Press and Media

November 2016

• Tech 100: Polly Purvis – Scotland must raise its sights to become digital world leader, Holyrood (24/11/16)
• Autumn Statement comment, Tech City News (24/11/16)
• Autumn Statement comment, Compute Scotland (24/11/16)
• Autumn Statement comment, Scotland B2B (24/11/16)
• Autumn Statement comment, Real Business (24/11/16)
• Autumn Statement comment, Daily Business (23/11/16)
• Good Morning Scotland – Polly Purvis cyber security interview, BBC Radio Scotland (19/11/16)
• Event round up – ScotlandIS cyber security event, The Times – FutureScot (print) (14/11/16)
• Why Scotland’s tech scene is leading the way, UK Startup Jobs (14/11/16)
• Michelle Rodger column – cyber security + comment from Polly, (print) The National (7/11/16)
• Michelle Rodger column – cyber security + comment from Polly, The National (7/11/16)
• ScotlandIS to host digital technology cyber threat event, Tech City News (1/11/16)
• ScotlandIS to host digital technology cyber threat event, Scottish Business News Network (1/11/16)
• ScotlandIS to host digital technology cyber threat event, Daily Business (1/11/16)
• Top cyber experts to give talks on security breaches, (print) The National (1/11/16)
• Top cyber experts to give talks on security breaches, The National (1/11/16)
• ScotlandIS to host digital technology cyber threat event, Compute Scotland (1/11/16)
  
  

October 2016

• ‘We are on the crest of another wave of technology’. Future Scot (06/10/16)
• Co-design will be at the heart of Scottish Government digital strategy. Future Scot  (06/10/16)
• Interview: Polly Purvis - ScotlandIS. Daily Business  (06/10/16)
• Russell urges cross-party talks on Brexit options. Daily Business  (06/10/16)
• Talks explore digital growth. The National (06/10/16) (Print)
• We need to talk about tech. BQ Live (06/10/16) 
• Scotland set to tap into virtual reality revolution. The Scotsman (06/10/16) 
• Digital sector urged to ‘think big and move fast’. The Scotsman  (06/10/16)
• ScotSoft – 7 Elements Interview. Radio Forth (06/10/16) (Radio)
• ScotSoft - Troy Hunt Interview. Radio Forth (06/10/16) (Radio) 
• We are on the crest of another wave of technology. FutureScot (06/10/16)
• Crooks and kids (not scary spies paid by govt overlords) are behind most breaches. The Register  (07/10/16)
• Aberdeen Student named top young software engineer. The Scotsman (07/10/2016)
• Young Software Engineers. Tech City News. (07/10/2016)
• Scots entrepreneurs ‘must help startups’ The Times (07/10/2016) (Print)
• North of Scotland students lift coveted IT awards. SBNN   (09/10/2016)
• North of Scotland students take awards. ComputeScotland (09/10/2016)
• Young Software Engineer. Glasgow Evening Times (09/10/2016) (Print)
• Software Prize for Andreea. University of Glasgow  (10/10/2016) 
• RGU computing graduate named Young Sofware Engineer of the Year 2016. Robert Gordon University (13/10/2016) 
• Ian McConnell: Employers facing loss of crucial EU talent amid Brexit camp jingoism. Herald Scotland (14/10/2016)
• Employers facing loss of crucial EU talent amid Brexit camp jingoism. The Herald (14/10/2016) (Print)

