PingGo secures investment and a place in technology incubator Seed Haus
PingGo , a media engagement platform for high growth companies, has secured investment of £30,000 from Seed Haus and a six month residency at the pre-seed tech incubator. The funding...
Automation, AI, quantum computing: the TUC explores changing world of work
This year the UK-wide TUC is celebrating its 150th anniversary. It all started with Samuel Caldwell Nicholson, a typesetter and union officer. When a friend complained that the Social Science...
Building a fair work plan
Access to good quality jobs is one of the defining social, economic and political challenges of our times. Many of the political upheavals we see are directly related to people’s...
Big issues, taking a stand, and Wall-E’s message
Having nine grandchildren has made Pat Rafferty something of an expert on the Pixar oeuvre. Nursing a cup of tea, and the after effects of a chest infection, in his...
How unions can win over Generation Z
As a significant number of young workers has increasingly been concentrated in lower-value service industries, where unions are traditionally not represented, this segment of union membership has been in decline....
‘The trade union case for scrapping Westminster’s rigged voting system is stronger than ever’
As trade unionists, we know the ‘rules of the game’ are stacked against workers. That’s no less the case than when we look at Westminster. For decades, we have seen...
Young Scot members gain smart access to national car share club
Young Scot members can now use their cards to ‘unlock Scotland’ by hiring Co-wheels Car Club cars in nine cities and towns across the country. As part of the scheme,...
Scotland facing technological change that ‘may reduce demand for labour’
Scotland may be standing on the cusp of an unprecedented transition, says a Scottish Government report published today, “from a high emission to a low carbon economy; towards a society...
Edinburgh Uni study shows darker emoji skin tones promote diversity
A study of Twitter posts, conducted by researchers at Edinburgh University, shows that a diverse range of emoji skin tones is used positively and rarely abused. Fears that a range...
Cathcart Associates welcomes the best of machine learning to Scotland’s capital
Following the success of last year’s inaugural Scotland Machine Learning conference in Edinburgh, Cathcart Associates has announced the return of ‘ScotML’. ScotML provides the opportunity for people to meet and chat with the...
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