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First Minister announces new Advanced Analytics lab to bring 94 new jobs NEW YORK, April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- 220 high-value jobs are to be created and safeguarded in Scotland by North Carolina-based company SAS, supported by an investment package announced in New York today by First Minister Alex Salmond. The business analytics company is to open a new Advanced Analytics lab and expand its existing Scottish Research and Development Center for Public Security--creating 94 new...

CHICAGO, Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Louis-based life science company, Sigma-Aldrich, announced today in conjunction with Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, plans to expand its operations in Scotland by investing in the development of a new powder manufacturing facility on its Irvine site. SAFC, a top 10 global fine chemical supplier and manufacturer of specialty chemicals and biologics to the life science and high technology industries, will add to its existing liquid...

MILPITAS, Calif., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has met with employees and executives at the Milpitas, CA headquarters of LifeScan as part of his four-day trade mission to the United States. During his visit Mr Salmond - who is the leader of the Scottish Government - pledged to continue the "mutually profitable" working relationship between California and Scotland, which is the home of one of LifeScan's two main overseas plants.Senior LifeScan...

BOSTON and GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Scottish games publisher Outplay Entertainment is to establish new offices and up to 150 high value jobs in Dundee, First Minister Alex Salmond announced today. Established in 2010 by brothers Douglas and Richard Hare, Outplay Entertainment specializes in publishing videogames for use on smartphones, social networks and other e-distribution platforms. The Hare brothers have over 25-years of experience in the videogames industry --...

Donald Trump, star of The Apprentice on U.S. television, is playing another part in Scotland this year as a villain in a Christmas pantomime. At the Aberdeen Arts Center this year, the pantomime is Robin Hood, with Trump (played by an actor) transformed into the Sheriff of Nottingham, who is plotting to convert Sherwood Forest into a golf course. Trump recently got approval for his plans for a luxury golf resort on the east coast of Scotland not far from Aberdeen. Trump is not the only...

By JOHN ROSS NEW targets to increase renewable forms of energy were announced by the First Minister yesterday. Launching the Renewable Energy Framework and a GBP 2 million biomass support scheme during a visit to Inverness yesterday, Mr Salmond said the Scottish Government was making progress towards making the country the green energy capital of Europe. The EU has called for 20 per cent of energy to come from renewables by 2020. But Mr Salmond said Scotland was on its way to having 50...

By DAVID ROSS HIGHLAND CORRESPONDENT ALEX Salmond yesterday declared that the Pentland Firth would be "the epicentre of Scotland's future in renewable energy" as it officially became one of the country's first marine power sites. The First Minister unveiled his vision to make Scotland's seabed available to allow the power of tides to be transformed into the electricity that would turn the area into the powerhouse of Europe. He made clear that environmental concerns would not stand in...

By Jenny Haworth ALEX Salmond yesterday said the past ten days were the most exciting in the history of renewables in Scotland as he gave the go- ahead for a major wind farm to expand. Another nine turbines will be built alongside the 77 already given approval at the Crystal Rig wind farm near Dunbar in East Lothian. The First Minister announced the extension during a visit to Natural Power, the company behind the project. The extra 27MW capacity provided by the GBP 22 million...

By Jenny Haworth Environment correspondent ALEX Salmond declared Scotland on the brink of a renewables revolution yesterday as he gave the go-ahead for the largest wind farm in Europe. The First Minister told the World Renewable Energy Congress in Glasgow the green light had been given to a 152- turbine project in South Lanarkshire. The chairman of the congress then hailed Mr Salmond as the "saint of renewable energy", as delegates from more than 80 countries applauded their approval. Mr...

A GBP700MILLION coal supply deal, believed to be the biggest ever in Scotland, has been announced. The fi ve-year agreement between ScottishPower and Scottish Coal will lead to the creation of more than 100 jobs. It was hailed by First Minister Alex Salmond as a "declaration of faith" in coal A significant proportion of Scottish Power's supply require ments will be met under the deal. It will be worth up to GBP700m, depending on the amount of coal needed. The coal is expected to come from...