| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.09.2024 | Scotland’s First-ever Space Envoy Appointed | The first-ever Scottish space envoy has been appointed in a move to help Scotland further become a leading space nation.
Space sector entrepreneur Daniel Smith takes up the newest position in the Scottish Government’s international business... |
| 02.09.2024 | Scottish ‘Digital Directorate’ Sets Out Open Data Blueprint | The Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate has announced the publication of an independent report on the future of open data in Scotland, marking out the vision for public sector use of open data, as well as key recommendations and next ... |
| 29.08.2024 | Scotland's Leap into the Future: Robotics and Connectivity Transform Lives | Scotland is embracing the future. Two significant advancements are reshaping healthcare and connectivity. A £2.2 million investment in robotic surgery and a £28.75 million boost for 4G connectivity are paving the way for a new era. These in... |
| 27.08.2024 | Scottish Government ‘Pauses’ Free iPad Scheme | Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robinson said in a letter that £10m would be saved by pausing funding for Connecting Scotland’s digital devices program.
In a letter first reported by BBC News Scotland, the finance secretary stated that div... |
| 27.08.2024 | Scottish Hospital Commits £2.2m for Advanced Robotic Technology | Ross Hall Hospital, part of the Circle Health Group and Scotland’s largest private hospital, has invested over £2 million in upgrading its technology with the introduction of a Da Vinci surgical system. This advanced setup features multiple... |
| 22.08.2024 | £28.75 Million 4G Boost For Rural Scotland | A Scottish Government programme to install 55 4G mobile phone masts in rural and island communities has, according to surveys and focus groups, improved home life, work life and business performance.
Around 2,200 homes and businesses now ha... |
| 09.08.2024 | New Scots Gov Fund Seeks to Fuel Youth Entrepreneurship | A new fund has been launched by the Scottish Governtment seeking to spark fresh ways to engage young people in entrepreneurship.
The Entrepreneurial Education Pathways Fund offers public and private sector organisations grants of up to £250... |
| 09.08.2024 | Scottish First Minister Urges Tech Firms to Tackle Online Hate | Following disorder in parts of the UK, first minister John Swinney has written to X, Meta and TikTok to ask what action they are taking to combat the spread of misinformation, and to address racist and hateful material on their platforms.
I... |
| 09.08.2024 | Scottish Firm Logan Energy Wins Biggest Hydrogen Power Contract to Date | Logan Energy, the Edinburgh-based alternative fuel specialists, have announced a deal with Czech firm ČEZ ESCO, under which the Scottish firm will supply critical equipment for ten hydrogen-powered buses in the town of Mníšek pod Brdy.
The ... |
| 02.08.2024 | Scotland's Digital Leap: Innovating Public Services for a Brighter Future | Scotland is stepping boldly into the future. With a focus on innovation, the Scottish Government is launching initiatives that harness technology to improve public services. The CivTech 10 Challenge and the Digital Evidence Sharing Capabili... |
| 01.08.2024 | Scotland Begins Rolling Out Digital Evidence Sharing Technology | A £33 million initiative for sharing digital evidence from crime scene to courtroom is being rolled out across Scotland, it’s been announced.
The Scottish government said that the Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC) allows police off... |
| 30.07.2024 | Scottish Government Launches £8 Million CivTech 10 Challenge | The latest round of the Scottish Government CivTech programme invites companies and individuals to come up with innovations and products that will improve lives and practices across a wide range of public sector areas.
The tenth edition of ... |
| 25.07.2024 | Scotland's Entrepreneurial Surge: A New Dawn for Business Support and E-commerce Potential**
** | ** Scotland stands at a crossroads. The winds of change are blowing, bringing fresh opportunities for entrepreneurs and e-commerce alike. With a new £2.6 million business support program and a burgeoning e-commerce sector, the landscape is ... |
| 23.07.2024 | Comment | Scotland Has Untapped Ecommerce Potential | £459.2 billion is the UK Office of National Statistics’ most recent estimate on the size of ecommerce just in the UK. With Scotland having 8.2% of the UK population then, if ecommerce is performing at the same level as the rest of the UK th... |
| 19.07.2024 | Scottish Government Launches £2.6M Business Support Programme | The Scottish Government has announced that up to £2.6 million is being invested in initiatives to make it easier for women and people from all backgrounds to start a business.
