Business News Round Up (26/02/19)


UK tech start-up numbers are on the rise

New figures from RSM reveal that new IT and technology companies opened in the UK increased by 14%.

https://www.itproportal.com/news/uk-tech-start-up-numbers-are-on-the-rise/

North West’s listed companies down by £6.4bn in fourth quarter of 2018

According to Deloitte, the value of 63 public businesses in the North West region fell 14% and the Alternative Investment Market fell by £6.4 billion.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/north-wests-listed-companies-down-15884041

Brexit will ‘cost Scotland equivalent of 8000 public sector jobs’

Research conducted by the SNP claims Brexit will cost Scotland nearly 8,000 public sector jobs across the health, education and policing sectors.

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politics/westminster/1685749/brexit-will-cost-scotland-equivalent-of-8000-public-sector-jobs/

Scotland’s life sciences sector secures record equity investment

In the past year companies in Scotland’s life sciences sector have raised £85 million in equity investment, supported by a spike in international venture capital.

http://futurescot.com/scotland-life-sciences-record-investment/