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title: iLivestock welcomes Scottish Government visit
description: iLivestock welcomes Tom Arthur MSP for a visit showcasing Scottish agri-tech, livestock technology and future growth plans.
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# [iLivestock welcomes Scottish Government visit](https://www.ilivestock.com/news/scottish-minister-visits-ilivestock)

 Written by [Team iLivestock](https://www.ilivestock.com/news/author/team-ilivestock) | 09 July 2026 14:57:21 Z

iLivestock welcomed Tom Arthur MSP, Minister for Business and Fair Work, to its Scottish office on 9 July 2026, as part of a Scottish Government summer tour of businesses aligned with key economic and innovation priorities.  Mr Arthur was joined by Mark Lawson and Kirsty Macdonald from the [Scottish Government](https://www.gov.scot/) for a visit introducing iLivestock’s precision agriculture technology, growth plans and contribution to Scotland’s agri-tech sector.

Duradiamond Software Ltd, trading as iLivestock, is a Scotland-based agri-tech company providing software and connected hardware that helps sheep and beef farmers manage livestock more easily, accurately and cost-effectively. The company employs 21 people in Scotland and currently has more than 1.1 million animals recorded on its platform.

During the visit, Mr Arthur met CEO and Co-Founder Ewen Wardman and CCO and Co-Founder Jamie Pugh, toured the office and manufacturing area, and saw a demonstration of iLivestock’s livestock management platform alongside a Cowcatcher cattle crush supplied by [Weber’s Farm Service](https://www.webersfs.com/), iLivestock’s exclusive distributor in Canada.

The demonstration showed how iLivestock combines smartphone software with connected weighing and RFID/EID hardware to support animal record keeping, compliance, traceability and better on-farm decision-making in practical livestock handling environments.

Following the tour, Mr Arthur joined Ewen and Jamie for a discussion about iLivestock’s growth, innovation, exports, intellectual property and the wider agri-tech industry.

Ewen Wardman, CEO and Co-Founder of iLivestock, said:

> “Welcoming the Minister was a great opportunity to show how Scottish-built technology can support farmers with practical, real-world challenges.”

Jamie Pugh, CCO and Co-Founder of iLivestock, said:

> “We were pleased to discuss iLivestock’s growth plans and the wider opportunity for Scottish agri-tech in the UK and international markets.”

The visit highlighted iLivestock’s role as a growing Scottish agri-tech business working across agriculture, technology, data and manufacturing, with ambitions to continue scaling in the UK and internationally.

### More information

To learn more about iLivestock and our livestock management technology, please get in touch with our team.

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