building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
The Scottish Government already has an ambition to become Europe’s leading space nation by 2030 with several projects and companies operating out of Scotland helping to work towards that goal. The National has spoken with Chris Larmour, the chief executive and co-founder
Mark Hanson, Vice Chair of The Scotland 5G Centre, writes in The Scotsman how 5G is opening up new opportunities for a range of Scottish businesses. On the same day I visited one of The Scotland 5G Centre’s five innovation
Smart travel app, Geotourist, and Dr Keith Dinnie of the University of Dundee, are undertaking a shared project to identify and assess Geotourist’s economic and social benefits to Scottish tourism – with a call to Scottish Destination Management Organisation and
The UK-Malaysia Digital Innovation Programme aims to connect UK tech businesses withleading Malaysian corporates and to take advantage of the fast-growing market opportunitiesin this region. Why Join the UK-Malaysia Digital Innovation Programme? It is: A platform to connect to Malaysia’s
engineering and technology salary increases remain high at between 15% and 24% new entries reflect effects of Covid, Brexit and skill shortages overall salary increase in Scotland in 2022 was 5.7%, compared to 5.4% across the UK Professional jobs in
The British Business Bank is preparing to launch a £150m investment fund in the summer to support the growth of Scottish SMEs. The Investment Fund for Scotland will become the latest in a series of region-specific investment funds from the
Scottish businesses can now accesses free cyber assessments, courtesy of the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC). With the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently reporting 2.7 million cases of cyber fraud in the UK over 2021-22, organisations must be on the front foot
DLA Piper has appointed Naomi Pryde as partner to its Edinburgh Litigation & Regulatory team. She joined from DWF at the start of the New Year. Naomi has a wealth of experience of handling significant high value and complex disputes
Government grant funding of £450,000 has been pledged to support organisations trialling products and services using 5G mobile networks in the Tay cities region. Tay5G is a programme established by the Tay Cities Deal to help businesses, individuals, the public
University projects from Edinburgh and Aberdeen have each received a £75,000 funding boost from Scottish Enterprise to support renewable energy – and it is branding them examples of the “brilliant” ideas coming out of academic institutions in Scotland. A project
