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CityFibre celebrates latest milestone in Nottingham’s Full Fibre rollout

By updatesPosted on 27th April 202227th April 2022Posted in Member News

Internet users across Nottingham are now able to connect their homes and businesses to the best digital infrastructure available thanks to progress made by CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform. CityFibre has now made the majority of homes

Winner of Cyber Scotland Week’s Capture the Flag discusses girls in Computing

By updatesPosted on 27th April 202227th April 2022Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Diversity and Inclusion, Industry News

Congratulations to Lucy from Trinity High School in South Lanarkshire for winning the Capture the Flag competition at this year’s Cyber Scotland Week 2022. TryHackMe teamed up with CyberScotland to run the event for CSW in February, with over 1400

Lanarkshire software firm eyes growth amid skills shortages

By updatesPosted on 25th April 202225th April 2022Posted in Member News

Check out this interview with David Lindores, CEO of SIS member Eureka Solutions, in The Herald. What does Eureka Solutions produce/what services does it offer? We provide and support the software systems that can underpin the running of efficient businesses.

HAYS DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO CBI SCOTLAND COUNCIL

By updatesPosted on 25th April 202225th April 2022Posted in Member News

Keith Mason, a director of recruiting firm Hays Scotland, has been elected to the CBI Scotland Council. Mason is a member of the Scottish board of management for Hays and is responsible for the strategic, operational, and financial performance for a

Informed Solutions Wins Queen’s Award for Innovation

By updatesPosted on 22nd April 202222nd April 2022Posted in Member News

Informed Solutions has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Innovation for its InformedTRANSFORM© digital transformation service. InformedTRANSFORM© is an innovative, proven digital business change service comprising methods and tools that ensures organisations benefit from innovations in digital technology, delivering change

Scottish Water Partners with Glasgow Cleantech Firm Hypervine

By updatesPosted on 19th April 202219th April 2022Posted in Member News, Climate Tech

Glasgow-based startup Hypervine seeks to aid Scotland’s net-zero ambitions as it offers its artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology in a new partnership. The company’s tech will provide end-to-end site data for construction and mining firms, boosting efficiencies whilst enabling

Tapping into neurodiverse talent is essential to bridge Scotland’s digital skills gap

By updatesPosted on 19th April 202219th April 2022Posted in Skills, Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

In this thought piece, ScotlandIS CEO, Karen Meechan, urges employers to be more open-minded with regards to recruiting neurodiverse individuals, as this could be crucial in reducing the tech skills gap. Scotland’s growing digital technology sector is forward-thinking, and our

The S5GC Innovation Challenge – 5G Innovation in Health and Social Care

By updatesPosted on 19th April 202219th April 2022Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News, Opportunity

The Scotland 5G Centre is delighted to announce the launch of our inaugural S5GConnect Innovation Challenge. The aim of the Shaping Digital Health and Social Care, Innovation Challenge is to support companies embrace the benefits of 5G technology by bringing new products

Intelligens Consulting Supporting The Governments £5bn Project Gigabit ambition

By updatesPosted on 19th April 202219th April 2022Posted in Member News

Award winning telecoms and smart city advisor Intelligens Consulting has announced it has been commissioned by a rural wireless ISP and broadband provider to support their bid to secure funding from the Department of Digital, Culture Media and Sport’s (DCMS)

Competition launched for £12 million grant to turbocharge UK tech growth

By updatesPosted on 19th April 202219th April 2022Posted in Industry News, Opportunity

Funding will tackle challenges facing small tech firms and grow regional support networks to level up investment and innovations around the country £12 million awarded to support activity until 2025 A new government grant competition is launching to boost the