They include a pilot programme, launching initially in the South... |
| 10.06.2024 | Scottish Space Network Partners With Sustainable Alpha | The Scottish Space Network has announced a strategic partnership with New York-based Sustainable Alpha to open up investment opportunities for the Scottish, UK and international space sectors.
The collaboration will initially focus on ident... |
| 20.05.2024 | What Does Scots Gov Startup Funding Package Actually Entail? | Extra investment to grow and nurture high-growth businesses and entrepreneurs in Scotland has been announced.
The £5 million package aims to help deliver end-to-end support for Scotland’s startup companies.
The funding comes as part of the ... |
| 17.05.2024 | First Minister to Go “All Out” to Encourage Investment in Scotland | Speaking at the Barclays Campus in Glasgow’s financial district, the first minister will outline his government’s approach to economic policy making.
Mr Swinney will say that poor decision-making at the UK level, typified by Brexit and immi... |
| 29.04.2024 | University of Edinburgh Using Data Centre Heat to Drive Decarbonisation | In an effort to drive sustainability, the University of Edinburgh King’s Buildings campus will improve its energy consumption pattern.
The project involves implementing a heat recovery pump to capture waste heat from the data centre and cha... |
| 23.04.2024 | Scots Gov Completes £28.75M Rural 4G Infill Programme | After years of effort, the Scottish Government’s £28.75 million 4G infill programme has achieved its goal of spreading coverage in rural areas of Scotland.
The initiative aimed at addressing 55 mobile “notspots,” and has now successfully er... |
| 02.04.2024 | Navigating Scotland’s Skills Gap with Neurodiversity and Inclusion | According to ScotlandIS, which represents over 1,000 companies in the Scottish digital technology sector, the tech industry is growing 1.5 times faster than any other industry in Scotland, meaning 1 in 10 job openings here are in tech.
Howe... |
| 02.04.2024 | 75% of UK Businesses Failing to Uphold Cybersecurity Best Practices | 75% of UK businesses have experienced a cyber-attack in the last year, with fraudulent emails or attachments being the biggest culprit, according to the latest UK Government-funded CSLS survey.
In an effort to enhance security efforts of UK... |
| 26.03.2024 | How Ember is building an all-electric intercity bus network in the UK | A Scottish company building one of the U.K.’s first all-electric intercity bus networks has raised $14 million (£11 million) in a Series A round as it looks to expand across the entire country.
Building any bus network from scratch — electr... |
| 18.03.2024 | Aberdeen’s £9 Million National Floating Wind Innovation Centre Opens | Located in the heart of Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone, ORE Catapult’s £9 million National Floating Wind Innovation Centre (FLOWIC), delivered in collaboration with ETZ Limited, is designed to help supercharge the development of floating... |
| 18.03.2024 | New Digital Health Tech Pilot Launches in Moray | New data-driven digital health technology is set to be piloted across Moray, which could prove vital in efforts to address ‘unprecedented pressure’ on frontline health and social care services and delivering better outcomes for patients thr... |
| 15.03.2024 | Westminster to Investigate Progress of Scotland’s Region Deals | MPs on Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee will begin an inquiry into the progress of £6.2 billion worth of funding provided to boost regional economic growth in Scotland.
City Region and Regional Growth Deals are two types of funding ... |
| 13.03.2024 | Glasgow Company Pioneers Robotic Aortic Valve Replacement | CardioPrecision, has emerged as a key player in advancing the world’s first robotic aortic valve replacement procedure through a tiny incision in the neck, a development that could revolutionise cardiac surgery.
“Robotic cardiac surgery is ... |
| 29.02.2024 | Scots Wellbeing Economy Secretary Highlights Business Gender Gap | The small proportion of women running companies in Scotland must be addressed as a matter of urgency, wellbeing economy secretary Màiri McAllan has told business leaders.
