Life Sciences is a significant growth sector within Scotland which is rapidly developing a reputation for excellence regionally, nationally and globally.
The increasing number of life science businesses based in the Highlands and Islands is confirmation of the region's potential and evidence of Highlands and Islands Enterprise's committed support for the sector.
The Highlands and Islands have strengths in two major sub sectors: natural products (particularly in Argyll and the Western Isles) and P4 Digital Healthcare (activity focussed on the east coast between Elgin and Inverness).
A number of other sectors such as the creative industries, ICT, financial and business services and food and drink are engaging with the life sciences industry in the Highlands and Islands, illustrating the scale of the sector and the potential for business development and collaboration. This is particularly the case within the field of 'P4 Digital Healthcare'. This term is being adopted in the life sciences and digital healthcare sectors to describe the changing healthcare landscape as it becomes more Predictive, Preventative, Personalised and Participatory.
Scotland is ideally placed as a location for leading innovation in healthcare. It has supportive policy environment and a health board specifically tasked with delivering healthcare using digital technology (NHS24). In addition, one for the world's largest deployments of telehealthcare will occur in Scoltand in the form of the TSB programme DALLAS in 2012. There will be three active sites in the Highlands and Islands.
News
04 May 2012
Cabinet Secretary Richard Lochhead MSP will today (Friday, 4 May) break the ground at the start of the construction of a £6.5m, three floor Life Sciences Centre at Moray College in Elgin which will carry the name of the esteemed Scottish inventor, Alexander Graham Bell.
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10 April 2012
Finance Secretary John Swinney outlined the range of new business incentives that are available to encourage private investment in Scotland’s four new Enterprise Areas, during a visit to the Port of Dundee this morning.
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07 March 2012
With construction now underway to build infrastructure for the multi-stakeholder Inverness Campus, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is working to attract new occupants to the site from around the UK and abroad.
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28 February 2012
A £6.5 million project to create a centre for excellence for digital health, research and education in Elgin has been given the go-ahead by Moray planners today.
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18 November 2011
Construction of the ambitious European Marine Science Park is underway at Oban in Argyll, where a turf-cutting ceremony was held to mark the occasion.
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Events
2012
May
18
18 May 2012 to 20 September 2012, Inverness
Crochte are inviting high-end, original Highland artists/makers to take part in Crochte 2012. Crochte is a high quality, selected showcase, where cutting edge Highland designer-makers are given the opportunity to sell their work directly to the public. The pop up gallery will be in the Eastgate Shopping Centre, Inverness, from 18th May until 20th September. The Highlands are split into regions, each region having 2 weeks within the gallery to promote themselves and their region.
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May
30
30 May 2012, A computer near you
Find out how employing homeworkers can help to reduce your business costs and increase staff retention through our live webinar.
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May
30
30 May 2012, A computer near you
If you have ever wondered whether you could work from home this webcast might just have the answer for you.
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May
30
30 May 2012, Strathpeffer
This seminar is for communities, agencies and developers who want to share practice and learning about some of the practical ways community benefit/investment funds are being implemented locally and the impact being achieved for communities.
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Jun
1
01 June 2012, UK wide
Deadline - 1 June. The Grierson Awards are open for entries to the 2012 Awards for factual programmes and documentaries.
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Jun
6
06 June 2012 to 19 June 2012, Highlands & Islands
As part of goNORTH 2012 HIE are organising a series of Trend Workshops and one to one consultations which are to be held in Inverness, Stornoway, Lerwick and Kirkwall. Please note that there is also an additional Business of PR & Styling – Fashion/Crafts event taking place on 6 June in Inverness.
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Jun
6
06 June 2012, 4 locations
As part of goNORTH 2012 HIE are organising a series of Trend Workshops and one to one consultations which are to be held in Inverness, Stornoway, Lerwick and Kirkwall.
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Jun
6
06 June 2012, Inverness
Deadline Extended: Thursday 17 May -
This one day intensive training course takes place on Wednesday 6 June, 9.30 am - 5.30 pm and consists of a series of practical exercises which will equip you with the knowledge, tools and experience to help you break into the film and television industry.
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Jun
12
12 June 2012, SECC, Glasgow
The Scottish Technology Showcase 2012 offers an ideal opportunity for you to find solutions to your business challenges. This free event provides a platform for technology to enable your business to become more productive and more competitive, whatever your industry.
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Jun
21
21 June 2012, CCA Glasgow
Cryptic is a Scottish charity who’s primary aim is to support emerging artists present quality, innovative work which crosses creative boundaries in music, visual art, film and new media. As a solution to the need for a regular, supportive platform for emerging artists with fresh ideas, Cryptic launched Cryptic Nights in 2009 and since then has presented 116 artists. Cryptic Nights aims to present projects which dynamically engage audiences beyond the traditional art forms with a Cryptic edge by..
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Jun
22
22 June 2012, UK Wide
IdeasTap, a not-for-profit initiative supporting young creative people aged between 16-25, has announced that its Ideas Fund Innovators is open to applications. During this funding round, the Ideas Fund Innovators aim to offer ten projects £1,000 each to help get them off the ground.
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Jun
27
27 June 2012, The Links, Golspie Business Park, Golspie
This event is for companies interested in finding out about European opportunities and the support available through the Enterprise Europe Network.
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Aug
3
03 August 2012, London
The British Business Embassy, developed by UK Trade & Investment as part of the GREAT campaign, will help showcase global business partnerships along with the best of what the UK has to offer in some of our most successful industries, including ICT.
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Aug
23
23 August 2012 to 25 August 2012, Edinburgh
ScreenHI has been working with the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF aka the Telly Festival) for several years now, sponsoring delegates from the Highlands and Islands on their Fast Track initiative. 2012 sees MGEITF launching a new scheme, which replaces Fast Track and aims to identify and reward 30 of the most exciting rising stars of the TV industry.
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Oct
26
26 October 2012, Highlands and Islands
Deadline - 27 April; 27 July & 26 October 2012. The Wellcome Trust is inviting organisations and individuals to apply for funding through its Arts Awards.
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