building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
The UK Space Agency welcomes the news that British company Orbex is constructing a state-of-the-art rocket test facility in Kinloss, Scotland. Ian Annett, Deputy CEO of the UK Space Agency, said: The construction of this new facility marks another major
Up to 2000 jobs and £1bn worth of future investment is expected to result from the signing of the Heads of Terms agreement between UK Government, Scottish Government and Falkirk Council in the transformative Falkirk growth Deal. The deal means 11
The Global Business Innovation Programme –5G is organised by Innovate UK and delivered by Innovate UK EDGE. It consists of a four-day innovation visit focussed on Japan’s thriving cellular technology system, including a post-visit exploitation workshop, along with support for
The Open Call is one of the funding competition mechanisms DASA uses to find proposals that address challenges faced by government stakeholders. It gives bidders the opportunity to present their ideas to defence and security stakeholders at any time, without waiting for
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) supported by Innovate UK Loans Ltd (Innovate UK) are working together to offer a new Defence funding competition: the Defence Innovation Loan, which currently has a total of £10M available to fund Innovative Defence
The UK Space Agency anticipates making at least £65,000 available under its ‘Space for All’ community funding scheme for financial year 2022–2023. This is a competitive process which seeks to offer small grants up to a maximum of £10,000 for
Find out more about the new business support service that brings together what the UK government offers for trade, finance, and investment between the UK and African countries. The Growth Gateway is a single access point for UK and African businesses to
This week The Herald’s Climate Conversations podcast, in association with Epson, welcomes Mike Robinson, chief executive of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. A wide-ranging discussion with host Marc Strathie, Head of Research and Policy for ScotlandIS, covers everything from Scotland’s position
Telecoms expert and smart city advisor Intelligens Consulting has developed four-stage data-driven decision-making framework for policy makers and local authority leaders to deliver smart connected places. The data-driven decision-making framework published in a thought leadership article is based on recent
Work to bring full fibre connectivity within reach of thousands of homes and businesses in March gets underway today as CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, breaks ground on a new infrastructure rollout that will futureproof the town’s
