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Growing our digital economy

By updatesPosted on 24th August 20218th September 2021Posted in Industry News, Opportunity

A £25 million fund will help businesses utilise digital technologies and enhance workforce skills. The DigitalBoost Development Grant Fund offers small to medium-sized businesses grants, on a 50/50 investment basis, worth between £2,500 and £20,000. The fund has already helped

New programme to spark wave of growth in UK’s thriving cyber sector

By updatesPosted on 16th August 202116th August 2021Posted in Industry News, Opportunity, ScotlandISCyber

Innovative cyber startups, small businesses and scaleups will benefit from a new scheme to help them launch and grow their businesses while spreading wealth and opportunity across the UK. Cyber Runway will see entrepreneurs and businesses across the four nations

Make a nomination for one of Holyrood’s awards

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

Holyrood has two upcoming awards that are free to enter, the Climate Change and Technology Award, and The Digital Public Services Award. Find out more details below and make a nomination now. Climate Change and Technology Award Nominations are now

Adopt an Apprentice

By updatesPosted on 3rd August 20213rd August 2021Posted in Industry News, Opportunity

Get £5000 for employing a redundant apprentice Adopt an Apprentice is a financial incentive for employers to take on an apprentice who has been made redundant. As an employer, you can take on a Modern or Graduate Apprentice on the

Help to Grow: Digital – apply to become a vendor

By updatesPosted on 3rd August 20213rd August 2021Posted in Industry News, Opportunity

Help to Grow: Digital is a new UK-wide scheme to help small and medium size businesses (SMEs) adopt digital technologies that are proven to increase their productivity. The scheme will offer SMEs free and impartial advice on how technology can help their

Edinburgh University AI Accelerator Accepts Fresh Scale-ups

By updatesPosted on 28th July 202115th October 2021Posted in Member News, Opportunity, ScotlandISData

An AI Accelerator from the University of Edinburgh is accepting fresh applications from data-driven AI scale-ups to secure one of twelve places. The accelerator, financed by the Scottish Funding Council through the Data Driven Innovation (DDI) programme, will be open to companies

Hunter Foundation launches Scottish digital scale-up programme

By updatesPosted on 21st July 202121st July 2021Posted in Industry News, Opportunity

Scottish entrepreneurs are being given the opportunity to learn from business leaders as part of a new online programme, Scale Up Scotland Digital. Complementing the existing in-person Scale Up Scotland programme, the new digital offering means more Scottish business leaders

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: Call for bids

By updatesPosted on 8th July 20218th July 2021Posted in Industry News, Opportunity, ScotlandISCyber

The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) is inviting bids for their cyber and technology programme, with a closing date of 26 July 2021. In the recently published Integrated Review, the UK’s vision is to be a leading, responsible cyber power,

Scottish EDGE 18 is now open – with even more funding on offer

By updatesPosted on 7th July 20217th July 2021Posted in Industry News, Opportunity

Scottish EDGE Round 18 has launched with news that Scottish Enterprise has agreed to award Scottish EDGE an additional £75,000 in Round 18 in recognition of the number of promising high-growth businesses identified in previous rounds, enabling the funding competition to support

University of Edinburgh AI Accelerator

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News, Opportunity, ScotlandISData

The AI Accelerator is back! Applications have now opened to attract the best data-driven AI scaleups looking to make transformative change. Based at the University of Edinburgh’s world-leading innovation hub – the Bayes Centre – the Accelerator will give data