Edinburgh wearable tech startup in partnership with Homeless World Cup
PlayerData, the sports wearable startup, has partnered with the Homeless World Cup Foundation. The company’s technology will be used at the 16th tournament for people affected by homelessness, in Mexico...
Scottish businesses to benefit from ‘most advanced IoT network in the UK’
Businesses in Scotland are to benefit from the most advanced ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) network in the UK as part of a £6m project, the Scottish Government said today. The...
Scottish agritech firm unveils vertical farm that will ‘revolutionise global horticulture’
Intelligent Growth Solutions, (IGS), the Scottish agritech business, has unveiled its first indoor vertical farming demonstration facility, based at the James Hutton Institute in Perthshire. The IGS facility uses ground-breaking...
Scottish Government joins the Open Identity Exchange
The Scottish Government has joined OIX, the organisation that aims to accelerate the adoption of digital identity services based on open standards. OIX, the Open Identity Exchange, is a “technology...
Travelling time and the problem of productivity
The law in Europe on paying for travelling time has become clearer over the years. The Thue[i] and Tyco[ii] cases provide that travelling to and from work assignments at the...
Slack’s latest fundraising values company at $7.1bn
Slack, the workplace messaging platform, has announced that it has raised $427m in a new round of funding, giving it a valuation of $7.1bn. The series H equity round comes...
Previse raises $7m ‘to transform global B2B commerce to instant payment’
Previse, the AI-powered business payments firm, has raised US$7m in a Series A funding round. The funding round was led by listed European fintech specialist Augmentum Fintech PLC and one...
Codebase Stirling is celebrating its first birthday
CodeBase Stirling, the technology incubator home to more than a dozen companies employing around 80 staff, is celebrating its first year of operation – with a party on 30 August...
Corporate innovation firm appointed to support Scottish fintech
FinTech Scotland, in partnership with Scottish Enterprise, has appointed corporate innovation firm Vivolution to help drive of growth of the sector in Scotland. One of FinTech Scotland’s strategic priorities is...
Celebrities and social media stars investigated for not labelling paid posts
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into concerns that social media stars are not properly declaring when they have been paid, or otherwise rewarded, to endorse...
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