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Glasgow and north east chosen for investment zones

By updatesPosted on 4th July 20234th July 2023Posted in North East Scotland, Industry News

Glasgow and the north east of Scotland will be supported by up to £80m of investment each in a new scheme to drive economic growth. The investment zones, a key part of the UK government’s levelling up strategy, are the

Spire Global partners with OroraTech to provide eight-satellite wildfire detection constellation

By updatesPosted on 4th July 20234th July 2023Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

Spire Global, the space services company with offices in Glasgow, has signed an agreement with OroraTech, a specialist in space-based thermal intelligence, to build, launch and operate an eight-satellite constellation. The constellation is described as the first dedicated to tracking

Geovation Scotland: Meet the 2023 Accelerator Cohort

By updatesPosted on 4th July 20234th July 2023Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, Industry News

The 5th Geovation Scotland Accelerator Programme is officially under way. This year, there are six inspiring start-ups, including ScotlandIS member Unbaggaged, ready to take their next steps with the support of Registers of Scotland and Ordnance Survey. Geovation Scotland’s main

Up to £10m in government contracts up for grabs through latest CivTech round

By updatesPosted on 29th June 202329th June 2023Posted in Industry News, Opportunity

Up to £10m in government contracts are up for grabs through the latest CivTech programme – the Scottish Government’s ‘tech for good’ innovation accelerator. CivTech 8 Demo Day takes place in Edinburgh today where tech firms will showcase their solutions to

Edinburgh Named the UK’s most AI-ready City – Outside London

By updatesPosted on 29th June 202329th June 2023Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

Edinburgh has scored the highest outside London in the SAS AI Cities Index 2023, which reveals the cities that are most likely to benefit from a growing commercial appetite for artificial intelligence. The research is compiled from seven criteria, including AI-related

Early Bird Tickets Released for Scottish Games Week 2023

By updatesPosted on 29th June 202329th June 2023Posted in Industry News, SCEA

Tickets for Scottish Games Week 2023 – the second annual week-long celebration of the games ecosystem in Scotland – are now on sale. Tickets for all the major events including the Industry Conference, The Scottish Games Awards and More Than Games

Record revenues as iomart eyes up further acquisitions

By updatesPosted on 29th June 202329th June 2023Posted in Member News

The head of Glasgow-based iomart has said the cloud computing company is returning to the “regular drumbeat” of bolt-on acquisitions after posting record revenues and a return to organic growth. Sales during the year to the end of March rose

RGU Partners with Major Energy Firms for AI Subsea Initiative

By updatesPosted on 29th June 202329th June 2023Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

The Subsea AI Body of Knowledge (SAIBOK) project, supported by the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC), is a collaboration between RGU’s School of Computing and the NSC alongside industry partners TotalEnergies, BP, Chevron, Intel and Xodus. The SAIBOK project has leveraged AI and

SCOTLANDIS LAUNCHES BUSINESS ‘HOW-TO’ PLATFORM FOR GROWING SCOTTISH TECH COMPANIES

By updatesPosted on 29th June 202329th June 2023Posted in Member News, ScotlandIS News, Opportunity

Scaling tech companies can now get the help they need to grow their businesses by accessing a brand-new knowledge hub from ScotlandIS. Scotland’s tech trade body and cluster management organisation, ScotlandIS, has gathered a team of experts to build a

CyberScotland Partnership funding initiative now inviting proposals

By updatesPosted on 27th June 202327th June 2023Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News, Opportunity

The Scottish Government in collaboration with the CyberScotland Partnership are delighted to announce this call to funding aimed at bolstering cyber resilience across the nation. In line with our commitment to fostering a secure digital environment, we are inviting organisations to