Heather, Author at ScotlandIS

Merry Christmas from ScotlandIS!

By HeatherPosted on 18th December 20154th December 2019Posted in ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS would like to wish all our members a very merry Christmas and a happy new year! Best wishes from Polly and the ScotlandIS team.

What are the digital skills employees need for the future?

By HeatherPosted on 4th December 20154th December 2019Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

EMPLOYERS often have a stereotypical picture in their minds of the staff working in their information technology (IT) departments – unshaven men wearing Warhammer T-shirts and pairs of faded jeans, hiding behind computer screens. Yet that caricature is quickly disappearing.

ScotlandIS appoints North East Scotland representative Allan Sutherland

By HeatherPosted on 30th November 20154th December 2019Posted in North East Scotland, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS, the trade body for the digital technologies industry, has announced the appointment of Allan Sutherland, as its Grampian Co-ordinator. Sutherland will play a key role in promoting and lobbying on behalf of the digital technology sector in the North East and Aberdeen. Home

Bid to create billion dollar Scottish businesses

By HeatherPosted on 19th November 20154th December 2019Posted in ScotlandIS News

Creating more billion-dollar businesses in Scotland and nurturing the next generation of talent is the aim of a project that has been launched by a start-up accelerator, which argues that more support is required to boost firms beyond their initial

Changing work places: One in 25 Scots is now in tech job

By HeatherPosted on 18th November 20154th December 2019Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

ONE in 25 Scots is now employed by the country’s booming technology sector. There are more than 1,000 workplaces in the IT and telecoms sectors, worth an estimated £4 billion annually. The figures are revealed in the annual Scottish Technology

Government creates ministerial group to aid digital transformation

By HeatherPosted on 10th November 20154th December 2019Posted in ScotlandIS News

The government has created a new group which will focus on reforming the UK’s digital public services. The government has been focused on making things ‘digital by default’ since 2010 under former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude. His replacement, Matt

Five essential job skills for a digital Scotland

By HeatherPosted on 10th November 20154th December 2019Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

It is expected that job growth in Scotland will be particularly concentrated in areas such as software development, software engineering and web development. Particular essential skill was Java. There has already been a 50 per cent increase in demand for

Access to broadband to be as universal as water and electricity by 2020

By HeatherPosted on 10th November 20154th December 2019Posted in ScotlandIS News

Prime minister David Cameron has promised fast broadband to everyone in the UK by the end of the current parliament, with a legal right for citizens everywhere to request a connection to broadband with speeds of at least 10Mbps. Cameron

ScotlandIS awards CodeClan Scholarship

By HeatherPosted on 30th October 20154th December 2019Posted in ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS today announced the award of its CodeClan scholarship to Michael MacLeod, a freelance journalist and former TV producer. CodeClan is Scotland’s first digital skills academy and the ScotlandIS Scholarship was set up to fund one outstanding applicant through the

CEO on the future of the tech industry

By HeatherPosted on 25th September 20154th December 2019Posted in ScotlandIS News

It’s mid-afternoon at Edinburgh’s Sheraton Grand Hotel and Polly Purvis is taking a short breather. In the next room, chief technology officers as well as key figures from the private and public sectors are touring exhibitors at the annual ScotSoft