Category: Enterprise & Innovation

A student at St Andrews University has been named the young software engineer of the year – after bringing computer vision techniques to grassroots rugby. Verity Powell picked up the...

Scotland’s deputy first minister has called for greater collaboration between all parts of society to support innovation ‘at scale’ across the country. Kate Forbes said the collaborative ‘spirit’ must extend...

Scotland is positioned to become “a global hub for digital innovation” as a prestigious computer games conference being held in the country for the first time gets underway, from Monday...

Edinburgh’s ‘Smart Data Foundry’ has found that over 10 per cent of people in Britain are spending more than they earn in an alarming new economic report. The research institute,...

The Scottish Government has announced it will make a £3.6 million contribution over three years to Scotland’s biggest business funding competition. The Scottish EDGE Awards will receive the funds that...

A new £59 million ‘road bridge’ will connect Scotland’s advanced manufacturing innovation district to Paisley town centre and Glasgow airport. The infrastructure project will provide seamless road, pedestrian and cycle...

Techscaler, the Scottish Government’s education and mentoring programme for technology startups – has selected Scotland’s ‘most promising tech founders’ for trips to Silicon Valley and Singapore. Twenty-two companies will be...

Three female-led healthcare startups are planning the next phase in their development after securing over £1 million from a new investment fund. Silver Lion Innovations, Seluna and Smplicare are all...

A new partnership is aiming to boost the creation and growth of Scottish tech businesses ‘with a social or environmental mission’. Techscaler – the Scottish Government’s flasgship tech education and...

A government-backed grant scheme to help startup companies flourish has reopened in the south of Scotland following a successful pilot. The South of Scotland Enterprise Pathways Pre-Start programme provided specialist...