Addressing Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Business Awards, Ms... |
| 27.02.2024 | Caught at the Centre of CodeClan’s Collapse | Imagine this: Despite having worked various roles in numerous fields, you haven’t quite landed on something that lets your true potential come to the fore. So, while in your mid-thirties, you commit your entire life savings—around £7,000—to... |
| 07.02.2024 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | January 2024 | Welcome to the latest edition of the DIGIT Deal Roundup.
Scotland’s tech sector jumped right back to work in January, with a swath of new investment, funding, and acquisition news across the industry.
For a recap on those standout stories, ... |
| 26.01.2024 | International Day of Clean Energy: Scotland’s Story | On the 26th of January 2024, the first ever International Day of Clean Energy will be observed. The day was declared by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to raise awareness and mobilise action for a just and inclusive transition to c... |
| 15.01.2024 | Scottish Enterprise Reveals New Focus With Big Ambitions | Scottish Enterprise has unveiled its future focus in a bid to help unlock thousands of new jobs and billions of pounds of global growth opportunities to deliver a ‘more successful, greener and fairer economy’.
The global economy moves quick... |
| 04.01.2024 | Scottish Recruitment Woes: What’s to Blame? | A recent survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) highlights some of the difficulties faced by Scottish businesses, with almost a quarter (24.5%) of companies reporting recruitment challenges in November last year.
This number sur... |
| 04.01.2024 | Ana Stewart’s Pathways Forward Programme Appoints Advisory Group | The Pathways Forward programme, launched in September following the publication of the Scottish Government-commissioned Pathways: A New Approach For Women in Entrepreneurship report, has appointed an advisory group to make further progress ... |
| 11.12.2023 | Brightsolid Announces New Head of Cloud Solutions | Riley joins the managed hybrid cloud services provider from the omni-channel retailer New Look, and brings extensive experience in DevOps, Azure, and AWS to his new role. At New Look, he oversaw the hybrid cloud strategy and design, as well... |
| 08.11.2023 | Scottish Enterprise and Innovate UK to Spur Scots Innovation Further | Due to a new agreement between Scottish Enterprise and Innovate UK, Scots businesses are set to benefit from increased support and easier access to funding.
Scotland’s national economic development agency and the UK’s innovation agency have... |
| 17.10.2023 | How Is Smart Data Foundry Unlocking the Power of Data for Positive Change? | Financial data is as inherently interesting as it is illustrative. When examined en-mass, it offers profound insights: what knock-on effects various events and factors, such as economic downturns, have on peoples’ financial situations, for ... |
| 09.10.2023 | AbbVie’s AQUIPTA[®]▼ (atogepant) Is Now Available In Scotland For The Prevention Of Migraines In Adults | AbbVie’s AQUIPTA[®]▼ (atogepant) Is Now Available In Scotland For The Prevention Of Migraines In Adults
Mon, Oct 09, 2023 11:02 CET Report this content
PRESS RELEASE - For UK consumer, medical and trade media only
The Scottish Medicines Con... |
| 29.09.2023 | 48-Strong Scots Entrepreneurship Delegation Bound for Lisbon | The 48-person delegation of Scotland-based entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders features 34 founders and startup leaders that will travel to Lisbon, Portugal for a programme of activities including attendance at the Portuguese capital’s ann... |
| 07.09.2023 | Scots Gov Announces £1.5m ‘Pathways Pre-Start Fund’ | Funding of up to £1.5 million will be delivered through the Pathways Pre-Start Fund this financial year to provide support, mentoring and advice services for people thinking about taking the first steps towards creating a startup company.
I... |
| 06.09.2023 | Snugg and SBS Strike Partnership to Build Energy Efficient Homes | Edinburgh-based Snugg, which is an online tool that analyses properties to create personalised energy-efficiency improvement plans, has teamed up with the Scottish Building Society.
The partnership is set to give the Society’s members acces... |
| 25.07.2023 | 4.6 million fish have already died on salmon farms so far in 2023 | Photo credit: Corin Smith
Farmed Salmon
Off the table
There’s a reason why chefs have taken farmed salmon off the table...
