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Developers Vow Tech City Project at Edinburgh Airport to Go Ahead Despite Covid

By updatesPosted on 24th August 202024th August 2020Posted in Industry News

Developers behind proposals for a “tech city” next to Edinburgh Airport which could bring 6,600 jobs to the Capital have vowed the project will go ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic. Plans for the major housing and commercial development on the

How connectivity can transform communities

By updatesPosted on 24th August 202024th August 2020Posted in Industry News

Paul Coffey arrived as the new CEO of The Scotland 5G Centre in May, but his experience in the telecoms industry goes back 25 years. Among the first intake of graduates at Orange back in 1995, he spent nearly 20

Competition: Advancing Less Lethal Weapons

By updatesPosted on 21st August 202021st August 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is seeking proposals for innovative technologies that allow law enforcement officers to safely prevent the escalation of conflict in serious or violent circumstances from a distance. The primary focus will be on solutions

DCMS Coronavirus Impact Business Survey

By updatesPosted on 21st August 202021st August 2020Posted in Industry News, COVID19

The purpose of this survey is to understand the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on organisations in the digital, culture, media, sport, gambling, telecoms and tourism sectors and their engagement with the available government interventions. This survey has been commissioned

Understanding the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Labour Market

By updatesPosted on 18th August 202018th August 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

The government is carrying out research to understand and measure the UK AI labour market. This will help inform future policy and strategy. The government is undertaking a survey of UK businesses and charities to help understand the UK AI

Lanarkshire startup’s smart building technology to feature in apartment blocks across UK

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in Industry News

A Lanarkshire-based ‘internet of things’ (IOT) startup has won a contract to supply a prominent property firm with technology that it is reckoned will help make buildings across the UK more sustainable. Utopi has been appointed by build-to-rent specialist Moda

Tyneside commercial maintenance firm snaps up Glasgow business developing new tech

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in Industry News

A growing Tyneside maintenance company has snapped up a Scottish software firm which is develping new technology to aid commercial heating markets. Commercial Maintenance Services UK Ltd (CMS), based in Gateshead, has acquired Radisoft Ltd, a Glasgow company which is

Scotland supports SMEs’ use of tech in economic stimulus plan

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in Industry News

The Scottish Government has unveiled its plans to stimulate the economic response to coronavirus, with proposals including measures to boost youth employment, funding to help workers retrain and support for SMEs to make greater use of digital technology. Published in

Edinburgh innovator launches smart kettle

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in Industry News

An Edinburgh-based smart appliances start-up has launched its Smart Wi-Fi Kettle in the UK, amid plans to create more internet-connected home products. WeeKett said that with inbuilt Wi-Fi connectivity, the kettle harnesses the “internet of things” (IoT), allowing users to

ECSO Proudly Launches its Label ‘Cybersecurity made in Europe’

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) launches its label ‘Cybersecurity Made in Europe’ to promote European cybersecurity companies and increase their visibility on the market. The first phase of the ECSO label implementation includes signing partnership agreements with the European associations