards to large scale signs. -
Megson raises his glass to the EU newcomers
BRIAN Megson, ousted as chief executive of whisky giant Whyte & Mackay last year, has re-emerged in a non-executive role at a fast-growing Scottish company which gives financial advice in the brave, new world of an enlarged European Union. -
Weemees to find homes after Microsoft deal
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Software Simulation Firm
DEM’s pioneering technology is proving invaluable in the engineering sector. -
Universities launch web hub
Scotland’s 13 universities have unveiled a new internet hub to enable companies from around the world to access information about their research and development capabilities. -
Scottish wireless product community gets innovation centre
A wireless innovation centre opens in Glasgow, Thursday 19th February 2004 with the aim of providing development, test and support facilities for firms developing wireless products. -
Real Time reverses its losses
REAL Time Engineering, one of Scotland's largest independent IT consultancies, dramatically reversed heavy losses after finding niche markets in the downtrodden technology sector and striking a series of big aviation industry deals. -
Scots innovators urged to abandon clan mentality
SCOTLAND’S history of great inventions, from the telephone and television to bicycles and Dolly the Sheep, could be rekindled if researchers, scientists and innovators abandoned their "clan mentality" and worked together instead of in competition. -
New chief mobilised for technology firm alliance
A FORMER executive from mobile phone group Orange has been selected to lead Scotland’s fledgling wireless technology industry. -
Bedside hi-tech helps head injury patients
BEDSIDE technology in a Scottish hospital is driving an international research project to improve the treatment of patients with head injuries. -
Winners at the Web 2003
Everyone who enters can access valuable e-business support from Scottish Enterprise. You'll also receive constructive feedback on your entry from the judges. -
I-Document systems on course to break even as pre-tax losses narrow to £460,000
I-DOCUMENTSYSTEMS, the software and services firm that employs 60 of its 80 staff in Glasgow, yesterday reported narrowing losses and said it was on course to break even by the end of October. -
Call centres given the human touch
Blue chip club: Video technology developed by a Glasgow company is putting a face to annonymous operators, finds Mike Woodcock -
Finnish and Estonian Partnership Opportunities
Finnish and Estonian Partnership Opportunities -
Poland Trade Mission
Subsidised Trade Mission to Poland through Renfrewshire & Inverclyde Export Partnership. -
Surge in business angel syndicates as wealthy investors spurn stock market
FIVE new business angel syndicates could be set up in Scotland this year as wealthy individuals seek an alternative to the battered stock market. -
New research puts city second on UK high-growth list
NEW research by Bank of Scotland shows that Glasgow develops the highest pro portion of high-growth new businesses in the UK outside London, according to data collected from more than 500,000 UK businesses. -
Providing more than just a helping hand for new generation of entrepreneurs
Those of us involved in the business community in this country are acutely aware of the need to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit in Scotland. -
Go ahead given for trailblazing wireless research at Hillington Park
Providing a global showcase for Scotland’s wireless technology capability could be the result of a pilot study secured by the country’s leading high growth business incubator. -
Research to business plans unveiled
Three new centres designed to turn more university research into businesses will be announced by First Minister Jack McConnell. -
i-doc set to achieve its financial targets
SOFTWARE developer i-documentsystems (i-doc) said yesterday that it was on course to meet its sales targets for the financial year, having managed to meet both its new contract and turnover targets. -
IT development makes CRM accessible to all
LEAVING customers waiting on the line for 20 minutes listening to endless pledges of prompt attention is not good for business. -
Animated entrepreneurs let mobile users tune in to a cartoon network
KEVIN Bradshaw, the wireless media entrepreneur, has teamed up with the computer game pioneer Lesley Keen in a new company that will enable mobile phone users to create and send cartoons. -
VCs prepare for £150m Scottish spending spree
SCOTTISH companies can expect to receive up to £150m in investment next year as venture capitalists seek to spend their growing cash piles, according to industry estimates. -
Blow to tech firms as Star centre is shut
FLEDGLING Scottish firms hoping to sell their technology in the US have been dealt a blow with the closure of a key commercialisation office in San Jose, California. -
Intense bucks optoelectronics trend by raising another £10.5m
Intense bucks optoelectronics trend by raising another £10.5m to accelerate its development programme and strengthen its marketing team. -
£150,000 Injection for Matrix
MATRIX Service Hosting, the online accountancy software company, has won £150,000 in first-round funding from a group of private investors. -
4CDesign -Tomorrow's World Roadshow
4CDesign would like to invite you to stand (I29) at the SECC in Glasgow in the coming week. -
Trade mission to C.E.R.N.
