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The IT Crowd are keeping us all working

By updatesPosted on 3rd June 20203rd June 2020Posted in Industry News

Working from home is now a familiar experience to many, but the people who enable it to take place are often invisible heroes. They may have become a little more visible in these unusual times, but IT experts still carry

CodingSkills by The Open University

By updatesPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in Member News, Skills

Are you interested in learning how to program but not sure how to get started? If you live in Scotland and are 18 years of age or above, then CodingSkills by The Open University could be for you. The programme

How can we become a truly Digital Nation?

By HeatherPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News, Opportunity, COVID19

We have seen massive challenges across the private, third and public sectors over the last few months as COVID has impacted all areas of our lives. Many issues have been brought to the fore – digital inclusion became more important

BT to help scale-ups drive green technology

By updatesPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in Member News, MaaS Scotland

BT has forged a partnership with Silicon Valley innovation platform Plug and Play to work with scale-up companies behind the latest green technologies. The Green Tech Innovation Platform is one of two initiatives launched by BT to help drive the

Perth West transforming fair city to eco-capital

By updatesPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, MaaS Scotland, Industry News

A project which aims to transform Perth from fair city into one of Europe’s most sustainable will play a part in creating the new post-Covid economy, it has been claimed. Tayside is believed to have been among the biggest casualties

National Theatre of Scotland’s digital move to bring arts activities to families in lockdown

By updatesPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in Industry News, COVID19

Leading Glasgow actors and theatre-makers have teamed up to bring everything from unicorn dance parties to tongue-twister invention sessions to city families during lockdown. Play Dates is the ingenious creation of the city’s National Theatre of Scotland and children’s arts organisations Starcatchers

Glasgow tech company develops game to help children prevent the spread of coronavirus

By updatesPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in Industry News, COVID19

A Glasgow-based technology company is to develop a mobile game aimed at helping children prevent the spread of coronavirus. Game Doctor has been given a £50,000 grant by Government agency Innovate UK for the app, which will it is hoped will

Fintech start-up Blockchain Technology Partners appoints chair after funding round

By updatesPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber

Edinburgh start-up Blockchain Technology Partners (BTP) has appointed Paul Forrest as chairman after completing a funding round led by Standard Life Aberdeen veterans Martin Gilbert and Andrew Laing. Forrest is a strategy consultant who has worked with firms such as

Bus app being designed to give passengers confidence to travel in the Borders

By updatesPosted on 1st June 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News, COVID19

A bus company in the Borders is developing a mobile phone app to try to give people more confidence about returning to public transport. It will tell passengers whether the bus they want to catch is already too full and

University AI technology delivers in troubled times

By updatesPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, COVID19

An Edinburgh Napier lecturer has created a simple app to help local businesses and charities organise home deliveries during the Covid-19 lockdown. Dr Neil Urquhart, from the School of Computing, based Foodel on a simple program originally designed to teach