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thinkWhere web technology helps Atholl Estates map land holdings

By HeatherPosted on 27th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

thinkWhere is helping one of Scotland’s best known Highland estates create digital maps of land holdings using the latest web technology. Originally introduced for land registration, Atholl Estates is now using the open source software to create, store, analyse and share

Amazon creates 1,000 apprenticeships across UK

By HeatherPosted on 26th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, Skills

Amazon is creating 30 apprenticeships in Scotland among 1,000 full-time roles across its UK centres over the next two years. The giant US logistics and technology company has 2,500 employees in Scotland and 27,500 in the UK head office and at

Bumper deals year for Shepherd and Wedderburn

By HeatherPosted on 25th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s corporate finance team has reported a bumper year for deals activity, with the value of transactions more than doubling to £8.65 billion. The team advised on 114 deals globally in the year to December 2018, against 98

£100k funding to inspire Scotland’s next generation of digital experts

By HeatherPosted on 25th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion

Grants totalling £100,000 have been awarded by Digital Xtra Fund to more than 20 extracurricular programmes across Scotland, in a bid to create the next generation of digital experts. In total, 22 extracurricular initiatives have been awarded grants of up

FarrPoint helps to keep Scotland’s historical land registers safe in the digital age

By HeatherPosted on 19th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

Registers of Scotland is responsible for keeping public registers of land, property and other legal documents across Scotland. This includes the world’s oldest national land register, the General Register of Sasines, which was created in 1617 as a chronological list

IT and Digital Salary Survey Benchmark 2018

By HeatherPosted on 14th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

This is fifth annual salary survey from Be-IT. As before, this shows average salary estimates and contractor day rates for a wide range of jobs, at different levels of seniority. This year, we’ve changed the format, so instead of

Commsworld rings up record year for revenues

By HeatherPosted on 13th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

Commsworld, the Edinburgh-headquartered telecoms and network provider, has dialled up revenues of more than £20 million, marking its most successful year to date. The firm, which was established in 1994 and also has offices in Aberdeen and Glasgow, has been

CityFibre hands Edinburgh network deal to Amey

By HeatherPosted on 12th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

CityFibre has awarded the next phase of a £100 million high-speed broadband roll out in Edinburgh to infrastructure provider Amey. The existing 150km network in Edinburgh was constructed in less than a year and it currently serves more than 320 schools as

ECCI to help deliver on UK climate targets with new £3.5m city initiative

By HeatherPosted on 6th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

ECCI will help deliver a new £3.5 million initiative to boost climate action in Edinburgh, Belfast and Leeds, the UK Energy Minister, Claire Perry, announced last week. The Place-based Climate Action Network (P-CAN) aims to help the UK meet its

Top industry speakers announced for Scotland’s first-ever DataTech event

By HeatherPosted on 6th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

Eleven data analysts, developers, engineers and scientists across public sector, academia and industry will speak at the inaugural DataTech event at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh on the 14th March. After responding to a call for proposals, the speakers have been selected