Off the Table comes with a stark reminder to chefs and restaurants that they should use their power to support health... |
| 07.07.2023 | Scots Government Boosts Productivity Club Scotland with Fresh Funding | PCS was established almost four years ago to address the need to improve productivity levels in the country. It did this by facilitating learning programs for small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) dedicated to the development of Scotland’... |
| 30.06.2023 | Cash Injection to Boost Glasgow and North East Economies | Each region will receive up to £80m over a five year period in the form of direct investment, tax reliefs, and other incentives according to the Scottish government. The decision aligns with the National Strategy for Economic Transformation... |
| 29.06.2023 | Scots Gov Establishes New Fund For Startups | A £17.5 million funding package will be delivered this year to in a bid to establish Scotland as one of Europe’s leading startup economies.
In a statement to Parliament, wellbeing economy & fair work secretary Neil Gray set out a range ... |
| 28.06.2023 | Ofcom Launches Investigation Into BT Over 999 Call Disruption | On Sunday morning, and seemingly due to a technical fault, emergency services across the country reported that 999 calls were failing to connect. According to The Guardian, the issue was confirmed shortly after 8.30am, but by 9.52am, BT — w... |
| 13.06.2023 | Roundtable | What Can Be Learned From Estonia’s Tech Success? | In 2023, Estonia is something of a tech powerhouse — and potentially even a blueprint for all countries, large or small, on how to foster the right internal conditions for tech startups to arise and excel.
Despite being a country of only 1.... |
| 14.05.2023 | America’s Gun Violence Is A Public Health Emergency, But Politics And The Courts Prevent A Proper Response | TOPSHOT - A person adjusts flowers ahead of the opening of the Gun Violence Memorial on the National ... [+] Mall in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2022. - Each vase of flowers in the memorial, set up by the Gabby Giffords Foundation, represent... |
| 10.05.2023 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | April 2023 | Welcome to the latest edition of DIGIT’s monthly Movers and Shakers column.
Movers and Shakers gives you the low-down on recent news in the Scottish tech ecosystem, from recruitment to partnerships to awards.
This month’s column features a ... |
| 20.04.2023 | SDS Starts New Highlands Digital Skills Initiative | The growing demand digital skills in the Highland economy is to be addressed with support to create a new series of tech clubs across the region.
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is working with the Scottish Government and Highland Council... |
| 18.04.2023 | Scotland’s seafood sector urging government to scrap proposal for marine protected areas | Multiple seafood organizations in Scotland are urging the Scottish government to reject a proposal to establish highly protected marine areas (HPMAs) across 10 percent of the country’s coastline.
The government of Scotland launched a consul... |
| 06.04.2023 | Inclusion in Tech: Key Driver in Better Outcomes | It’s been said that ‘diversity is a fact and inclusion is a choice’. The academic consensus is that diversity and inclusion support better business outcomes, which should be what a profit-focussed business needs to hear – but more firms are... |
| 05.04.2023 | Scots Rural Fibre Firm Secures £20M to Boost Targeted Rollout | LBN targets investment in Scottish rural settlements and small towns that would otherwise be unlikely to get access to a gigabit-capable network. The company is currently building networks in the Highlands, Fife, and East Lothian — areas in... |
| 14.03.2023 | Highlands School Wins Female-focused Investment Competition | The students, who are aged between 14 and 18, came out top in the annual competition aiming to inspire Scottish schoolgirls to consider careers in investment management.
Participating teams had to research, analyse, and pitch companies they... |
| 09.03.2023 | Scotland’s First SME-Focused Bank | The license was granted by the UK Prudential Regulatory Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority on the 9th of March, allowing it to move into mobilisation with restrictions. During this time of moblisation, the aggregate amount of dep... |
| 08.03.2023 | Women in Tech: Is Actual Progress Being Made? | This International Women’s Day, it sure seems like women in tech are having their moment.
Since 2017, the amount of women in the tech industry in Scotland has increased by 6%.
