Dundee videogames developer among 19 small businesses to take advantage of £1.25m loan fund
A Dundee-based videogames developer is among 19 small businesses to take advantage of a £1.25m loan fund. Orthrus Studios secured a £100,000 investment from Business Loans Scotland as it sought...
Amazon to host free event for SMEs looking to boost online sales and reach into international markets
Amazon is to host a free event in Scotland aimed at helping small and medium-sized (SME) businesses to boost their online sales and reach into international markets. The e-commerce giant...
‘We are on the cusp of a huge health tech revolution’, says health secretary on launch of new National Artificial Intelligence Lab
A new ‘National Artificial Intelligence Lab’ has been launched as part of a UK Government £250m investment into AI. The AI Lab will bring together academics, specialists and technology companies to work...
Speech tech company adds ‘Scottish children’s voices’ to its range of text-to-speech services
Scottish children with a range of communications difficulties will be able to speak in their native tongues thanks to updated speech technology. Until now, children in Scotland have only been...
NHS hospitals system Patientrack rebrands as Alcidion as it expands offer of early warning informatics services
A health tech platform which provides early warning signs to clinicians – helping them quickly identify the sickest patients in hospital – has been rebranded following a takeover last year....
Slight increase in top-performing computer science students at Higher level as exam results released – but with some major caveats
The number of top-performing students who achieved an A grade in their computing science Highers showed a 2.7% rise, according to national exam results released in Scotland today, which also...
Scottish beauty-tech company prepares to launch ‘fitbit for skin’ with device and app aimed at analysing skin in real-time
A Scottish beauty-tech company is preparing to launch technology which can analyse skin in realtime – allowing people to better apply cosmetics. East-Kilbride based Cutitronics has developed a device and...
Glasgow-based semiconductor company targets China with ‘new range’ of laser telecommunications products
A Glasgow-based semiconductor company which has developed a range of new laser telecommunications products is seeking to break into China to take advantage of an upsurge in cable television demand....
New Scottish Government cloud services framework has a forecast value of £30m
A new Scottish Government framework for cloud services has been published with 14 suppliers able to bid for contracts worth a forecast £30m. The multi-supplier agreement, which is open to...
More than 50 events to run over three weeks in September as part of Scotland’s second annual ‘FinTech Festival’
More than 50 events will run over three weeks in September as part of Scotland’s second annual ‘FinTech Festival’. A range of events – from conferences, meet-ups, networking and social...