September 2016

• Digital sector calls for action as fears mount over Brexit. The Scotsman (01/092016) (Print)
• Digital sector calls for action as fears mount over Brexit. The Scotsman (01/092016) 
• Brexit will harm access to IT staff finds industry survey. The Herald (01/092016)(Print)
• Information tecnnology companies worried about access to skilled staff after Brexit vote. The Herald (01/092016)
• Brexit will harm access to IT staff finds industry survey. The Herald (01/092016)(Print)
• Technology sector calls for government action to limit impact of Brexit. The National (01/092016) 
• Positive action required to tackle Brexit inertia says digital tech sector. SBNN (01/092016)
• Fifth of digital firms 'would quit UK' over EU vote. Daily Business (01/092016)
• Scotland’s digital sector calls for action to tackle negative impact of Brexit. Hollyrood (01/092016)
• Scottish business groups call for action after Brexit. BBC Online  (01/092016)
• Tech trade body calls for “decisive” Brexit action. Future Scot (01/092016)
• Polly interviewed on Good Morning Scotland. BBC Radio Scotland (01/092016) (Radio)
• Scottish digital industry body urges action on negative impact of Brexit. Public Technology (02/09/2016)
• How technology will transform the banking sector. The Scotsman   (13/09/2016)
• Cyber risks on agenda at captial conference. The National (26/09/2016)(Print)
• Cyber risks on agenda at captial conference. The National (26/09/2016)
• Web security expert flies in for summit. The Courier (26/09/2016) (Print)
• Cyber security on the agenda for ScotSoft as international expert comes to Edinburgh. SBNN (26/09/2016) 
• Scotsoft cyber security expert keynote. Compute Scotland (26/09/2016) 
• Cybersecurity on the agenda for ScotSoft as international expert comes to Edinburgh. Tech City News  (26/09/20
  
  

August 2016

• "Digital Dozen" awarded funding to get young people into tech. Skills Development Scotland (04/08/16)
• Digital projects that get children into technology awarded £250,000 of funding. Holyrood (05/08/16)
• 12 digital projects to boost tech skills awarded £250,000. The Scotsman (05/08/16)
• National funding programme to boost coding skills. FutureScot (05/08/16)
• Digital inclusion projects win funding. PublicTechnology.net (09/08/16)
• New Forfar after-school club to find next generation of computing whizz-kids. The Courier (10/08/16)
• Murray elected to ScotlandIS board. Daily Business (11/08/16)
• Head Resourcing’s Murray joins ScotlandIS board. Recruiter (12/08/16)
• Trading Places - the latest appointments in Scotland. The Herald (15/08/16)

July 2016

• Pick a board member. FutureScot (22/07/16)
• ScotlandIS: Digital tech boom for the Scots. Tech&Learning UK (10/07/15)

June 2016

• Scotsoft 2016, October 6th. Compute Scotland (09/06/2016)
• Sir Chris Hoy saddles up for ScotlandIS conference. The Scotsman (09/06/2016)
• Developers to get full day at Scotsoft event. Daily Business (09/06/2016)
• ScotSoft extends Developers Conference after successful first year. SBNN (09/06/2016)
• European accolade for digital trade body ScotlandIS. The Scotsman (22/06/2016)
• ScotlandIS wins European accreditation. Daily Business (22/06/2016)
• ScotlandIS awarded national first. Compute Scotland (22/06/2016)
• ScotlandIS scores first with European Commission accreditation. The Herald (23/06/2016)
• ScotlandIS scores first with European Commission accreditation. The Herald (23/06/2016) (Print)
• European award for ScotlandIS. The Scotsman (23/06/2016) (Print)

May 2016

• Tech sector boss highlights ‘missed opportunity’ of cabinet reshuffle.  FutureScot (19/05/2016)
• Scotlands tech sector needs young people. The Scotsman (27/05/2016)
• Facebook buyout boost. The Herald (30/05/2016) (Print)

