Policy Archives - ScotlandIS

Open Policy Steering Group on Climate Tech

By updatesPosted on 24th March 202124th March 2021Posted in Climate Tech, Policy, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS will be joined by Professor Sir Dieter Helm as a guest speaker at our next Policy Steering Group on 31st March, for a discussion around climate technology and meeting net zero ambitions. While our Policy Steering Groups are strictly

Scotland’s Digital Strategy: Creating an inclusive digital world

By updatesPosted on 11th March 202111th March 2021Posted in Industry News, Member News, Policy

Geography, background or ability should not be a barrier to getting online. An ambition to achieve ”world leading” levels of digital inclusion is at the heart of plans to equip Scotland for the technological transformation of the post-coronavirus (COVID-19) world. The

Scottish Government unveils plans to invest £100m in digital

By updatesPosted on 8th February 20218th February 2021Posted in COVID19, Industry News, Policy, ScotlandIS News

Connectivity infrastructure in Scotland is to set for a major boost after ministers unveiled plans to invest over £100m in digital as part of a recovery and renewal budget. The Scottish Government will plough £98.2m into high quality broadband and

February’s Policy Steering Group

By updatesPosted on 5th February 20215th February 2021Posted in Member Only, Policy, ScotlandIS News

This week, we welcomed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland, Iain Stewart MP to speak to our Policy Steering group on 3rd February. The Minister discussed with our steering group a number of different policy areas, ranging from data

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Brexit Update: Key points for the digital sector

By HeatherPosted on 14th January 202127th January 2021Posted in Brexit, Policy, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS were pleased that the UK and EU were able to agree a new trade and cooperation agreement on December 30th, 2020. Since 2016, ScotlandIS have worked closely with the UK Government to ensure that the digital and tech sector

Research and Policy: 2020 draws to a close

By updatesPosted on 18th December 202027th January 2021Posted in Brexit, Policy, ScotlandIS News

This month will be my final blog post of 2020, and what a strange year it has been on the policy landscape across the UK. At ScotlandIS, we have endeavoured to keep our members’ interests at the forefront of our

Digital Ambition Strategy

By updatesPosted on 8th December 20208th December 2020Posted in Policy, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS will be responding to the Scottish Government’s call for evidence in relation to the Digital Ambition Strategy document. We would be grateful for your input to this consultation to help shape our response. The questions below are the key

Policy Steering Group – Under Secretary of State

By updatesPosted on 11th November 202027th January 2021Posted in Brexit, Member Only, Policy

On Monday 9 November, ScotlandIS and our Policy Steering Group met with Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Iain Stewart MP. Minister Stewart thanked ScotlandIS for inviting him to speak to the group and welcomed the opportunity to speak to the tech

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COVID19 update – Furlough scheme extended

By updatesPosted on 2nd November 20202nd November 2020Posted in COVID19, Policy, ScotlandIS News

As you may know, the Prime Minister has announced the extension of the furlough scheme until 2nd December in light of the decision to implement a further lockdown in England. Even though this lockdown is for England, furlough has been

Research and Policy: September and October Updates

By updatesPosted on 15th October 202015th October 2020Posted in Policy, ScotlandIS News

A few updates from myself and the wider team here at ScotlandIS on our latest Research and Policy activity in the last 6 weeks. In September, we listened to our members and responded on behalf of them with regards to