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| Oct 23, 2026 | Global Cyber Crisis: PHP Flaw Unleashes Digital Chaos | A profound vulnerability in PHP, the internet's core programming language, ignited a global digital crisis. AI models rapidly exposed critical flaws, prompting immediate advisories and extensive website shutdowns worldwide. Governments... |
| Oct 22, 2026 | PHP cyber threat rocks internet as government and companies scramble to fend off attacks | A cyber threat identified by tech researchers has left government bodies and multinationals as large as Amazon scrambling to build defences and stop hundreds of hacking attacks.
The UK government announced that dozens of services had gone o... |
| Oct 3, 2026 | America’s data center fight is a preview of what’s to come for the rest of the world | Public backlash against power-hungry data centers is spreading beyond the U.S. to Europe and Asia as communities raise concerns over electricity, water and land use.
Opposition is increasingly translating into project delays, tighter regula... |
| Sep 10, 2026 | NUJ reiterates reporting guidance on assisted dying | Delegates at the NUJ’s 2025 conference passed a resolution to produce guidance to support members with reporting on legislation in connection with assisted dying.
Lauren Edwards MP is re-introducing the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) B... |
| Apr 6, 2026 | SFE Pushes Holyrood to Fix Tax and Put Growth First | Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) has called for a “reset” of the relationship between government and business ahead of next month’s Holyrood elections.
Building on its 2026 election manifesto, the financial services body is urging the ne... |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Comment | A Foundational Step in Unlocking Scotland’s Digital Economy | Property rights evolve to fit commercial realities. Whilst traditionally associated with land and physical objects, value is increasingly being represented in digital form through the proliferation of new technologies.
Whilst such assets – ... |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Scots Contract Law Enters the Digital Age | Holyrood has approved sweeping reforms set to modernise Scotland’s contract law, with MSPs aiming to usher in modern rules for both individuals and businesses.
Receiving broad, cross‑party backing, the Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Sco... |
| Oct 14, 2025 | SNP Votes to Block Police Scotland’s Facial Recognition Plans | A resolution banning Police Scotland’s unfettered use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) has been passed by the SNP at its annual conference.
The resolution, brought by Erin Lux, opposed the implementation of LFR by the force without legislat... |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Scottish Universities Grapple With Funding Crisis as Cuts Deepen | The University of Edinburgh has announced a fresh round of voluntary redundancies as it seeks to tackle significant financial challenges.
A voluntary redundancy scheme aimed at senior staff, alongside an “enhanced” retirement scheme, has be... |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Fresh Blow for Dundee Uni as Interim CFO Resigns | The University of Dundee’s efforts to stabilise its financial crisis have been dealt a fresh blow after its newly appointed interim chief finance officer stepped down just eight days into the job.
Chris Reilly, who began the role at the sta... |
| May 8, 2025 | Scotland's Green Revolution: A Hydrogen and Innovation Odyssey | Scotland stands at a crossroads. The winds of change are blowing, and the nation is ready to harness them. With a bold vision for a hydrogen economy and a commitment to innovation, Scotland is poised to redefine its energy landscape and eco... |
| May 2, 2025 | Scottish Hydrogen Projects Get £3.4M Boost | Eleven projects designed to accelerate Scotland’s hydrogen economy are set to benefit from a share of £3.4 million in Scottish Government funding.
According to the government, the investment will help develop green hydrogen production acros... |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Hope for Dundee Uni as Rescue Taskforce Launched | The Scottish Government has announced that an expert group from across academia, industry and local and national government is to be convened to help secure the future of the University of Dundee.
