building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
Yesterday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak released his Spring Statement, highlighting that despite efforts in successive budgets, uptake of various tax relief schemes has been low and UK R&D spending is still lagging behind international competitors. The Government is therefore proposing three
Carlyle’s annual Salary Survey, in partnership with digital industry trade body ScotlandIS, has revealed that the Scottish economy was able to attract and support significant investment into scaling technology businesses in Scotland. The survey by UK-wide executive search specialist Carlyle
Over 6,000 people in Scotland are more resilient against online crime after taking part in a week-long event designed to raise awareness of cyber threats. Now in its fourth year, Cyber Scotland Week drew together 90 events across the country
What a fantastic day yesterday at our first in-person ScotlandIS Cluster Ecosystem Conference, held at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. Along with our partners at Technology Scotland, we celebrated some of the thriving tech clusters that Scotland boasts and
Exception, one of Scotland’s most well established independent digital transformation specialists, has become the latest high profile name to pledge their support to the ’Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation’ program. The cross-sector initiative, backed by ScotlandIS, The Scottish Government and Scottish Digital Academy, launched
The Data Driven Innovation (DDI) initiative has joined forces with The Scottish Government, ScotlandIS, the Scottish Digital Academy and key companies from across Scotland’s tech ecosystem, to become the latest Partner of the “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” initiative.
Check out this thought piece from ScotlandIS CEO, Karen Meechan, featured in The Herald for International Women’s Day, discussing the importance of inspiring new generations of women into tech careers. In Scotland’s digital sector there are currently 80 per cent
Today, ScotlandIS CEO, Karen Meechan, and Head of Policy, Marc Strathie, met with Stuart McDonald, SNP MP and Home Affairs Spokesperson. ScotlandIS highlighted the importance of a flexible and cost effective immigration system for our full tech ecosystem. We discussed
Morgan Stanley, the global financial services leader and one of Scotland’s key employers of technology professionals, has marked Cyber Scotland Week by renewing its support for the “Empowering Women to Lead Cyber Security” initiative. The cross-sector programme, supported by ScotlandIS,
The UK points-based immigration system prioritises skills and talent over where a person comes from. The system provides flexible arrangements for UK employers to recruit skilled workers from around the world through a number of different immigration routes. Anyone coming