The UN is celebrating International Women’s Day with a new gende... |
| 28.02.2023 | Isla Bryson, trans woman who transitioned while awaiting trial for rapes, sentenced to prison in Scotland | Isla Bryson, who transitioned from a man to a woman while awaiting trial for raping two women in 2016 and 2019, was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison in Scotland. The case sparked a heated debate as Bryson was briefly placed in an ... |
| 27.02.2023 | Scot Gov Sets Out Health and Social Care Data Strategy | The Scottish government has published a new five year plan for a health and social care data strategy in a move to improve the care and wellbeing of people in Scotland and more effectively design and deliver vital services.
With a vision to... |
| 20.02.2023 | Soaring Levels of Cyber-crime and Fraud Prompt SBRC Rebrand | In a bid to better reflect the rising national threat from cyber crime and fraud, the Scottish Business Resilience Centre will from today be known as Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland as it extends its focus to also include financial fraud.... |
| 20.02.2023 | Women Entrepreneurship: New Scot Gov Report Tackles Gender Barriers | The Scottish Government is set to consider proposals to support more women entering into entrepreneurship following the publication of a wide-ranging independent review.
Pathways: A New Approach for Women in Entrepreneurship was commissione... |
| 10.01.2023 | Scotland to Accelerate Clean Energy Transition | There is a clear imperative for Scotland to accelerate its clean energy transition and reduce its dependence on oil and gas, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said ahead of the publication of a new strategy for the energy sector.
The draft... |
| 07.12.2022 | The Netherlands To Make Menstrual Hygiene Products Freely Available To Individuals Living On Low Incomes | ILLUSTRATION - Tampons, a panty liner, and a sanitary napkin. (Photo by Annette Riedl/picture ... [+] alliance via Getty Images)dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images |
| 02.12.2022 | Scotland to Home World-first Online HIV Prevention Service | People at risk of contracting HIV will find it easier to access pills to prevent infection as the world’s first HIV prevention service is set to be developed.
The pilot could make it possible for participants to order medication to prevent ... |
| 24.11.2022 | New Installations Give Broadband Boost to Highlands | Highland Broadband is set to roll out a new service initially focusing on 5,000 premises in Alness, Easter Ross before the end of the year.
A trading name of Lothian Broadband Networks Limited, the provider plans to invest £75 million to co... |
| 07.11.2022 | Poorer countries suffering the worst effects of the climate crisis want rich nations to pay reparations for the chaos they've caused | Flood victims in Mehar, Pakistan, sit along a street with submerged houses following monsoon rains in August. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Redeem now
Climate reparations for poorer nations are on officially on the agenda at the UN climate summit.
... |
| 01.11.2022 | Optex Systems Announces $3.4 Million Order with 100% Option from the Government of Israel - Ministry of Defense | RICHARDSON, TX / ACCESSWIRE / November 1, 2022 / Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB:OPXS), a leading manufacturer of precision optical sighting systems for domestic and worldwide military and commercial applications, announced today it has... |
| 31.10.2022 | Forget El Salvador, Scotland Could Show Us The Future Of Money | The Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) have just published their vision for an independent Scotland. Obviously, this is some way off because the legal wrangling about whether and when they might be able to hold a referendum on independence is... |
| 07.10.2022 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | September 2022 | Recruitment The Scotland 5G Centre
The Scotland 5G Centre has appointed three Business Engagement Managers to the S5GConnect Team – the Centre’s core programme deploying regionally relevant 5G innovation hubs and testbeds across Scotland.
A... |
| 22.09.2022 | Scots Gov Announces Independent Review of Skills System | Minister for Youth Employment and Training Jamie Hepburn has announced an independent review of how skills are delivered in Scotland to ensure the system is fit for purpose.
Led by James Withers, former Chief Executive of Scotland Food and ... |
| 09.09.2022 | Leader Insights | What Scotland Can Learn from Silicon Valley | When discussing tech ecosystems, Silicon Valley is held up, not just in Scotland but internationally, as a source of inspiration and emulation.
In the Logan Review – the blueprint for Scotland’s tech sector – Silicon Valley is noted as the ... |
| 07.09.2022 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | August 2022 | Recruitment AND Digital
Tech consultancy AND Digital welcomed five new starts as part of its graduate software development and business apprenticeships programme at Club Almeida in Glasgow.