CERN is the largest particle physics laboratory in Europe, with an annual budget in excess of £350 million. -
Virtual Property Market Challenged Once Again
The weekend of 20th June saw the VPM team struggle across 54 miles of the West Highland Way in a time of just over 20 hours. -
VPM win £4000 in Beyond Bricks national final
Hillington Park Innovation Centre based e-commerce business pick up elevator pitch prize at Internet World exhibition. -
Tech upturn finally allows bluetooth to bare its teeth
AFTER years of being confined to the brilliant-but-useless shelf of the technology revolution, Bluetooth appears to at last be coming of age. -
ScotlandIS ITT for Website
We are currently seeking proposals for the design and development of a new Web site for ScotlandIS. -
Gladstone MRM awarded Investor in People Standard
Gladstone MRM (Scotland and Northern Ireland) was recently awarded the Investors in People Scotland Standard. Gladstone MRM provides the leisure industry with specialist software to enable the effective management of membership information systems -
Xtrabox much in demand by Greeks
WHEN Andrew Ogilvie, the owner of a new Scottish internet service provider (ISP), said he could drastically reduce the cost for e-businesses upgrading to a dedicated server with his range of new toaster-sized devices, he did not expect his first customer to come from 1800 miles away. -
VPM scoops top property award
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Microsoft will put its muscle behind the Bluetooth wireless
Microsoft also will push Bluetooth software, releasing a development kit in May to help programmers support the technology and posting a download that will give Windows XP (news - web sites) built-in Bluetooth abilities this fall. -
Hillington to set up £1m wireless centre
ONE of Scotland's top company incubators is to establish a £1m wireless technology centre. -
20-20 Ringing Up All The Right Answers
A Glasgow start-up is aiming to revolutionise the fast-growing UK call centre sector with a new and innovative piece of software. -
All go for Virtual Property Market's tendering system
VIRTUAL Property Market, the Glasgow-based e-procurement firm, has completed a trial of its online tendering system, backed by the housing and regeneration agency Communities Scotland. -
Scots Software Firms Link Up
SOFTWARE which allows mobile staff to check office documents from mobile phones and other devices is being developed by two companies in Scotland. -
Ascom IT and Stream Communications
TWO of Scotland's top wireless companies have set up a consultancy to pool their expertise in Bluetooth, the technology that is expected to link millions of electronic devices. -
Hillington Park Innovation Centre; community at work
DAMOVO, the fast-growing Glasgow-based telecoms hardware and service supplier, yesterday said it had signed a £160m partnership deal with a small Scottish hi-tech firm, a move likely to bolster the fortunes of both companies. -
'Technology hotel' provides five-star hospitality
FAST-growing companies have special requirements. They may not be very big at least, not to start with but they normally need a sound infrastructure, a creative atmosphere, and the presence of high-level technical facilities such as broadband. -
Hanon Solutions acquires Neural Innovation
Hanon Solutions announces that it has purchased the business and assets of Neural Innovation Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. -
Just how do you get your teeth into wireless?
The trouble with IT is that sometimes, it can be so darn repetitive. -
Virtual Property Market Scottish First Tuesday event.
Virtual Property Market Scottish First Tuesday event. -
IT Business Forum and World Congress
The IT Business Forum and World Congress on IT is taking place in Adelaide in February, and a proposed trade mission to these events is planned. -
Macromedia Qualified Graduates
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High-tech park helping fledgling firms survive
LAST month, the UK's e-Entrepreneur of the Year, Chris Gorman, opened an impressive new business incubation centre at Hillington. -
OnStar pulls plug on satellite broadband dream
Broadband4UK, run by entrepreneur Fraser Hay, was acting as marketing partner of OnStar Europe, the telecoms division of General Motors, which developed the Beam system of broadband delivery. -
Chris Gorman signs up to nurture new generation of software ventures
CHRIS Gorman, recently named UK e-Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young, was yesterday appointed chairman of the management board at the £5m Hillington Park Innovation Centre.
