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UK budget must ‘ease taxes’ for Scottish tech firms

By updatesPosted on 26th November 202526th November 2025Posted in ScotlandIS News

This interview with ScotlandIS CEO, Karen Meechan, in Holyrood highlights what she wants to see come out of the UK Autumn budget on behalf of Scotland’s technology sector. The chancellor’s budget is an important moment in the calendar of any

Edinburgh Uni AI Breakthrough Makes Models 10x Faster

By updatesPosted on 26th November 202526th November 2025Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh claim to have made a software breakthrough that could allow future AI models to process information ten times faster than today’s systems. Working with the world’s largest computer chip, called a wafer-scale chip (roughly

Trade Mission to AI Impact Summit, India

By updatesPosted on 26th November 202526th November 2025Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News, Opportunity

The Department for Business and Trade has announced expressions of interest are now open for a trade mission to the India AI Impact Summit, 16th – 20th February 2026 in New Delhi. The Summit will be the first ever global AI summit

CyberCall 2025

By updatesPosted on 25th November 202525th November 2025Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, Opportunity

The Cybersecurity Industry Call for Innovation (CyberCall) enables companies to innovate on cybersecurity challenges put out by Critical Information Infrastructure and strategic stakeholders in Singapore. To uplift Singapore’s cybersecurity landscape, the CyberCall aims to: Through this, CSA aims to strengthen

Five reasons you should enter the Digital Tech Awards 2026

By updatesPosted on 20th November 202520th November 2025Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

On the 19th of March 2026, key players from across Scotland’s digital technology industry will gather at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow’s Argyle Street. Why? Well that’s where the ScotlandIS Digital Tech Awards are taking place, of course. Now

Cyber & Fraud Hub Launches Practical Guide on Crypto Fraud

By updatesPosted on 19th November 202519th November 2025Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

The Cyber and Fraud Hub has announced the publication of its latest resource, A Guide to Avoiding Cryptocurrency Scams, developed in collaboration with Police Scotland and Coinbase, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency platforms. As cryptocurrency becomes more widely used, awareness

Get expert free business consultation from Glasgow University postgraduates

By updatesPosted on 19th November 202519th November 2025Posted in Member News, Opportunity

Applications for Glasgow University Adam Smith Business School Industry Projects 25/26 are now open! An Industry Project is a student-led, one to one consultancy initiative at postgraduate (PGT) level, running over 6–8 weeks during June and July 2026. It allows students to

Quorum Cyber Strengthens Leadership Team with New Senior Appointments

By updatesPosted on 19th November 202519th November 2025Posted in Member News

Quorum Cyber, a proactive, threat-led cyber security company founded to help organisations defend themselves in an increasingly hostile digital landscape, has made a series of appointments to its senior leadership team to meet its strategic goals. John Bruce has joined the Microsoft-only company as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Mike LaPeters as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Stacey

Texas/South by Southwest AI Trade Mission

By updatesPosted on 19th November 202519th November 2025Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News, Opportunity

Applications are now open for the UK Department for Business and Trade’s AI Trade Mission to Texas, with exclusive engagements in Dallas and Austin from 10-16 March, 2026! This delegation will showcase the best of UK innovation in AI, Automation, and Advanced

Scotland’s AI data centres to get cheaper electricity under UK plans

By updatesPosted on 18th November 202518th November 2025Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

A new wave of AI data centres across central Scotland, including a flagship project at Ravenscraig, could receive electricity discounts under measures announced yesterday by the UK Government’s AI Growth Zone team within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.