building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
The new centre will help develop the city’s already prominent tech sector, including in video games, healthcare, and manufacturing. A new Scotland 5G Centre Innovation Hub based in Dundee will join the country’s £4-million national network, the Scotland 5G Centre
Multi-million pound research work to develop the next generation of green buses and lorries will be based at the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP) in Dundee. The LOCATE facility will become part of the former tyre factory site after receiving
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 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, 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
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
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 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
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 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
