Tony Vere, CEO The Crystal Consortium moved to Scotland, after working in England for more than 30 years. He and his wife remain happy in Scotland and is continuing to enjoy Glasgow’s cultural life.

Visimetrics aims to be at the forefront of the drive towards digital-based video recording, control and communication for the security industry. The company is led by Scots-born Barry Rooney who returned home in 2003 after a long career overseas.

Despite the global downturn, National Semiconductor has survived the tough times to remain one of Scotland’s most promising companies.

With more than 50 theatres and nearly as many professional theatre groups, Scotland has a live theatre scene that is second to none.

Scientists in Aberdeen are among a team of Europe's top researchers collaborating to try to find targets for new drugs to combat lethal fungal infections.

A team from the University of Glasgow Dental School's Infection and Immunity Research Group have been awarded three years' funding of almost £126,000 from the Arthritis Research Campaign to analyse the bacteria on the surface of failed hip joints.

PharmaLinks, the biomedical research collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, has signed a £9M pound deal to develop technology to help the victims of heart disease — the UK’s biggest killer.

A team of University of Glasgow scientists have received a grant of £800,000 from the Wellcome Trust to research a mechanism that blocks a critical step in the replication cycle of retroviruses.

Serologicals Corporation has announced that Upstate Group, its wholly-owned subsidiary, has completed the expansion of its kinase production and screening facility at its Dundee Centre of Excellence in Dundee, Scotland.

Atmel® Corporation, a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, officially opened the second phase expansion of their Smart Card integrated circuit design and test center in East Kilbride, near Glasgow.

University of Edinburgh and Cognia to develop powerful new tools to extract key information from the growing mountain of life sciences data.

A researcher at the University of St Andrews has been awarded a prestigious medal for younger scientists by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The University of Dundee has opened a new Space Technology Centre that will carry out advanced research into planetary landing simulators and develop support technology for many space missions.

Intense, the optoelectronics solutions provider has appointmented Graham Failes of BAE Systems as Chief Operations Officer.

Wolfson Microelectronics has received two awards at the Scottish plc awards dinner in Glasgow, hosted by Scottish Insider magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

World famous for its scenery, hospitality and quality of life, Inverness is frequently placed in the top five most desirable places to live in the UK.

Scotland is known the world over for the high standards of its education system. For more than two centuries, a Scottish education has been recognised as one of the best preparations for life and work.

Scotland’s distinct geographical position makes it an excellent international cross roads between Europe and America. It also makes it a great base for international travel and adventure.

One of the UK's top jazz festivals focuses on the traditional New Orleans jazz style and is set in the pretty seaside resort of Rothesay on the picturesque Isle of Bute, off the west coast of Scotland.

The highlight and climax of the Scottish horseracing calendar takes place in the lovely seaside town of Ayr every April.

Europe’s biggest and best specialist festival for Children is aimed at kids aged three to 14 years old and their families.

The University of Edinburgh has appointmented two new Chairs in Reproductive Science, Professors Richard Anderson and Ian Wilmut. They will be based in the University’s £49 million Research Institute for Medical Cell Biology adjacent to the new Royal Inf

Pioneering technology, developed by University of Edinburgh, that enables climbers and explorers to plan expeditions more effectively – and could even help to save lives – will be ‘road tested’ by a Scottish-based mountaineer on Everest this spring.

MicroEmissive Displays Group plc, based in Edinburgh, has announced that UMC, the world’s second largest semiconductor foundry has commenced production of silicon wafers that will be used to produce MED’s [patent protected] microdisplays.

Upstate Group, the wholly owned subsidiary of Serologicals Corporation, has obtained the rights from the University of California to sell the anti-ZAP-70 monoclonal antibody for diagnostic use.

Photonix, the £7 million optoelectronics facility, has won £333,000 of European funding to expand the services it provides to Scottish companies.