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Scottish EdTech Firm to Help Overseas Nurses Improve English Skills

By updatesPosted on 15th February 202115th February 2021Posted in Member News

A Scottish EdTech company is partnering with the City of Glasgow College to provide English language courses for international nurses seeking work in the NHS. The partnership, led by Glasgow-based Klik2learn, hopes to address the urgent demand for nurses in

New £1m data fund to help businesses harness tech

By updatesPosted on 15th February 202115th February 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, Skills

A new £1m skills and training fund has been opened up to support businesses as they retrain people for future job roles as Scotland transitions to a data-driven economy. The Scottish Government-backed fund will help small firms to upskill and re-skill

CENSIS – Introducing IoT Secure

By updatesPosted on 12th February 202112th February 2021Posted in Member News, Opportunity

A new initiative to be delivered by CENSIS will help Scottish companies develop cyber-secure IoT products and services. Launched this week, IoT Secure – funded by Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Government – will provide cyber security advice and guidance

Head Resourcing team up with “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” initiative

By updatesPosted on 12th February 20213rd March 2021Posted in Member News, Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

Head Resourcing have now joined ScotlandIS, The Scottish Government, Scottish Digital Academy and Sopra Steria in supporting the initiative. Since its launch in January, the new “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” Programme has been quickly gathering momentum and support

Storm ID develops respiratory monitoring service for COVID patients

By updatesPosted on 10th February 202110th February 2021Posted in Member News, COVID19

Scottish digital transformation consultancy Storm ID has developed a new digital solution to help predict respiratory failure in COVID-19 patients. The solution is being trialled in respiratory failure patients, following funding from Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office. A key challenge

AutoRek selected to showcase best in British innovation

By updatesPosted on 9th February 20219th February 2021Posted in Member News

Scottish regtech company, AutoRek, a leading software provider to global financial services firms, has been selected by the UK Government’s Department for International Trade (DIT) to showcase the best in British innovation during a US roadshow. The DIT’s RegTech Roadshow

Pulsant Invests £8m in National Network for Edge Computing

By updatesPosted on 8th February 20218th February 2021Posted in Member News

New high capacity, low latency and agile network will enable edge computing capabilities for businesses across the UK. Leading IT infrastructure services provider Pulsant has today announced a significant investment in a new national network enabling edge computing. The network will be

Brightsolid boss Elaine Maddison says culture is key to the firm’s future success

By updatesPosted on 5th February 20215th February 2021Posted in Member News

The boss of Scottish cloud computing and data centre specialist brightsolid has hailed a major culture shift as key to its financial stability amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Elaine Maddison, the firm’s chief executive, said her focus on moving the business beyond its

BT partners with Glasgow start-up on net zero tech

By updatesPosted on 5th February 20215th February 2021Posted in Member News

BT has chosen Glasgow tech start-up iOpt to develop new joint products and services aimed at helping its public sector customers reach their net zero emissions targets. The telecommunications giant will offer the products to local councils across the UK which

Abertay Uni’s £18m cyber security hub

By updatesPosted on 5th February 20215th February 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Abertay University’s head of cyber security has revealed more about plans for a cyberQuarter that could bring hundreds of Dundee jobs. The project won £11.7m of UK and Scottish Government funding through the Tay Cities Region Deal, combined with a further