April 2016

• Rising Stars - Paul Hutchinson. Scottish Business Insider  (01/04/2016)
• Fund to support digital activities for young people. Skills Development Scotland (01/04/2016)
• Fund to support digital activities for young people. The Scotsman (31/03/2016)
• Scotland could create 70,000 tech jobs by 2020. Fresh Business Thinking (01/04/2016)
• Strong growth for digital technologies industry. Scottish Financial Review
• Digital technologies industry reports ‘strong growth’. Santander Corporate (01/04/2016)
• Thriving digital sector striving to tackle skills shortage. Daily Business (01/04/2016)
• Exceptional year for Scottish Tech. BQ Live (01/04/2016)
• Scotland’s tech sector ‘optimistic’ following strong 2015 year. Daily Record (01/04/2016)
• Two in three Scottish digi-tech firms increased sales in 2015. Press and Journal (01/04/2016)
• Tech sector's boom set to continue, says new report. The National (01/04/2016)
• Scots tech industry charging ahead with solid job demand. The Scotsman  (01/04/2016)
• Scotland’s Tech Industry optimistic for 2016 after ‘exceptional year’. The Herald (01/04/2016)
• Scottish Tech Industry Survey. The Times (01/04/2016) (Print)
• Minding Scotland's research gap. BBC News online (01/04/2016)
• Digital technologies industry reports 'strong growth'. BBC News online  (01/04/2016)
• Scottish Tech Industry Survey – Polly interview.  BBC Radio Scotland (01/04/2016) (Radio Interview)
• Scottish Tech Industry Survey. BBC 1 Scotland (01/04/2016) (TV Broadcast)
• Technology industry survey. Contractor Umbrella (11/04/2016)
• Sixth ScotlandIS honour digital stars. Compute Scotland (21/04/2016)
• Technology toasts success at sell-out ceremony. Daily Business (21/04/2016)
• Scotland’s digital stars honoured at ScotlandIS annual awards. SBNN (21/04/2016)
• Skyscanner named Scotland’s best large tech business. The Scotsman (22/04/2016)
• Edinburgh firms win big at digital industry awards. Scotland B2B (22/04/2016)
• Skyscanner wins business award. The National (23/04/2016) (Print)
• Scotland’s digital technologies industry reports ‘strong growth’. e-spaces (25/04/2016)
• How to turn Scotland into a world leading digital nation. The Scotsman (April)
• Smart meters offer a platform for digital innovation, conference told. Scottish Housing News (26/04/2016)
• Smart meters offer a platform for digital innovation. Building Construction (26/04/2016)
• Why smart meters could be the future of digital innovation in Scotland. Scotland B2B (26/04/2016)
• Success for digital firm Calnex. Linlithgow Gazette (29/04/2016) (Print)

 

March 2016

• Meet the MD: Polly Purvis of Scotlandis. Business Quarter (08/03/2016)
• Science and technology special.  Business Insider (March edition) (Print)
• Future skills special. Business Insider (March edition) (Print)
• Silicon Glen: It’s decline and why Scotland no longer needs it. The Scotsman (10/03/2016)
• ScotlandIS chief on gender ratio in Scots technology. The Scotsman (10/03/2016)
• Shortlist unveiled for Scottisg digital tech awards. The Scotsman (16/03/2016)
• Digital firms queue up for awards as sector booms. The National (16/03/2016)
• Digital firms queue up in awards bid. The National (16/03/2016) (Print)
• Shortlist announced for digital tech awards. Innovators Mag (16/03/2016)
• ScotlandIS Awards April. Compute Scotland (16/03/2016)
• Scotland's digital awards entries up by half due to tech industry growth. Edinburgh Science Triangle  (16/03/2016)
• Scotland's digital award entries up by half. Daily Business (16/03/2016)
• Scotland’s digital technology sector 'thriving' as entries flood in for awards. Holyrood (17/03/2016)

 

February 2016

• Digital sector support needed. The Courier (19/02/2016) (Print)
• Government support could see 70,000 jobs created. The Scotsman (19/02/2016) (Print)
• Tech sector could create 70,000 posts in five years, says trade body ScotlandIS. The Herald(19/02/2016) (Print)
• Morning news bulletin. Radio Forth 19/02/2016 (Radio Broadcast)
• Scottish tech body calls for focus on growth. The Herald (19/02/2016)
• Government support could deliver 70,000 digital tech jobs. The Scotsman (19/02/2016)
• Friday Business roundup. The Scotsman (19/02/2016)
• Plea to help develop invisible industry. Daily Business (19/02/2016)
• ScotlandIS predicts 70,00 new jobs by 2021. BQ Live (19/02/2016)
• Tech body calls for digital economy focus in Scottish Parliament Election 2016 manifesto. CBR (19/02/2016)
• Trade body calls for digital collaboration. ScotlandB2B (22/02/2016)
• Focus : digital growth. Compute Scotland (23/02/2016)
• Interview with Polly. The Times – future Scot (24/02/2016) (Print)
• Polly and Tommy featured in the digital list. The Times – future Scot (24/02/2016) (Print)

