TechX signs up mentors and partners to support technology start-ups
More than 50 industry leaders, entrepreneurs and established organisations have signed up to support technology start-ups and SMEs through the Oil & Gas Technology Centre’s soon-to-be launched technology accelerator, TechX....
Iconic Scottish designs made into digital ‘Rubik’s Cubes’
An Abertay University student team has turned some of Scotland’s most iconic designs into playable digital puzzles as part of an innovative collaboration with V&A Dundee. The Falkirk Wheel, the...
VisitScotland cuts information centres from 65 to 26 in shift to online
VisitScotland has announced a strategy to address transformation in the way visitors access information on what to see and do while in the country. With a 58% drop in footfall...
Miigen takes its Scottish-based Digital Time Capsule to a global audience
Miigen, the Scottish-based social platform, is to showcase its key offerings for older adults at one of the most important international conferences in the senior life living sector. It has...
More than half of UK senior executives planning Blockchain but few have skills
Businesses say they lack the skills to implement Blockchain initiatives. A survey of more than 200 board level UK executives found that while over half of businesses sampled are planning...
Franchising is big business but sound advice is essential
Franchising is big business – and growing. It’s contribution to the UK economy is estimated to be more than £15bn; an increase of 46% over 10 years, according to the...
Sector expertise enhanced through three way merger
It’s no exaggeration to say this has been a seismic year for CMS. We have seen our offering further enhanced through one of the UK’s biggest ever law firm mergers....
Businesses in Scotland are embracing opportunities
Despite the political and economic uncertainties of the past year, the Scottish business community has continued to push forward, showing resilience in the face of challenge. On the positive side,...
Building Scotland’s digital future – a powerful story we can tell together
I recently had the opportunity to address an audience containing many of the Scottish IT industry’s leading professionals as keynote speaker at ScotlandIS’ 2017 ScotSoft conference. I was inspired by...
Purpose HR in series of client wins on Scottish tech scene
Purpose HR, which provides HR as a service to high growth technology companies, has secured a series of recent client wins including fashion shopping app, Mallzee, training software specialist, Administrate...

