building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
The three Scottish companies will benefit from Tech Nation’s six-month fintech programme, which helps startups reach scale. Tech growth platform Tech Nation has announced that three Scottish fintech startups will join the 31 tech companies that make up its new Fintech Cohort
A Perth businesswoman has helped a teacher continue her work with young girls in the slums of Mumbai by donating vital equipment. Ann Attridge will send 25 computer tablets to the Indian city to help Aarti Naik, who has been unable to
The tech army drawn together by entrepreneurs Alistair Forbes and Peter Jaco earlier this year will achieve a world first with its sonification project. This is a way for people with visual impairment to access Covid-19 data which is converted
Scottish businesses and organisations are being urged to urgently develop their technological capabilities in order to cope with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. As the disruption caused by coronavirus continues, global technology giant CGI has put forward a wide-ranging framework
Exizent has raised £3.6 million as it looks to transform the way the legal and financial services industry deals with bereavement and make the process less stressful for family members experiencing loss. The firm claims to have built the first
VIARAMA, Scotland’s first virtual reality company, was set up five years ago to improve the lives of young people and those with dementia. Billy Agnew is currently rolling the service out in England and hopes to eventually go international. Name:
A Dundee-based tech firm that matches driving instructors with learner drivers is poised for rapid expansion as it eyes a second funding round. GoRoadie, founded by Michael Carr and Barry White, launched a platform in 2018 which allows learner drivers
A digital media company which specialises in drone filming, video marketing and events ‘pivoted’ towards supporting schools with blended learning and teacher generated content after receiving a broadband boost. Dumbarton-based Turkey Red Media secured an Openreach fibre broadband connection at
Scottish digital skills academy CodeClan has reached a milestone with the passing of 1,000 graduates. The students have all successfully completed courses at the academy which now operates in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness. Many are now back on campus doing
CmdR Scotsoft2020 is over but for those who couldn’t make it on the day my key take-aways from the cyber sessions are captured below. All sessions were recorded so are available for viewing in your own time – one of
