Industry News Archives - Page 2 of 26

Roslin to host new Agritech Hub

By updatesPosted on 24th March 202124th March 2021Posted in Climate Tech, Industry News

Improving the efficiency and output of agriculture and enhancing worldwide food security will be the focus at a new multi-million pound agri-tech hub outside Edinburgh. The £74 million investment in the Easter Bush Agritech Hub promises to see world-leading research

Scottish Enterprise to make £4 million available for green jobs

By updatesPosted on 22nd March 202122nd March 2021Posted in Climate Tech, Industry News, Opportunity

Scottish Enterprise today announced the first of a series of grant funding calls to help support economic recovery and stimulate the creation of new green jobs to advance Scotland’s net zero emission ambitions. The £4 million green jobs call will

Secretary of State’s Ten Tech Priorities for UK

By updatesPosted on 12th March 202112th March 2021Posted in Industry News

Secretary of State, Oliver Dowden, has set out Ten Tech Priorities for the UK in driving digitally-enabled economic growth, both in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and into the future. Here are the 10 ways DCMS intends to deploy digital tech to

Scotland’s Digital Strategy: Creating an inclusive digital world

By updatesPosted on 11th March 202111th March 2021Posted in Industry News, Member News, Policy

Geography, background or ability should not be a barrier to getting online. An ambition to achieve ”world leading” levels of digital inclusion is at the heart of plans to equip Scotland for the technological transformation of the post-coronavirus (COVID-19) world. The

Scottish clean energy developer gets consent for battery storage facility in Fort Augustus

By updatesPosted on 10th March 202110th March 2021Posted in Climate Tech, Industry News

Intelligent Land Investments Group (ILI) has achieved planning consent for its 50MW energy storage project at Auchterawe Farm near Fort Augustus in the Scottish Highlands. The project was approved by the Highland South Planning Applications Committee. The company is leading

Electric busmaker schedules first UK road trial with First Group buses

By updatesPosted on 7th March 20217th March 2021Posted in Climate Tech, Industry News, MaaS Scotland

Electric buses built by Arrival, the UK-based manufacturer, will be tested on British roads for the first time later this year in a trial with the Scottish transport company First Group. The tests will begin in the autumn of this

Port of Cromarty Firth teams up with partners to launch new plan for Highlands green hydrogen hub

By updatesPosted on 7th March 20217th March 2021Posted in Climate Tech, Industry News

A MULTI-partner plan involving the Port of Cromarty Firth has been launched to establish a green hydrogen hub in the Highlands that will see Scotland lead the world in hydrogen technology. The North of Scotland Hydrogen Programme aims to develop

Construction begins on multi million-pound centre for robotics research

By updatesPosted on 4th March 20214th March 2021Posted in Industry News, ScotlandISData

Construction has started on a new research facility for robotics and artificial intelligence, which will be the largest and most advanced of its type in the UK. Based at Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh campus, the National Robotarium is supported by £21m

Scottish companies urged to think about cyber security during Scottish Apprenticeship Week

By updatesPosted on 2nd March 20212nd March 2021Posted in Industry News, ScotlandISCyber, Skills

This week is Scottish Apprenticeship Week, a celebration of the contribution apprentices make to businesses, individuals and the economy. Claire Gillespie is sector manager for Digital Technology at Skills Development Scotland, and here she tells us about the benefits of employing a

Vistalworks takes part in UK’s cyber security programme

By updatesPosted on 2nd March 20212nd March 2021Posted in Industry News, ScotlandISCyber

Glasgow-based tech firm Vistalworks has taken part in a cybersecurity programme to help the UK lead the fight against cybercrime. Vistalworks was chosen to be part of the National Cyber Security Centre’s ‘Cyber Accelerator’ scheme. Based in Cheltenham, the Accelerator programme works