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Edinburgh robotics startup Touchlab has announced the successful raising of $4.8 million in seed funding. The Scottish firm, which develops an electronic skin (e-skin) for robots, had its investment round led by Octopus Ventures, one of the EU’s largest early-stage investors. Octopus Ventures
PureLiFi, the Edinburgh-based firm behind technology that uses light to transmit data, has unveiled what it claims is a ground-breaking system aimed at home users. The company’s “LiFi@Home” system has been launched at a major industry conference in Barcelona. LiFi is
A Scottish space tech firm has appointed three high-profile executives to its team as it eyes global expansion. Edinburgh-headquartered R3-IoT has also acquired an office space in Glasgow and announced a series of further senior hires and promotions. The scale-up,
A fresh £445,000 cash injection has gone towards getting 10 UK space science projects off the ground across the UK. The Technology for Space Science initiative is a joint venture between the UK Space Agency’s National Space Technology Programme and the Science
Scottish Procurement has recently issued the Contract Notice for their Telephony and Communication Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) via Public Contracts Scotland. This DPS will replace the Telephony Services DPS which is due to expire on 31 March 2022. Scottish Procurement intend
Government launches new series of loans worth £150 million to support innovative SMEs and level up the UK launch of the loans programme will broaden the financial support available to businesses, ensuring they can access funding at all stages of
Help to Grow: Digital is a UK-wide scheme to help small and medium size businesses (SMEs) adopt digital technologies that are proven to increase their productivity. Applications from providers of e-commerce software are now being encouraged and accepted. The scheme offers SMEs free
The UK points-based immigration system prioritises skills and talent over where a person comes from. The system provides flexible arrangements for UK employers to recruit skilled workers from around the world through a number of different immigration routes. Anyone coming
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has joined forces with colleges across the country to launch a new initiative designed to help make Scotland one of the most cyber resilient nations in the world. A cyber security module, developed in partnership with Dundee and
Over the past year more than 1,200 businesses in Scotland have improved their cyber resilience by following CyberScotland Partnership’s Incident Response Plan. The CyberScotland Partnership, created one year ago to provide a central, up-to-date cybersecurity resource for individuals and public, private, and
