New £9.2 million fund launches to drive Scotland’s business innovation
A £9.2m fund to drive business innovation in Scotland, by supporting collaboration between the public and private sectors in developing innovative solutions to societal challenges, was launched today. The Can...
Scottish Enterprise partnership helps LendingCrowd fund 33 Scottish SMEs
A year on from its partnership with Scottish Enterprise, LendingCrowd, Scotland’s only alternative finance provider to SMEs, has completed 33 loan deals to Scottish companies to the tune of £3...
Top Scottish women in digital heading to Amsterdam for European conference
Seven of Scotland’s top women in digital are travelling to Amsterdam as part of TRCmedia’s Special Edition training programme. The seven delegates, from established and emerging Scottish digital companies, will...
Technology first focus area for new VisitScotland #ideasbecomelegend campaign
Technology will be the first area of focus for an ambitious new VisitScotland campaign which aims to grow Scotland’s multi-million pound business events sector by positioning the country as a...
Broadcom offers $103 billion for rival chip maker Qualcomm
Chip maker Broadcom has announced an unsolicited bid to buy rival Qualcomm for $103bn as it looks to boost its presence in the wireless market, setting the stage for what...
Bank of Scotland is piloting the use of a virtual assistant
The Bank of Scotland is piloting the use of a virtual assistant to answer common customer queries over the bank’s iPhone app. The AI-based messaging agent has been trained to...
Long lines for iPhone X help push Apple shares to record high
Lines formed outside Apple stores across the world today as fans flocked to buy the new iPhone X, signaling stronger demand for the 10th anniversary version of the phone than...
Brightsolid announces new CEO
Data centre and cloud solutions provider brightsolid has announced the appointment of new CEO Elaine Van Der Berg who will be joining the business in January 2018. Van Der Berg has...
3 minutes with… Leah Hutcheon, Appointedd
FutureScot met with Leah Hutcheon, CEO and Founder of online booking and scheduling system Appointedd, to discuss her startup journey, her vision for the future of the company and her...
5 tips for starting your own business that we picked up at the Startup Summit
The Startup Summit took place yesterday at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh. FutureScot was there and picked up some handy tips for starting up and running your own business! 1....
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