FinTech Scotland launches fortnight to ‘celebrate innovation and inclusion’
Fintech Fortnight, a festival of conferences and meet-ups, is being launched in Scotland this autumn. The initiative is designed to “celebrate how financial innovation, collaboration, and inclusion across the nation...
Strathclyde’s FutureForge will put Scotland ‘at forefront’ of industry 4.0
Strathclyde University’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has secured £16.5m to establish an advanced engineering facility that aims to put Scotland at the forefront of the latest industrial revolution, helping...
Intelligent Point of Sale founders back together with new startup
Robin Knox and Paul Walton are announcing their return to Scotland’s startup scene with a new venture – Boundary, a smart home security system – following their successful exit from...
‘Good deeds’ app available for socially responsible festival-goers
A digital experience that prompts members of the public to do good deeds throughout the Edinburgh festivals aims to tackle social issues such as plastic pollution, litter, and homelessness. ‘Deedit’...
August Deals & Appointments
Deals 28.08: Citylets, the residential property letting firm, has partnered with DLT technology specialist Wallet.Services, to offer what is thought to be the world’s first blockchain-enabled private rented sector database....
Atos unveils its latest ‘Digital Vision for Scotland’
Atos has published its latest Digital Vision for Scotland opinion paper which “highlights the dramatic effect of digital technologies in Scotland, and the potential for the country to create competitive...
This Is Milk digital transformation programme launch
On the 25 July, Glasgow played host to the launch and information event for the This is Milk Digital Transformation Programme. Sponsored by Grant Thornton LLP, it brought together some...
Glasgow’s Caseblocks helps transform South African youth employment
The South African youth employment accelerator Harambee has adopted Glasgow-based Caseblocks’ adaptive case management platform to help excluded young people find work. In South Africa, more than half of all...
EU regulators renew pressure on phone makers to agree universal charger
European Union regulators are considering whether to force mobile phone makers to agree on a common charger following a lack of progress by companies towards this goal, said competition commissioner...
Scotland’s Bright Ascension software taking CubeSats further into space
Scottish space software company Bright Ascension has developed software to support a radiation hardened computer chip (RH-OBC-1) designed by Texas-based Hi-Tech company VORAGO Technologies. The onboard computer (OBC) has been...
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