building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
Robotical are a robotics company based in Edinburgh. We make Marty the Robot, a walking, dancing, eyebrow-wiggling, football-playing, fully programmable robot that will inspire the next generation of roboticists and engineers. Robotical was sounded by Dr Sandy Enoch, who after
What’s your favourite thing about the industry? I have the pleasure of working with innovative, dynamic and driven individuals on a day-to-day basis and so it is the people within the industry that I value the most. Looking to the
Where did your passion for digital come from? I’ve been a bit of a tech geek since I was 11 or 12 – I was into writing software on my ZX Spectrum and I guess never looked back. The Nucleus
Based in CodeBase Edinburgh, Float is a cashflow forecasting tool which helps small business manage their finances, stay out of the red, and plan for the future. Float integrates with Xero, FreeAgent and Quickbooks Online to give users real-time financial data. By
For the 5th ScotlandIS Brexit Briefing, we are having a closer look at an issue that is of particular importance to our members, according to our Brexit survey from July 2016 – the future status and rights of EU nationals living and working in the UK
Yesterday, I attended a Brexit roundtable discussion with Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell, just as the Political Declaration about the future relationship between the UK and the EU had been agreed. The Secretary of State explained why the
For me, 2019 is about two major risks, and two major hopes and opportunities. Of course, Brexit is looming – and I’ll get to that in a minute. Because I don’t think the challenges of Brexit are in fact the
Yesterday, the Chancellor Philip Hammond presented the latest UK budget with news about taxes and public spending. We would like to give you a quick overview of the key announcements that are relevant for Scotland’s digital technologies industry and what
In recent years, Scotland has made impressive headway in achieving its technological ambitions. Connectivity and infrastructure have either improved, or received commitments to improvement; gender balance issues are being openly discussed and are beginning to be addressed seriously and our
The Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal has appointed a group of experts from the private and third sectors to its Regional Enterprise Council (REC). The REC is comprised of a number of individuals from small, medium and large
