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Opportunity North East (ONE) is a private sector catalyst driving transformational change in north east Scotland’s economy. We develop and deliver projects to accelerate regional economic diversification and energy transition. We help businesses in the key industry sectors of digital; energy; food, drink, agriculture and fishing; life sciences and tourism to develop and grow at home and internationally, working with regional and national partners. Through ONE, the private sector is shaping north east Scotland’s economic future.

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  • Our #ONEFoodDrinkAgriculture webinars in June and July explored market insights, consumer behaviours, strategy and planning to help #foodanddrink businesses in north east Scotland reset and plan for economic recovery. You can catch up with advice and insights from the first three webinars on our website. The webinars were delivered via the North East Scotland Food & Drink Network, a partnership between Opportunity North East Limited and Aberdeenshire Council. #strategy #recovery #businessgrowth #Aberdeenshire #Aberdeen
  • North east Scotland's food, drink, agriculture and fishing sectors will be at the forefront of the industry's national recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The region accounts for 20% of Scotland's food and drink and produces significant shares of the national primary production of seafood, beef, pork and malting barley. Businesses across the sector employ more than 22,000 people and are now at the heart of the drive to rebuild the economy. Opportunity North East has worked with food and drink businesses to support long-term growth since 2016. Stanley Morrice, chair of the ONE Food, Drink & Agriculture board, says the pandemic has accelerated change across the industry. "Businesses of all sizes across the region have demonstrated impressive adaptability and resilience during this global crisis, underlining the quality of our sector and its leadership. Agility and innovation will be necessary for the rebuilding and recovery phases. As will securing additional investment in critical sector projects – including the SeedPod centre of excellence and the transformation project for seafood manufacturing, which is our largest sector – to drive recovery regionally and nationally. "A priority for ONE, working with industry and partners, is to make the strongest case for additional public funding in growth projects, giving the private sector confidence to invest. That will create new products, jobs, higher productivity and a greener, net-zero carbon industry," said Mr Morrice. #ONEFoodDrinkAgriculture #foodanddrink #farming #fishing #Aberdeenshire #Aberdeen
  • Aberdeen drug discovery pioneer, Elasmogen has won two new UKRI grants worth £374,000 to support programmes for COVID-19 and oncology. Elasmogen is one of the region’s high-growth life sciences companies specialising in developing novel biotherapeutics. Its recent successes with new funding grants highlight their response to the immediate challenge of COVID-19 while maintaining their long-term focus on cancer. #lifesciences #Aberdeen
  • A game-changing bone graft substitute developed by Aberdeen-based life sciences company SIRAKOSS has received regulatory approval in the US. SIRAKOSS will now commercialise its Osteo3 ZP Putty, a nanosynthetic bone graft substitute. SIRAKOSS was spun out of the University of Aberdeen in 2011 based on the research of Professor Iain Gibson and is supported through financing from Epidarex Capital and Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, together with grant funding from Innovate UK. SIRAKOSS is an example of a spinout company that is pioneering technology with significant clinical benefits and commercial potential. Industry’s goal is to create and anchor more life sciences companies in north east Scotland long term. ONE’s action and investment with partners in the sector aims to maximise research, clinical and commercial collaboration and innovation, and support the creation and growth of high-potential companies that develop products and solutions that address modern health challenges. #ONELifeSciences #lifesciences #medtech #Aberdeen
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