Competition concerns raised over Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo
A $500m investment by Amazon into food delivery giant Deliveroo could spark a formal competition probe, it has been revealed. The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) said the deal earlier...
App entrepreneur heads for home of tech in Silicon Valley
First-time tech entrepreneur Stephanie Robinson has been handpicked to take her fledgling HR advice app on a prestigious trip to Silicon Valley. The mum-of-one will showcase her self-funded app at...
Scottish businesses invest in cyber but digital skills holding them back, survey finds
Scottish businesses have stepped up their protection against cyber threats in 2019 but digital skills are holding them back, according to Bank of Scotland’s latest Business Digital Index (BDI). The...
‘Professor Risk’ among new speakers added to DataFest lineup
Scotland’s Innovation Centre for data science and artificial intelligence (AI) has revealed the names of more speakers for its flagship two-week data festival, DataFest, which takes place across Scotland in March...
Recruitment firm promotes diversity and inclusion message
A recruitment company set up to ensure fair pay for interns has widened its scope to encourage firms to become more diverse and inclusive in the way they hire staff....
Staff engagement platform Trickle secures almost £1m in seed funding
A tech platform which allows staff to feedback their views in realtime to senior management has secured almost £1m in seed funding. Trickle, which has been used by a string...
Tech firm Sopra Steria builds its service design offer for government
“I think there has just been a bit of a general zeitgeist, or recognition, that design has more to offer than perhaps people have traditionally felt,” says Luke Jeavons, Head...
Former corporate high flyer scoops CEO of the Year at tech startup awards
A former corporate high-flyer who founded a fintech platform to help companies secure early stage investment has scooped CEO of the Year at a tech startup awards. Jude Cook, who...
New report calls for ‘greater clarity of purpose’ towards a ‘shared national mission’ for innovation
A new national innovation report has highlighted duplication and conflicts within Scotland’s academic and business research funding landscape. Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, the principal of Glasgow University, has called for...
TechUK calls for named ministerial digital transformation champion in each UK government department as part of ‘manifesto launch’
techUK has today published its 2019 manifesto, Towards a Better Future, setting out how the next government should use technology to deliver a better future. The tech sector is the UK’s...
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