building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
Native cloud platform specialist and ScotlandIS member, Forrit, has received a £5 million funding boost from the Scottish National Investment Bank. The investment will enable the Edinburgh-based technology developer to grow its workforce and target new markets. Founded in 2014,
UK-headquartered Spirit AeroSystems and Kansas, US-based Astraius have announced today a collaboration to enhance future satellite launch capabilities from Prestwick Spaceport. During a visit to the Spaceport by Scottish Government Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism, and Enterprise Ivan McKee, the companies marked the announcement with
BJSS, which has a longstanding relationship with NHS Digital, and which, we estimate, derives about 25% of its UK revenues from the health sector, has won a significant new contract with NHS England (NHSE). The company has secured a four-year
In an interview with The Herald, the UK angel investment firm announced a new funding team which aims to bolster Scottish tech companies. Raising Partners co-founder Helena Di Biase announced the Glasgow-based VC fund for up-and-coming Scottish firms, aiming to address
The number of climate-focused financial technology companies doubled in Scotland in 2022 amid a year in which Scottish fintech companies bucked the wider funding downturn. The data, which came from the independent cluster body FinTech Scotland, shows that there was
ScotlandIS CEO Karen Meechan has written a comment piece for The Herald, on export opportunities available to Scottish tech companies and how these are essential in aiding the scaling of startups to drive our economy. Along with investment, start-ups grow
We are pleased to introduce our new Head of the ScotlandIS Cyber Cluster: Beverly Bowles! Bev joined ScotlandIS last summer as the Project Lead on our IT Managed Services work, running a series of ITMS events, building a community of
A Glasgow-based data analytics platform is planning to create 50 new jobs after securing £5m from the Scottish National Investment Bank. Utopi, which specialises in energy consumption monitoring technology, will use the bank’s support to scale-up to target new global
To coincide with Autism Acceptance Week, auticon has commissioned a new report which outlines a catalogue of barriers that are preventing autistic talent from entering the workforce. auticon’s ‘Neurodiversity in Work Survey’, which reviewed the experiences of almost 1000 autistic
The Skills for Business Roadshow by The Open University (OU) in Scotland is coming to a local area near you between 20th April and 4th May offering advice, business insight and potential funding for training. With staff retention and access
