Tidal energy hopeful enjoys testing success off Orkney

MARK WILLIAMSON

of more than 5,000 jobs. The Government agreed to provide support for 11 projects involving other renewables technologies such as offshore wind, which required less subsidy per unit of output.

Scotrenewables business development manager James Murray said: “We feel our technology and industry has the potential to bring its costs in line with other forms of low carbon energy but it’s still at an earlier stage.”

He added: “We will be working over the next year to find a solution with other stakeholders in the industry to have an appropriate level of revenue support.”

Separately, the statefunded Wave Energy Scotland has awarded around £660,000 to 13 projects that aim to increase the cost effectiveness of wave energy technology. A CONFERENCE aimed at improving access to data science talent for the commercial, public and academic sectors is taking place in Edinburgh next week.

Recruitment firm MBN, which is hosting the event in partnership with The Data Lab, has lined up industry specialists from Channel 4, Morgan Stanley, Sainsbury’s Bank, NCR, Glasgow City Council, Thornton’s and Klozers to take part in the data science summit at Dynamic Earth on Wednesday September 13.

Paul Forrest, chairman of MBN, said: “With intense competition for top data talent, effective career paths can play a critical role in an organisation’s ability to achieve its human capital goals.” OLI NORMAN, the entrepreneur behind daily deals business itison, could never be accused of lacking imagination.

Covering the company’s latest accounts this week, The Bottom Line discovered itison has expanded its popular movie drive-in nights by holding a screening of classic film Jaws on the Ayrshire coast at Troon, and showing Top Gun at a site overlooking the runway at Edinburgh Airport.

It builds on the firm’s successful drive-in screenings of classic Christmas films at Loch Lomond Shores.

If we were fond of a pun we might say it’s a wonderful life. Taxi!