14 . Glasgow Business January/February 2013
Life sciences
Fantastic first year for BioCity Scotland
On 5 January 2013, BioCity Scotland, the centre for life science businesses in Newhouse, Lanarkshire, celebrated the first anniversary of its formation. Twelve months ago, the
18-acre site was officially handed to the BioCity company by global pharmaceutical company MSD for the creation of a bioscience business incubator to support new and growing life science ventures. At the time, BioCity made a commitment to bring the facility to life again, and within weeks the first companies were moving onto the site. Since the official opening,
BioCity Scotland, mid-way between Glasgow and Edinburgh, has started to populate the once-vacant laboratories and offices by attracting start-up tenants, university spin-outs and well-established bioscience companies. To date, 11 companies have joined BioCity. New ventures can tap into business advice and cost-effective support while the bigger tenants are attracted by the excellent laboratory, equipment and office environment. Highlights of the first
year have included the visit in January by John Swinney MSP, followed in February by HRH the Princess Royal who officially named the Sir James Black Building. The facility also hosted a
three-day BioEntrepreneur Boot Camp and staged the Dalziel High School Award for Scientific Excellence. Also Fraser Black was
appointed as Managing Director.
Sheila Fleet OBE.
Honour for Sheila Fleet S
heila Fleet of Sheila Fleet Jewellery was honoured with an OBE in the New Year’s honours list. She confessed to being “amazed and delighted” when she was
informed about the award. Te award is for services to industry and
acknowledges Sheila’s work as a great ambassador for Scotish products around the world. Sheila has travelled to New York and
Travel Wi-fi comes to ScotRail trains
ScotRail’s express trains will offer free Wi-fi by the end of December 2013, thanks to £2 million investment from the Scottish Government. The cash will fund the installation
of Wi-fi equipment on all 59 of ScotRail’s ‘class 170’ trains. The fleet operates between most Scottish cities and in the Fife and Stirling areas. At present, four class 170s offer
Wi-fi connectivity, fitted as part of a successful trial launched by Transport Minister Keith Brown in the summer.
use found to be 72 per cent and 28 per cent respectively. From March 2013, the number of
Customer feedback revealed that
77 per cent of users were satisfied with the speed and performance of the Wi-fi, with personal and business
Wi-fi trains in passenger service will steadily increase, at a rate of five or six each month. The free service is designed to allow access to email, web browsing and social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. ScotRail is also drawing up plans
to provide train running information and other useful services on its Wi-fi website landing page.
Toronto on promotional tours and also appeared on TV in the United States. She has also lobbied hard in the background on behalf of Scotish manufacturers. Sheila views the award as an endorsement
of the work of her staff too and their dedication to taking the company forward. She hopes that they will view the award as shared as she is very proud of their achievements.
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