 

January 2016

• Digital technology Oscars open for entries.  Innovators Mag  (07/01/2016)
• Trio of categories added to Scottish digital technology awards. The Scotsman (07/01/2016)
• The ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards 2016 are now open for entries with some new categories emerging. Compute Scotland (08/01/2016)
• Awards bekon for Scotland’s digital tech firms. ScotlandB2B (12/01/2016)
• Major steps on road to world class digital vision. Business Insider (January 2016) (Print)
• Computing sees gender imbalance in reverse. Business Insider (January 2016) (Print)
• Digital and Tech Predictions for 2016. CodeClan (26/01/16)

December 2015

 

• Movers and Shakers BQ Live 02/12/2015

• What are the skills employees need for the future? Scotsman.com 03/12/2015

• Skyscanner & FanDuel success inspires next Scots tech  Scotsman.com 10/12/2015

• Polly Purvis named CodeClan chair BQ Live 21/12/2015

• Polly Purvis takes chair at digital skills academy   The Scotsman 21/12/2015

• ScotlandIS chief to chair CodeClan The Herald  21/12/2015

• Purvis to chair skills academy CodeClan  Daily Business 21/12/2015

• Monday business round up: Five key stories of the day The Scotsman 21/12/2015

• Digital Skills Academy appoints first chair Our Skills Force 21/12/2015

• Purvis to chair digital skills academy Scottish Financial 21/12/2015

 

 

 

November 2015

• ScotlandIS awards first CodeClan scholarship. Scotsman.com (02/11/15)
• Scholarship awarded at CodeClan. Edinburgh Reporter (02/11/15)

• Scalerator project to catalyse Scottish start-ups Scotsman.com 19/11/2015

• Tech 100: Tommy Laughlin Holyrood 27/11/2015

• ScotlandIS appoints digital veteran to North-East role Scotsman.com 30/11/2015

• New bosses appointed at Aberdeen firms Press & Journal 30/11/2015

• ScotlandIS appoints Allan Sutherland North East rep SBNN 30/11/2015

• Grampian digitech lobbyist Compute Scotland 30/11/2015

• Boost for North East’s digital sector Innovators Mag 30/11/2015

• Sutherland to head up ScotlandIS in North East Daily Business 30/11/2015

October 2015

• Scotland's first coding school to plug the skills gap. TechWorld (01/10/15)
• Edinburgh is ripe for development (podcast). Estates Gazette (05/10/15)
• Feature on question time event. Estates Gazette (October 15)
• CodeClan launches ScotlandIS scholarship. CodeClan.com (14/10/15)

September 2015

• 'The opportunities to build big are enormous', Polly Purvis. Daily Business (15.09.2015)
• Insider special report: Women on boards. Daily Record (11.09.2015)
• The Week Ahead: ScotSoft 2015. The Scotsman (14/09/15)
• Digital tech industry to ‘think big’. BQ Live (17/09/15)
• Digital tech industry to ‘think big’. Invest Edinburgh (17/09/15)
• Digital tech firms urged to ‘think big’. ScotlandB2B (17/09/15)
• ScotlandIS urges ‘think big’. Compute Scotland (17/09/15)
• Video: meeting Nikita at ScotSoft 2015 South West News Service (17/09/2015)
• Good Morning Scotland interview: Polly Purvis. BBC Radio Scotland (17/09/15)
• Interview with CodeClan about ScotSoft and tech industry in Scotland. Forth One & Two (17/09/15)
• Interview will Polly Purvis in hourly bulletins Forth One & Two (17/09/15)
• Unicorn hunt is on as firms aim to be the third Scotsman.com (17/09/15)
• Platform: Polly Purvis on Scotland’s unicorns The Scotsman (17/09/15)
• Tech boss says confidence is high HeraldScotland.com (17/09/15)
• Joe Marks: Think Games, not gamification Research Magazine (September 15)
• Unicorns lead the digital way The Scotsman: Vision Scotland (September 15)
• Young Software Engineer Award won by Abertay student Dundee.com (18/09/15)
• Young Software Engineer of the Year Award won by Abertay student. Abertay University (18/09/15
• Picture story: Meeting Nikita at ScotSoft 2015 Edinburgh Evening News (18/09/15)  
• Digital growth on ScotlandIS agenda Dundee Courier (18/09/15)
• YSE: Top Prize for Peeter Dundee Courier (19/09/15)
• Young Software Engineer of the Year Award Scottish Business News Networks (20/09/15 )
• 2015 Software names to watch. Compute Scotland (20/09/15)
• Dundee student is young engineer of the year STV Dundee (21/09/15(
• Informatics undergraduate comes runner up in Young Software Engineer Award Edinburgh Uni Informatics (21/09/15)
• Polly Purvis: Tech 100 interview Holyrood (24/09/15)