The University of Dundee Strategic Advisory... |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Putting ovarian cancer on the agenda this Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month | This Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month we spoke with politicians across the UK making sure ovarian cancer was on the agenda. We wanted to share some of the highlights from the month and encourage you to campaign alongside us! Calling on the Sc... |
| May 30, 2024 | Playing the numbers: transparency in a minority government | As the SNP settles in to life as a minority government, it seems timely to consider what approach to decision making (and recording decision making) a minority government in Holyrood might take to respect principles of transparency, opennes... |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Humza Yousaf’s precarious position puts the SNP – and Scotland – at a crossroads | On 25 April, Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf ended the Bute House Agreement – a co-operation deal between the SNP and Scottish Greens. Relations had broken down the previous week when the Scottish government dropped its 2030 commitme... |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Scotland Abandons Annual Emissions Targets for Long-Term Strategy | In a significant shift in climate policy, the Scottish government has announced its decision to abandon annual and interim targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Instead, a new system will be implemented to measure emissions every f... |
| Mar 14, 2024 | Former Scottish Health Secretary ‘Breached Code of Conduct’ | Having stepped down as a result of an internal investigation, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) has published its findings with the case now moving on to the Holyrood standards committee to deem if Matheson should be sanction... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | AbbVie’s Produodopa® (foslevodopa-foscarbidopa) Accepted by Scottish Medicines Consortium as Treatment Option for Advanced Levodopa-Responsive Parkinson’s Disease | AbbVie’s Produodopa® (foslevodopa-foscarbidopa) Accepted by Scottish Medicines Consortium as Treatment Option for Advanced Levodopa-Responsive Parkinson’s Disease
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| Dec 12, 2022 | Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) Extends Advice Accepting RINVOQ®▼(upadacitinib) For Treatment of Adults with Moderate Rheumatoid Arthritis | Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) Extends Advice Accepting RINVOQ®▼(upadacitinib) For Treatment of Adults with Moderate Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Upadacitinib, a once daily pill, which was previo... |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Social enterprise works to end period poverty in Scotland | Edinburgh — For half of the world's population, sanitary products are a necessity.
With costs soaring to $11 per month, for many women, these items have become a luxury.
But a social enterprise called Hey Girls is trying to change that... |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Plans to Transform Scottish Tech Sector Gathering Pace | Plans to establish Scotland as one of Europe’s leading tech startup locations continue to gather pace, according to the Scottish Government.
During a parliamentary session yesterday, Finance Secretary Kate Forbes gave an update on how the g... |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Boris Johnson handed a life peerage and ministerial job to a Tory donor who gave the party £122,500 | UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Dan Kitwood – WPA Pool/Getty Images
Boris Johnson gave a ministerial job to a Tory donor, and also made him a life peer.
Malcolm Offord, a financier, is now a junior minister in the Scotland Office.
Offord g... |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Scotland introduces amendment to protecting livestock law | In March 2021, a bill was passed in Scotland entitled Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill. Current legislation, now nearly 70 years old, is outdated and has led to lengthy investigations involving multiple parties, in... |
| Aug 23, 2021 | Sara Glass CA: From the private sector to CFO of the Scottish Parliament | This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. |
| Mar 4, 2021 | Urgent action is needed if Scotland's ambitious climate change targets are to be met | 04.03.2021
Urgent action across all sectors is essential if Scotland's ambitious climate and net zero emissions targets are to be met, according to the reports of four Holyrood Committees published today.
The committees delivered key r... |
| Feb 12, 2021 | UK Royal Navy is investigating a sailor who is alleged to have produced adult content on OnlyFans | Royal Navy officers stand at ease in Singapore, June 3, 2018. Yong Teck Lim/AP
The Royal Navy is conducting an investigation into an officer operating an OnlyFans account.
The story prompted other tabloids to report on the incident, much of... |
| Oct 7, 2020 | Consent should be given to the UK Trade Bill, says Holyrood's Finance & Constitution Committee | Holyrood's Finance & Constitution Committee has recommended that the UK Trade Bill should be given the consent of the Scottish Parliament.
In a report published today, the committee says its essential, however, that the devolved in... |
| Mar 10, 2020 | MSPs to Vote on DNA and Fingerprint Data Storage Law | The Scottish government is scrutinising the way in which the Scottish police force stores people’s DNA and fingerprint data following privacy concerns.
