Tech in focus as Edinburgh hosts global foreign direct investment conference
Scotland’s inward investment strengths – including its digital technology industries – are to be globally showcased at a major three-day conference which kicked off in Edinburgh today. The World Forum...
Former Skyscanner technology chief joins Scottish Government’s digital team
Skyscanner’s former technology chief is joining the Scottish Government’s digital team after a stint working for the NHS. Alistair Hann, former chief technology officer for the online travel search giant,...
Aberdeen City Council transforms social care services with cloud ‘ecosystem’
A Scottish council has worked with Microsoft to transform its social care services by designing a new ecosystem in the cloud. Aberdeen City Council is using the US tech giant’s...
Scottish Greens minister urges girls to ‘go for it’ and pursue engineering careers
A Scottish Greens minister has urged girls considering a career in construction or engineering to “dive in and go for it” to help build a net zero society. Lorna Slater said women...
Programme launched to attract tech talent to Scotland
Boosting Scotland’s “high value” fintech and technology sectors will be at the heart of a programme launched to attract more skilled workers from the rest of the UK. An industry...
We must be smarter about how we utilise tech across public sector, says Scotland’s Digital Director
We must be “smarter” about how we use existing technologies and infrastructure across the public sector to develop new services, the digital director at the Scottish Government has said. While...
Online sales tax could be introduced to ‘regenerate’ Scotland’s high streets
Scottish ministers are considering the introduction of an online sales tax to level the retail playing field and save the high street, according to a new action plan to regenerate...
Scotland appoints US envoys to boost American tech trade
Two California-based digital entrepreneurs have been added to Scotland’s growing network of global trade envoys to promote the transatlantic tech trade. Suneil Mishra and Andy MacMillan join nine others on...
New £5m fund to boost carbon capture technology in Scotland
A £5 million initiative has been launched by the Scottish Government to boost emerging technologies in carbon capture as the country works towards a legally-binding target of net zero by...
Scotlands criminal records agency to help deliver national digital identity service
The organisation responsible for running criminal record checks on people moving into potentially sensitive job roles is to help deliver Scotland’s national digital identity service. Disclosure Scotland has partnered with...
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