Working alongside the University of Strathclyde an... |
| 05.09.2022 | How Can We Promote Ethics in Scottish Tech Education? | Mark Logan’s review of the Scottish technology ecosystem championed a need for further tech education in Scotland.
He called on the Scottish Government to nurture local talent, at school, university, and startup/scaleup level.
As part of th... |
| 31.08.2022 | Check Point CISO Appointed to Scotland’s NCRAB | Check Point Software has announced that Deryck Mitchelson, Field CISO EMEA at Check Point, has become a member of Scotland’s National Cyber Resilience Advisory Board (NCRAB).
Before joining Check Point, Mitchelson was National Digital and C... |
| 19.08.2022 | Albert King Reflects on His Time as Chief Data Officer | Albert King, the Scottish Government’s Chief Data Officer, is set to step down after more than two years in the role.
Having joined the Scottish Government in 2007, he began his career there in the Scottish Exchange of Data (ScotXed).
“I ar... |
| 18.08.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Oatside secures $65m for Singapore’s first oat milk, input supplier iProcure scores $10m | Singapore’s first-ever oat milk brand Oatside made headlines this week with news of its sizable Series A round while iProduce landed funds to expand its input distribution tech across Africa. Fashion designer Stella McCartney is helping lau... |
| 15.08.2022 | Scotland begins providing free period products, becoming the first country in the world to do so | Starting Monday, people in Scotland will be able to get period products for free. The new government initiative is a massive step forward and world first in tackling period poverty.
Under the new law, which the Scottish Parliament unanimous... |
| 27.07.2022 | Ultrasound Recordings to Shed New Light on Gaelic Speech | The first publicly available recordings of Gaelic speech will give a previously unseen perspective on tongue shapes used while speaking the language, according to researchers.
Recordings using ultrasound technology are now available on a ne... |
| 18.07.2022 | Kate Forbes | The Logan Review – Two Years On | It was on a layby on the A9 that now Chief Entrepreneur Mark Logan got the call from Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy Kate Forbes asking him to conduct a Scottish Government-backed short-life review into how the Scottish tech s... |
| 14.07.2022 | Nicola Sturgeon Leads the Line in Unveiling Scotland’s Tech Scalers | Almost two years ago, Scotland’s first chief entrepreneur, Mark Logan released the Scottish technology ecosystem review. The document set out a list of five major recommendations (among a total of 34), with a goal of maturing Scotland’s tec... |
| 13.07.2022 | CodeBase Receives £42m Scottish Government Contract | Edinburgh-based company CodeBase has been awarded a contract worth up to £42 million to establish seven new tech scaler hubs across Scotland.
The Scottish Government investment will help tech founders scale-up their businesses by accessing ... |
| 04.07.2022 | Leader Insights | What is the Future of Scottish Education Technology? | Scotland is fast gaining a reputation for developing a strong education technology ecosystem, either through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching or the growth of small businesses.
The Logan Report highlighted a... |
| 04.07.2022 | Rural Scots See Coverage Boost as 4G Programme Hits Halfway Point | A £28.75 million programme has ensured 4G mobile phone coverage has been expanded in dozens of rural areas in Scotland.
Improved digital connectivity has been delivered by the Scottish 4G Infill (S4GI) programme to help people across the co... |
| 27.06.2022 | Cybersecurity Guide to Protect from Possible Summer of Scams | The Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC), Police Scotland, and the Royal Bank of Scotland have released a cybersecurity guide to protect the public from a possible upsurge of cyber-attacks this summer.
Online scammers are putting fini... |
| 31.05.2022 | Data Finds Scotland Leading Other UK Regions on FDI | New figures have revealed that Scotland is attracting an impressive amount of Foreign direct investment (FDI).
A 14% increase in FDI projects was recorded in 2021, according to Ernst & Young’s (EY) latest Annual Attractiveness Survey re... |
| 26.05.2022 | New Funding Available to Support Growth of Scottish BioTech Sector | New funding has been made available by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) to help grow Scotland’s BioTech economy with the latest tranche of its innovation fund now open for proposals.
