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ScotlandIS leading the climate solutions agenda

By updatesPosted on 22nd July 202122nd July 2021Posted in Policy, ScotlandIS News, Climate Tech

ScotlandIS Head of Research and Policy, Marc Strathie, has been welcomed as an honorary member of the Climate Solutions Network by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. The Network is a community of professionals who have graduated from one of the

ScotlandIS Policy Steering Group: Climate Tech

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Policy, Member Only, ScotlandIS News, Climate Tech

On Tuesday 29th June, the ScotlandIS Policy Steering Group were joined by special guest Ben Combes, Director of Net Zero and Climate Tech at Deloitte. The session was kicked off with some statistics on the changing landscape of climate change

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Climate Tech and the Scottish Tech landscape

By updatesPosted on 19th May 202119th May 2021Posted in Policy, ScotlandIS News, Climate Tech

Check out the latest blog from Research and Policy Manager, Marc, as he covers the hub of activities that ScotlandIS has been involved in throughout 2021 so far. The last few months have been an incredibly busy period for the

Resilient Results for Scotland’s Digital Tech Sector as ScotlandIS launches 2021 Manifesto

By HeatherPosted on 4th May 20213rd May 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, Policy, ScotlandIS News

Scotland’s tech sector has weathered a difficult year and remains optimistic about the year ahead, according to the latest annual survey launched today by ScotlandIS. The survey, the annual barometer for the tech sector, shows that Scotland’s tech sector remained

Open Policy Steering Group on Climate Tech

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

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 Member News, Policy, Industry News

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 Policy, Industry News, ScotlandIS News, COVID19

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 Policy, Member Only, 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