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Nottingham Building Society

By updatesPosted on 14th August 20206th August 2020Posted in Member News

What if a smart connection could get people into their dream home sooner? When you’re looking for a home, there’s nothing worse than seeing your perfect property slip between your fingers. Staff at Nottingham Building Society were relying on traditional

Business Working Practises, Travel and COVID-19 Survey

By updatesPosted on 14th August 202014th August 2020Posted in Member News, Policy, COVID19

This survey will provide Transport Scotland with a snapshot of employers’ experience of working from home / flexible working, business travel and commuting before the COVID-19 pandemic, during the lockdown (March-June), and in the longer term as we recover from

Lanarkshire startup’s smart building technology to feature in apartment blocks across UK

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in Industry News

A Lanarkshire-based ‘internet of things’ (IOT) startup has won a contract to supply a prominent property firm with technology that it is reckoned will help make buildings across the UK more sustainable. Utopi has been appointed by build-to-rent specialist Moda

Tyneside commercial maintenance firm snaps up Glasgow business developing new tech

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in Industry News

A growing Tyneside maintenance company has snapped up a Scottish software firm which is develping new technology to aid commercial heating markets. Commercial Maintenance Services UK Ltd (CMS), based in Gateshead, has acquired Radisoft Ltd, a Glasgow company which is

Scotland supports SMEs’ use of tech in economic stimulus plan

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in Industry News

The Scottish Government has unveiled its plans to stimulate the economic response to coronavirus, with proposals including measures to boost youth employment, funding to help workers retrain and support for SMEs to make greater use of digital technology. Published in

Edinburgh innovator launches smart kettle

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in Industry News

An Edinburgh-based smart appliances start-up has launched its Smart Wi-Fi Kettle in the UK, amid plans to create more internet-connected home products. WeeKett said that with inbuilt Wi-Fi connectivity, the kettle harnesses the “internet of things” (IoT), allowing users to

Fintech pioneer has faith firm can weather the storm

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in Member News

Gordon McHarg has the office to himself when he picks up the phone. The managing director of AutoRek is speaking from the 8,000 square foot premises in Glasgow’s Garment Factory that the fintech company moved into two years ago to

The Moral Maze of AI

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in Member News

Moral Hazards and Unconscious Bias aren’t your typical terms when considering a technology project. But for Artificial Intelligence (AI), and more so for those in the public sector, these must be crucial considerations. AI undoubtedly offers public agencies a powerful

Cisco and partners join forces to empower rural and poorly connected communities to seize the opportunities of 5G technologies

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in Member News

Today, 5G New Thinking, a consortium led by Cisco with principal partner University of Strathclyde, has announced a first-of-its kind project to empower rural and poorly connected communities to build their own commercially viable and sustainable 5G wireless networks. Currently,

ECSO Proudly Launches its Label ‘Cybersecurity made in Europe’

By updatesPosted on 13th August 202013th August 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) launches its label ‘Cybersecurity Made in Europe’ to promote European cybersecurity companies and increase their visibility on the market. The first phase of the ECSO label implementation includes signing partnership agreements with the European associations