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Glasgow-based fintech expands through acquisition in spite of uncertain outlook for markets

By updatesPosted on 17th April 202017th April 2020Posted in Industry News

Financial technology firm Beeks Financial Cloud, which is based on the outskirts of Glasgow, has continued its expansion drive with an acquisition in spite of the uncertain outlook for markets. Beeks has agreed to buy Velocimetrics for up to £4.55 million,

Coronavirus: Exiting the lockdown – how, when and what other countries can teach Scotland

By updatesPosted on 17th April 202017th April 2020Posted in Industry News, COVID19

It won’t be this week, or next week. But it cannot be put off forever. Exiting lockdown: when should we do it, how do we do it, and should Scotland strike out on its own? Political leaders in all four nations will

Glasgow-based Candidate.ID disrupts recruitment sector with seven-figure funding

By updatesPosted on 17th April 202017th April 2020Posted in Industry News

The total has been achieved after a fresh £630,000 injection from venture capital firm Blackfinch Ventures. The firm has developed technology that it says allows employers to “understand their talent pools much better using data and analytics” and lead to

SQA courses create cyber savvy workforce ready to tackle online threats

By updatesPosted on 17th April 202017th April 2020Posted in Member News, Skills

As schools and colleges embrace SQA’s portfolio of Cyber Security courses, employers can look to address the sector’s skills challenge. Since their launch in 2017, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) National Progression Awards (NPA) in Cyber Security have introduced school age

Eilidh Mactaggart named first chief executive of Scottish National Investment Bank

By updatesPosted on 17th April 202017th April 2020Posted in Industry News

Eilidh Mactaggart has been named as the first chief executive of the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB). The bank, which was expected to be up and running by the end of the year, will be responsible for making long term

Par Equity to find scale-ups for £15m from British Business Investments

By updatesPosted on 17th April 202017th April 2020Posted in Industry News, COVID19

Edinburgh-based Par Equity has been enlisted by British Business Investments to allocate £15 million of funding for scale-ups as a partner in the Regional Angels Programme. The cash from BBI – a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank – will be added to

Changes. Lots of changes.

By HeatherPosted on 17th April 202017th April 2020Posted in Policy, ScotlandIS News

A lot has changed since my last update at the beginning of March when most of us where probably aware of the coronavirus but didn’t expect more than 10,000 people in the UK to have died from it six weeks

Covid-19 Update for Scotland’s digital tech sector –16 April 2020

By HeatherPosted on 17th April 202017th April 2020Posted in Policy, ScotlandIS News, COVID19

After a multitude of announcements on Covid-19 public health measures and support schemes for businesses, the self-employed and workers in the first few weeks of the crisis, it is much quieter in that space at the moment. That is why

Use your consoles to teach your kids

By updatesPosted on 16th April 202016th April 2020Posted in Member News

Graeme Gordon, CEO, IFB Working from home with my wife Sue (Teacher) and our youngest son, I have realised that we are very fortunate that we have access to all we need to do our jobs and continue with home schooling and

dressCodeHQ launch quarantineComputing

By updatesPosted on 15th April 202015th April 2020Posted in Member News, Skills, COVID19

dressCodeHQ are proud to launch quarantineComputing a collection of free digital challenges for children of all ages across the world,to continue to inspire children’s digital learning during this challenging time! This is a great way for industry to support grassroots