Awards of up to £100,000 will be m... |
| 23.05.2022 | The role of tax in getting to net zero | In 2019 the UK put into legislation a requirement to bring all its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. This is a very ambitious target. Ahead of the COP26 conference in November 2021 the UK Government published its strategy for De... |
| 17.05.2022 | Are you suffering from re-entry syndrome? How to cope with post-COVID anxiety | The heights of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated periods of lockdown were extremely difficult for many people. From health concerns to money worries and loneliness, a range of issues placed pressures upon our mental wellbeing. |
| 11.05.2022 | Scotland has Become a Tech Jobs Haven Through Inward Investment | An economy boost is expected after new figures showed thousands of jobs had been secured through Scotland inward investment in the past financial year.
Stats from Scottish Development International (SDI) have shown that more than 7,500 plan... |
| 05.05.2022 | ICAS calls for a UK tax strategy to support the transition to net zero | |
| 28.04.2022 | Scottish Energy Advisory Board releases plan for decarbonising heat amidst energy pricing crisis | Nicola Sturgeon Meets the Team Behind Scotland Largest Water Source Heat Pump Large scale heat pumps have attracted attention in the past few years as the UK’s first industrial-scale district heating project, on the River Clyde in Glasgow, ... |
| 12.04.2022 | Scottish Government Announces CO2 Tech Fund | The Scottish Government has announced the launch of a new fund to help develop emerging CO2 utilisation technology.
The CO2 Utilisation Challenge Fund will help businesses and organisations develop and commercialise the technology, which in... |
| 04.04.2022 | Five Providers Pledge Support for Scots Full Fibre Rollout | Scotland full fibre broadband plans have been boosted after five operators pledged support to maximise coverage through Scotland’s Full Fibre Charter.
The Charter was launched in December 2020 with Axione, CityFibre and Openreach serving as... |
| 22.03.2022 | Leader Insights | Scotland’s AI Strategy One Year In | Scotland’s AI Strategy was created to provide a blueprint to turn the country into an AI powerhouse, maximising the social and economic benefits of the technology.
Among the strategy’s goals are influencing global AI standards and regulatio... |
| 21.03.2022 | New Report Outlines Plan to Boost Scotland’s Tech Exports | The Scottish Government has published a plan to help Scotland’s tech sector boost exports and reach new international markets.
Produced in partnership with industry experts, the Export Plan for Scotland’s Technology Sector identifies opport... |
| 03.02.2022 | Microsoft : Digital forum coming Feb. 15 will focus on public sector commitment to accessibility and inclusion | The pandemic has made clear how inaccessible many of our institutions and government services can be. This isn't news. These challenges existed long before the pandemic and many people, including disability advocates, have been asking for i... |
| 13.01.2022 | How to stop Omicron symptoms yourself at home with doctor's simple tips | NewsHow to stop Omicron symptoms yourself at home with doctor's simple tips
With over a million people picking up Omicron each week at the moment, huge parts of the population are learning to manage life with Covid symptoms - now a US docto... |
| 07.01.2022 | Covid financial support: Grants, funds and rebates for businesses affected by coronavirus | As they embrace 2022 and look to the year ahead, leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) know they need every bit of financial support they can get to navigate the continuing financial challenges brought about by coronavirus.
A... |
| 03.12.2021 | The UK's Largest Offshore Wind Tower Manufact... | Global Energy Group, the Scottish headquartered energy services company, today announces that it has agreed terms with leading offshore wind tower manufacturing specialist, Haizea Wind Group, to build a £110m-plus state-of-the-art offshore ... |
| 02.12.2021 | Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) Phase 2: Autumn 2021 - how to apply | Update 2 December 2021
We have extended the application deadline to 3pm Tuesday 7 December 2021.
Phase 2: Autumn 2021 provides up to £60 million of grant funding for the following project types:
studies - feasibility and engineering studies... |
| 26.11.2021 | Scotland says quarantine for southern Africa travellers will be open by Saturday | The border between England and Scotland. (Getty)
The United Kingdom banned flights from South Africa while setting up quarantine facilities for its returning residents.
That means people who make it to England over the weekend will be told ... |