August 2015

• ScotlandIS Introduces Developers Conference to ScotSoft 2015. Scottish Businesses News (21.08.2015)
• Edinburgh set to host first Developers’ Conference. Scotland B2B (19.08.2015)
• ScotlandIS Introduces Developers Conference to ScotSoft 2015. Edinburgh Science (19.08.2015)
• Developers 'to explore' at ScotlandIS conference. Daily Business (19.08.2015) 
• Invest in Skills for Now and the Future. Microscope (August 15)           

July 2015

• Unicorns turn myth into reality. The Scotsman (27.07.2015)

June 2015

• FanDuel the big winner at DigiTech awards. The Scotsman (19.06.2015)
• FanDuel is four-time winner on DigiTech night. Daily Business Group (19.06.2015)
• FanDuel scoops four awards as ScotlandIS honours Scotland's digital stars. Scottish Business News Networks (19.06.2015)
• FanDuel four time winners as ScotlandIS honours Scotland’s digital stars. Edinburgh Science Triangle (19.06.2015)
• ScotlandIS honours Scottish digital stars. Business Quarter (19.06.2015)
• Digital technologies celebrate. Compute Scotland (19.06.2015)
• Scotland’s digital technologies can boost export earnings. Holyrood Magazine (18.04.2015)
• Polly Purvis confident of growth. The Scotsman (04.06.2015) 
• Monday Interview: Polly Purvis, ScotlandIS. The Scotsman (15.06.2015)

May 2015

• How Scotland learnt to create $1bn tech unicorns. Computer Business Review (28.05.2015)
• Digital skills, by Polly Purvis, ScotlandIS CEO. Hollyrood (27.05.2015)
• Buoyancy of Scottish digital technologies sector reflected in awards. Aberdeen Business News. (14.05.2015)
• Buoyant DigiTech 2015. Compute Scotland (13.05.2015)
• Digital technologies industry's 'strong prospects for growth'. BBC (13.05.2015)
• Old faces and rising stars in DigiTech Awards 2015 shortlist. Business Quarter (13.05.2015)
• Shortlist revealed for DigiTech Awards. The Scotsman (13.05.2015)
• Survey: Scotland's digital sector confident on growth in 2015. Daily Record (12.05.2015) 
• Graduates in demand with IT industry set for further growth. The National (12.05.2015)
• Polly Purvis: Scotland’s IT skills shortage needs addressed. The Scotsman (12.05.2015)
• Scottish digital technologies ramping up staff intake for 2015. Computer Weekly (12.05.2015)
• Increased confidence among Scotland’s IT sector, survey finds. Holyrood (12.05.2015)
• Positive trends in Scottish digital industry. Business Quarter (12.05.2015)
• Scotland's digital companies upbeat about their future. Techworld (11.05.2015)
• Graduates in demand for Scots IT firms. ScotBuzz. (11.05.2015)
• Graduates in demand with Scottish digital technologies industry set for further growth in 2015. Recruitment International (11.05.2015)
• Scottish digital technologies industry set for further growth in 2015. Aberdeen Business News (11.05.2015)