A new law will be voted on to determine how biometric data is stored and controlled, and... |
| Feb 11, 2020 | Report Suggests ‘Live’ Facial Recognition Technology ‘Unjustifiable’. | A new report published by Holyrood’s Justice Sub-Committee on Policing has told Police Scotland that its proposed facial recognition technology cannot be used until certain safeguards have been introduced.
The report said that the legal bas... |
| Sep 3, 2018 | Data Science Engineering: The Next Chapter | The celebration was held at Barras Art and Design (BAaD) in Glasgow’s iconic Barrowlands with industry experts, academics and graduates from more than 11 Universities in attendance.
It was organised around the graduate placement scheme run ... |
| Jul 17, 2018 | Education Secretary Failed to Act Despite Known Yammer Risks | Scottish school social media networking platform, Yammer, has come under further tough criticism after Education Secretary John Swinney admits that the network’s safety, control and monitoring measures are ‘not hugely effective’.
Yammer is ... |
| Jul 11, 2018 | Infill Programme to Challenge “Not Spots” in Rural Scotland | The Scottish Government has chosen Cheshire-based WHP Telecoms to lead its efforts to improve mobile connectivity in the Highlands and Islands.
The £25 million contract will see WHP begin work on 16 “not spots” toward the end of this year i... |
| Jul 2, 2018 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers JUNE 2018 | Recruitment Sopra Steria
Sopra Steria Scotland has announced that its Scottish regional director Alison McLaughlin is being seconded to the Scottish government to help realise its digital transformation ambitions.
Stepping up to take the re... |
| Jun 18, 2018 | Scottish Government Launches £2 Million Digital Development Fund | The launch of this new £2 million Digital Development Loan is another affirmation of the Scottish Government’s commitment to driving forward Scotland’s digital economy. The fund will help companies to improve their digital capacity in areas... |
| May 28, 2018 | MaaS Effect: Scotland Embracing the Future of Travel | The NaviGoGo ‘Mobility-as-a-Service’ pilot scheme for young people in Dundee and the North East of Fife has been hailed as a major success by the consortium behind the project – and Scotland’s Transport Minister.
The ‘revolutionary’ NaviGoG... |
| May 21, 2018 | Openreach Announces £400,000 Investment in Training | Openreach Chief Executive, Clive Selley, has announced a £400,000 investment in a fibre training school for Scotland in support of educating a new wave of digital engineers. In the run up to the company’s roll-out of ultra-fast broadband th... |
| Apr 19, 2018 | Scots Being ‘Shortchanged’ By USO | Fergus Ewing MSP has called for Scotland to received its’ fair share of UK broadband funding and demanded clarity from Westminster over what Scottish broadband consumers stand to receive from the Universal Service Obligation.
The Rural Econ... |
| Apr 6, 2018 | Investment in Scottish Fintech Reaches £37 Million | Scotland’s rapidly evolving Fintech ecosystem, which brings together start-ups, global corporations, universities and the public sector, has attracted nearly £37 million investment over the last 10 years according to new Scottish Government... |
| Mar 19, 2018 | Russian Trolls Targeting First Minister? | Following the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, which the Prime Minister labelled an “indiscriminate and reckless act against the United Kingdom,” Scotland’s First Minister tweeted a “firm response” was required and that “... |
| Mar 6, 2018 | Existing NHS Data Could Improve Cancer Care and Outcomes | Over the next three months each of these winning projects will use this new funding to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of their innovative new tools. Two of the three projects will then be selected to progress to the next stage of t... |
| Mar 5, 2018 | DIGIT Deal Roundup: February 2018 | Administrate Teams Up with Zoom Video Communications
Edinburgh based SaaS (software as a service) Administrate has recently partnered up with Zoom Video Communications, an expert in video conferencing to provide virtual instructor-led train... |
| Feb 13, 2018 | Scottish Schools Consider Phone Ban to End Upskirt Epidemic | A group of MSPs is calling for Holyrood to investigate the banning of mobile phones within Scotland’s schools, to tackle the growing problem of boys taking non-consensual ‘upskirt’ and ‘downblouse’ pictures of pupils and teachers.
