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Scottish Government announces £35m investment in digital planning

By updatesPosted on 26th November 202026th November 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

The Scottish Government has announced a £35 million five-year programme which will make it easier for planners to work together and for members of the public to get involved in creating and shaping their places. The new data and technology system, to

Cracking the code in Scottish classrooms is as easy as ABC

By updatesPosted on 25th November 202025th November 2020Posted in Skills, Industry News

Computer literacy organisation Digital Xtra Fund’s latest performance results show it is on the way to ensuring those who learn coding early will become the trailblazers of tomorrow. By Andrew Collier THE world is now digital: technology drives modern developed societies and

Fisheries Innovation Scotland Call for expressions of interest

By updatesPosted on 25th November 202025th November 2020Posted in Industry News, Opportunity

Fisheries Innovation Scotland (FIS) invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) from applicants to address specific research requirements outlined below. The EoI period will close on Monday 14th December 2020. A request for a full proposal will be sent to shortlisted partners by the end of

Competition: Telexistence

By updatesPosted on 24th November 202024th November 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

DASA is looking to demonstrate the components of a telexistence solution to the defence and security community This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition, run on behalf of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), aims to develop and demonstrate

Apply now to the NCSC Cyber Accelerator! 

By updatesPosted on 16th November 202016th November 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

Developing the UK’s next generation of cyber security solutions. Applications for the next cohort are now open! The NCSC Cyber Accelerator is a collaboration between the UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the National Cyber Security

Par Equity sells stake in Symphonic Software for $31 million

By updatesPosted on 12th November 202012th November 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

Par Equity has sold its stake in Edinburgh-based portfolio company Symphonic Software in an all-cash transaction for a headline price of $31 million US dollars. Par Equity achieved a blended 8.3x return across two rounds of investment for its EIS Fund, over a

Adarma invests in senior management team with Cisco VP appointment

By updatesPosted on 10th November 202010th November 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

UK cyber security business, Adarma, has strengthened its management team with the appointment of ex-Cisco Global Vice President John Maynard as its new CEO. The business has made the appointment as it seeks to capitalise on its existing strong growth

RBS launches new entrepreneur competition

By updatesPosted on 10th November 202010th November 2020Posted in Industry News

The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced the launch of a new competition to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (16-20 November) where they’ll show new businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs how to write a 60-second pitch, with the chance to take home

Cyber resilience strategy 2015-2020: progress report

By updatesPosted on 9th November 20209th November 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

This report entitled ‘Firm foundations’ highlights the progress of ‘Safe, Secure and Prosperous: A Cyber Resilience Strategy for Scotland’ (2015-2020). You can read the report here

12 Clusters of Tech – Scotland Report

By updatesPosted on 6th November 20206th November 2020Posted in Industry News

Want to know more about the great innovation in technology we have in the UK? Now you can. The UK Tech Cluster Group, chaired by Sunderland Software City, and London Tech Week have partnered to launch the 12 Clusters of