building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
BJSS has confirmed new plans to further expand its growing operations in 2023. The consultancy has announced it will invest 1 million into new degree-level apprenticeships, as a means of helping new talent find alternative routes into professional services and
SSE Energy Solutions and the University of Glasgow have partnered to launch the ‘most detailed’ research ever conducted into the performance of renewable technologies in the business sector. It comes following an ‘unprecedented’ uptake by businesses in meter renewable technologies
Read this article in The Herald from Colin Bryce, Managing Director of ScotlandIS member Cobry, a Glasgow-based digital transformation company and Google Cloud partner. Commercial organisations seeking to tackle climate change have what’s known in the business as a ‘hard
From the back of a bicycle at a Danish palace to a Royal funeral procession in Edinburgh, from the foothills of Mount Kenya to the heart of Highland Perthshire, pioneering 5G trials are harnessing the latest generation of mobile connectivity
Digital Xtra Fund has opened applications for its eighth cohort of tech initiatives since being launched in 2016. The charity supports extracurricular activities at the school stage which help drive digital skills. To date, the Fund has secured almost £1
Scottish Business Resilience Centre’s Jude McCorry writes in Futurescot about the benefits of upskilling your staff to obtain the cyber skills you need. According to concerning UK government research, more than half (51%) of British companies lack the ability to carry
FinTech Scotland, the cluster management body, has announced a new strategic partnership with Morgan Stanley, further strengthening the growth of the financial technology innovation and excellence across Scotland and accelerating the fast-growing sector’s global connectivity. Morgan Stanley joins FinTech Scotland’s existing
Tech-driven talent search company Gigged.AI has secured a £1.6m seed round led by Par Equity alongside existing investor Techstart Ventures, Edinburgh-based strategic design firm Nile HQ, and a number of entrepreneurs. Glasgow-headquartered startup Gigged.AI deploys AI-matching algorithms to help businesses source and onboard on-demand tech
A Scottish artificial intelligence spin-out has been acquired by global life sciences and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer. Blackford Analysis, a strategic imaging AI platform and solutions provider, has a presence in the UK and US. Spun out from the University of
Following a nine-month trial of a four-day working week, the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) has made the new working schedule official, having seen no loss of productivity and a significant improvement in company culture and staff morale. Managers at the non-profit
