Digital district for Stirling and hubs for Callander and Alloa in new £90m city deal
The UK and Scottish Governments are investing more than £90m in Stirling and Clackmannanshire through an “ambitious City Region Deal, which will drive economic growth across the region”. Working in partnership...
Scotland’s national digital programme for SMEs receives £1.7M funding boost
Scotland’s national digital technology training programme, DigitalBoost, has received a continuation of funding of £1.7m from the Scottish Government to extend the service that has seen thousands of Scotland’s SMEs...
Skyscanner co-founder focuses on long-term as CTO takes over as chief executive
Gareth Williams, Skyscanner’s co-founder and chief executive officer, is to take up a new role as chair of the travel search engine. He will be replaced as chief executive by...
Scotland’s First Minister announces £31 million boost for global oil and gas manufacturing campus
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today announced £4.9 million in funding as part of a £31 million investment being made by Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), in its manufacturing footprint...
Majority of executives lack skills and abilities to lead in the digital economy
According to a Deloitte survey published today, less than half (45%) of executives are confident in their own digital skills and ability to lead their organisation in the digital economy,...
SnapDragon launches automated brand monitoring platform Swoop
Legal tech company SnapDragon launches Swoop, an automated brand monitoring platform for brand owners, the first of its kind to be made publicly available. Swoop has been created to enable brands to wage war with...
Former Skyscanner COO heads up call for male ambassadors to fight gender pay gap
Tech investor and advisor Mark Logan has become the first male Ambassador to join Women’s Enterprise Scotland, spearheading a campaign to recruit a new cohort of male Ambassadors. Logan, former...
An unexpected benefit of GDPR; it makes the web much faster
A web developer has revealed an unexpected benefit of GDPR; its potential to have megabytes-worth of tracking scripts removed from sites, making them much faster to load. Marcel Freinbichler, an...
Farrpoint adds financial director to team
Scottish IT and telecoms consultancy FarrPoint has expanded its management team with the appointment of Gail Skinner as financial director, continuing the growth the company is experiencing. Skinner brings with her a...
‘Your Data Matters’ campaign launches today as the GDPR comes into effect
A campaign to help people understand why their data matters and how they can take back control is being launched in the UK today by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)....
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