Passive infrared sensor developer and maker Pyreos secures £1.7m of funding
Pyreos, the Edinburgh-based passive infrared sensor developer and maker, has secured £1.7m of funding from a syndicate of new investors led by Jon Moulton’s family office, Perscitus, alongside existing shareholders. ...
Northgate Public Services acquired by Japanese corporation NEC
Northgate Public Services, a leading software and services provider to the public sector in the UK and Australia, has been acquired by NEC Corporation, a leader in the integration of...
Previse secures £800,000 Scottish Enterprise funding to tackle late payments
Business-to-business payment decisions start-up Previse has secured an £800,000 research and development grant from Scottish Enterprise to establish a new development centre in Glasgow, creating 37 data science jobs. Previse...
BBC seeks female technology experts to share their knowledge on air
Women from across Scotland who are expert in their field are being invited to “put themselves in the picture” by applying for a media familiarisation bootcamp that will provide the...
Skoogmusic secures £560,000 for its scale-up strategy in Europe and the US
Edinburgh-based Skoogmusic has announced its largest funding round to date – with £560,000 secured from the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, and from Old College Capital...
Digital skills gap in small firms holding back productivity
Productivity growth in the UK will continue to stall without government and industry action to tackle a digital skills deficit in small businesses, according to new research from the Federation...
Technology centre launches £2m fund for digital and decommissioning ideas
Up to £2m is available from Scotland’s Oil & Gas Technology Centre’s in its latest two ‘calls for ideas’ on digital transformation and decommissioning launched today. The centre is looking...
Edinburgh among the best places in UK to launch a business; Barclays business index
Edinburgh is one of the best cities in the UK in which to start a business, according to Barclays’ SME Growth Factors Index, with some of the best environments for...
Scotland’s AgriTech boosted by £2m investment in digital centre of excellence
SRUC, Scotland’s rural college, is investing £2m at Highlands and Islands Enterprises’s Inverness Campus to create the Centre of Excellence for Digital Agriculture and Animal Health, combining its strengths in veterinary...
CodeClan appoints Melinda Matthews Clarkson as new chief executive
CodeClan, the UK’s first and only fully accredited digital skills academy, has appointed a former senior figure at IBM as its new chief executive as the organisation looks to build...
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