{"id":922,"date":"2026-04-30T09:01:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/?p=922"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:01:40","slug":"road-quality-firm-hds-secures-funding-to-expand-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/?p=922","title":{"rendered":"Road quality firm HDS secures funding to expand \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rob-Stevenson-and-Joe-Charlesworth.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-194624 lazyload\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rob-Stevenson-and-Joe-Charlesworth.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-194624 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rob-Stevenson-and-Joe-Charlesworth.png 964w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rob-Stevenson-and-Joe-Charlesworth-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rob-Stevenson-and-Joe-Charlesworth-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rob-Stevenson-and-Joe-Charlesworth-600x401.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rob Stevenson of Maven and Joe Charlesworth<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Highway Data Systems, which provides quality assurance technology to the road construction sector, has secured \u00a31.25\u00a0million for growth, including expansion of its foothold in the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The support package for the Glasgow-based company is from the Investment Fund for Scotland managed by Maven Capital Partners\u00a0and delivered by the British Business Bank (BBB).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">HDS\u2019s technology automates manual, labour-intensive and safety\u00a0critical testing processes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It has a\u00a0strong client base in the UK\u00a0and\u00a0a growing base in the US. The business supports\u00a0a number of\u00a0high-profile\u00a0industry contractors including\u00a0Eurovia,\u00a0Holcim\u00a0and Tarmac.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">HDS is the first business to secure investment through the Greater Glasgow Innovation Cluster via the Investment Fund for Scotland. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Cluster forms part of a wider \u00a3100 million strengthening of the Nations and Regions Investment Funds and brings together investors,\u00a0innovators\u00a0and high-growth businesses across key UK regions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Joe Charlesworth,\u00a0managing director\u00a0at HDS,\u00a0said:\u00a0\u201cData is only as good as its\u00a0accuracy,\u00a0and\u00a0as a\u00a0technology partner for major infrastructure projects\u00a0we strive for engineering-grade precision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThis\u00a0backing will allow us to\u00a0invest in our product development\u00a0as we enhance our automated digital solutions\u00a0for both the UK and international markets.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Rob Stevenson, investment manager at Maven, said:\u00a0\u201cHDS has\u00a0evidenced\u00a0strong growth\u00a0to date,\u00a0developing\u00a0a highly rated suite of products for customers across both roadside and plant, in both the UK and US.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Sarah Newbould, senior investment manager for the BBB\u2019s nations &amp; regions investment funds, said HDS combines \u201cinnovation with clear international growth potential\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">She added: \u201cAs the first investment delivered through the Greater Glasgow Innovation Cluster, this funding demonstrates the fund\u2019s role in strengthening connections between investors and innovative businesses in the region.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Road #quality #firm #HDS #secures #funding #expand #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Stevenson of Maven and Joe Charlesworth Highway Data Systems, which provides quality assurance technology to the road construction sector, has secured \u00a31.25\u00a0million for growth, including expansion of its foothold&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[1385,283,282,925,1393,1341,1386,1394,1387,1388,1389,1390,1392,1391,1395],"class_list":["post-922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-stories","tag-british-business-bank","tag-business","tag-daily","tag-expand","tag-firm","tag-funding","tag-greater-glasgow-innovation-cluster","tag-hds","tag-highway-data-systems","tag-investment-fund-for-scotland","tag-joe-charlesworth","tag-maven-capital-partners","tag-quality","tag-road","tag-secures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}