building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
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
With Cyber Scotland Week’s annual focus on all things “cyber” in Scotland taking place next week, Lloyds Banking Group has announce its renewed support for the “Empowering Women to Lead Cyber Security” Initiative. The parent group to Scotland’s oldest bank
The funding competition for the CyberASAP 2022/2023 programme is now open for applications and closes in just over two weeks on 2nd March at 11:00. “Individuals based in a UK academic institution can apply for a share of £800,000 to join the cyber security academic startup
The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and Livingston-based Helia Photonics have developed a new robotic engineering system to make laser diodes with greater precision than current methods. The ‘HelBot’ system can be used in a range of applications
Skills Development Scotland is partnering with Strathclyde University (Autism Network Scotland) to investigate the creation of a “Neurodiversity in tech toolkit” to support further/higher education and training providers to take a social model approach to supporting neurodivergent learners and adopt