Male pupi... |
| Feb 8, 2018 | Scotland Needs to Embrace IT and Digital Apprenticeships | Recent research by PwC has indicated that if Scotland had the same uptake of apprenticeships as Germany, it would see economic output increase by around £3.2 billion.
Scotland is renowned for its high-calibre university graduates, which mak... |
| Feb 6, 2018 | Outdated, Isolated, Incompatible: Scotland’s Healthcare Technology Criticised | Scotland’s health and social care services are failing to make use of new technologies according to a new report from the Scottish parliament’s Health and Sport committee.
The committee heard evidence from a wide range witnesses, including ... |
| Dec 5, 2017 | Recruit FYI: Breaking Point for Technology Education in Scotland | In February 2015, I wrote a blog based on a report from The House of Lords Digital Skills Committee, called Make or Break: The UK’s Digital Future. This report started with the following premise:
“The world is being transformed by a series ... |
| Nov 28, 2017 | Scottish Enterprise and Skills Board Members Announced | The members of the new Enterprise and Strategic Skills board have been announced by the Scottish Government.
The board is tasked with creating ‘a fresh strategy for enterprise and skills support in Scotland’ and maximising output from publi... |
| Nov 8, 2017 | £9.2M Public Sector Tech Innovation Fund Launched | Scottish Business, Energy and Innovation Minister Paul Wheelhouse today launched the new Scotland CAN DO innovation fund.
The fund has been created by the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scotti... |
| Oct 31, 2017 | Scottish Government Publishes New STEM Strategy | Is Scottish STEM on the road to recovery? The first ever Scotland Women in Technology Awards ceremony was undoubtedly a watershed moment for the nation’s tech sector, celebrating those who possess the commitment and passion to champion the ... |
| Oct 25, 2017 | Blockchain Beyonce: Interview With Paul Wheelhouse MSP | We’re introducing a new feature to the site, regular video features from Scotland’s own distributed ledger technology evangelist Blockchain Beyonce .
Beyonce (aka Wallet Services own Iona Murray), is speaking to business leaders, pioneers a... |
| Oct 23, 2017 | US Firm Awarded £300,000 to Conduct North Sea Seismic Surveys | A US engineering company is to receive almost £300,000 funding to conduct seismic surveys of the North Sea. Scottish Enterprise will oversee the funding, which it believes will create three new jobs and preserve nine more at Concept Systems... |
| Oct 17, 2017 | Digital Xtra, BT: Help Secure Scotland’s Future Digital Skills | Digital Xtra, the charity which makes computer science activities available to young people across Scotland has partnered with BT to help extend the organisation’s work and reach a wider audience.
The companies have also issued a joint call... |
| Oct 3, 2017 | FinTech 2017: Facing the Future | DIGIT’s fourth annual Fintech Summit was held in Edinburgh last week, providing Scotland’s largest forum for discussions on the country’s financial technology scene and how the ‘parish’ can become a world leader in the future of finance.
Ke... |
| Sep 6, 2017 | Digital Schools Awards To Equip Pupils With Cutting Edge Skills | The Digital Schools Awards encourages schools to infuse digital skills across the whole curriculum, with the express aim of equipping pupils with cutting-edge digital skills.
Schools participating in the scheme must carry out self-assessmen... |
| Aug 22, 2017 | Scottish Business Rates Under Fire | Scotland’s business rates system has come under fire following a new research report from Holyrood. The investigation, published by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe), concluded that NDR (non-domestic rates) were significant... |
| Jul 31, 2017 | DIGIT Movers & Shakers: July 2017 | DIGIT Movers & Shakers NEW HIRES Kaazing
Richard Marshall, most recently an analyst for research company Gartner, has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for mobile web-services provider Kaazing.
Marshall will be involved in... |
| Humza Yousaf wins leadership election of Scotland’s ruling party, set to lead the country | Humza Yousaf has been elected the new head of the Scottish National Party by party members.
In a speech following the announcement, he said he felt like the “luckiest man in the world” and would lead in the interest of all party members and... |
