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RBS Entrepreneur Accelerator

By updatesPosted on 10th January 202010th January 2020Posted in Industry News, Opportunity

Accelerator is aimed at established businesses that are looking to grow and scale. The programme is fully-funded. All we ask is that you work as hard as we do to make the most of this opportunity to grow your business.

Map the Gap: autonomous gap crossing survey

By updatesPosted on 19th December 201919th December 2019Posted in Industry News

DASA is launching a new competition to develop a semi-autonomous reconnaissance and survey system to help troops safely and stealthily advance into enemy territory over water. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching a competition to develop a semi-autonomous

Code4000, winner of the Vodaphone Non-Profit TechStarter 2019 award, is seeking support to start-up in Scotland

By HeatherPosted on 18th December 201918th December 2019Posted in Skills, Industry News

It’s the same story everywhere you go – the simplest means of reducing reoffending is to find work for ex- offenders, and where better than the fast-growing tech industry. By teaching prisoners coding and helping to find them jobs on

Support for innovation projects

By HeatherPosted on 25th November 20194th December 2019Posted in Industry News

Ten new projects have been unveiled as having joined the Scottish Government’s CivTech Accelerator programme, including an initiative to develop technology that will allow anyone carrying a mobile phone to measure and reduce their impact on climate change. Another project

Scouts badged for digital transformation

By HeatherPosted on 6th November 20194th December 2019Posted in Industry News

A digital social enterprise is partnering with The Scout Association to deliver a modernisation programme, which will see updates to its website and the creation of an online programming tool, for the movement’s 160,000 volunteers to deliver consistent weekly activities

Up to 90% of banks’ processes to be hosted on the cloud

By HeatherPosted on 23rd October 20194th December 2019Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

Investment in the cloud is expected to grow at more than six times the rate of general IT spending in 2020, with 90% of banks using the cloud in decade, according to a new report by Digital Solutions firm, Exception.

Key export and internationalisation events coming up

By HeatherPosted on 8th October 20194th December 2019Posted in Industry News

ScotExport, Scotland’s flagship exporting event, is coming back to Glasgow on 12 November. Whether you’re new to exporting or already trading overseas, ScotExport will help you develop an export plan, research new markets, grasp fresh opportunities and guide you through

Scottish tech sector continues to grow

By HeatherPosted on 1st October 20194th December 2019Posted in Skills, Industry News

New research published today confirms that Scotland’s tech industry is one of the fastest growing in the country, contributing £4.9bn to the Scottish economy and supporting almost 100,000 jobs. The Skills Development Scotland report also forecasts that the tech sector

Nationwide Digital Schools Awards scheme extended to include pre-school

By HeatherPosted on 19th September 20194th December 2019Posted in Industry News

A nationwide Digital Schools Awards scheme has been extended to include nurseries in an attempt to inculcate digital skills at ever younger ages. Six pre-schools across Scotland have been awarded ‘Digital School’ status in an initiative supported by tech giants

Exports initiative targets Scottish business diaspora

By HeatherPosted on 3rd September 20195th December 2019Posted in Industry News

Senior executives around the world claiming Scottish heritage are being quizzed about the help they can offer to Scotland’s exporters. Scottish Business Network (SBN) and Momentous Change have launched the worldwide initiative to explore opinion and build an insight into the business