Arbroath-based chemical manufacturer Stakam modified its production facility to manufacture NHS approved hand sanitisers at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The firm says it also become the first in Scotland with the ability to manufacture the polymer to thicken liquid...
Read MoreA drive-thru Starbucks opened in Forfar today, Friday 18 December. The store, which is located on the town’s Sylvie Way at the Orchardbank Business Park and operated by Starbucks licensee EG Group, will create 12 new jobs. The store will be open...
Read MoreIn early 2021, a travel challenge initiative called Get Active Arbroath is set to be delivered. Through this, Arbroath residents and employees from local workplaces will be encouraged to download the BetterPoints app and use it to convert their walking,...
Read MoreWork to install 19km of underground cabling which will connect the £3bn Seagreen Wind Farm to the national grid is underway in Angus. It marks a major milestone in the construction of the 1,075MW 114-turbine development 27km off the coast of...
Read MoreA £700m programme that will boost economic prosperity across Tayside and north-east Fife was confirmed today (December 17) with the formal signing of the Tay Cities Region Deal. The Deal is an agreement between the UK Government, Scottish Government, Angus, Dundee...
Read MoreAfter administrators were called to a historic Angus firm six years ago, no-one could have predicted the remarkable turnaround. The prospects for John M Henderson looked bleak when the Arbroath firm ran into financial difficulties in October 2014 and all but six...
Read MoreConstruction has started on the Operations and Maintenance base at Montrose Port which will service the Seagreen offshore wind farm. Scotland’s largest offshore construction project to date will create up to 60 jobs based at the Port, as well as a...
Read MoreTay Cities Deal beneficiaries are celebrating the news that the multi-million-pound funding boost will be signed off next week. North East Fife Lib Dem MP Wendy Chamberlain asked in the House of Commons when the agreement would be secured. Under Secretary of...
Read MoreAn expert in green energy has predicted plans to build a greener economy could spark "a new industrial revolution" in Scotland, Edinburgh University's Stuart Hazeldine, the world's first professor of carbon capture and storage said he had never seen "such a...
Read MoreFive months of growth have failed to get the economy back to pre-pandemic levels with some Tayside businesses fearing they will not survive the impact of Coronavirus. Tayside-based economist Dr Shona Dobbie, of Angus Economics, told a webinar audience the latest...
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