Robotics hub secures £2.5m to expand safer offshore repairs research
An Edinburgh robotics hub has secured a £2.5 million cash injection to expand its research into making offshore repairs safer and to support other sectors. The funding will support the…
Barbershop takes 3,000 appointments in one day using booking platform that reports record Covid growth
An Edinburgh-based online booking platform that helps businesses to manage customer demand has reported a 535 per cent rise in usage during Covid – with one barbershop taking 3,000 appointments…
Software consultancy picks up government contract to deliver digital identity service
A software consultancy headed up by the former executive director of the UK government’s digital service has won the contract to help deliver a digital identity platform for citizens in…
CivTech to help public sector tackle climate, health and tourism challenges
Scotland’s public sector is tapping into technology companies’ expertise to solve major challenges, including how to decarbonise manufacturing and boost the nation’s interest in artificial intelligence (AI), in the latest CivTech…
Cromarty Firth ‘freeport’ scheme could boost renewable tech innovation
A range of public, private and academic organisations have joined a campaign to create a ‘freeport’ in the Highlands in a bid to attract inward investment in innovative renewable energy…
Satellite mapping programme ‘predicts’ what crops are grown in Scotland
Crops in every field farmed in Scotland have been recorded by satellite imagery to create a new interactive map to helping to breakdown agricultural land use. The Scottish Crop Map…
Scottish Government spends over £2m on Covid-19 social media marketing
The Scottish Government spent over £2m on social media adverts about Covid-19 in the last financial year, newly released figures show. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed that £2.19m…
Dundee cloud firm achieves special AWS ‘public sector partner’ status
A Scottish cloud service provider has achieved ‘public sector partner’ status from Amazon Web Services (AWS) following an expansion of its customer-base during the pandemic. The accreditation recognises Dundee-based Brightsolid…
Scotland’s appeal to foreign investors bucks UK downward investment trend
Scotland’s appeal to foreign investors has bucked the downwards trend seen elsewhere in the UK during the pandemic, according to a new report. The EY 2021 UK attractiveness survey found…
New ‘walkabout’ app brings climate crisis closer to home
A new app which lets people discover how the climate crisis can be seen all around them – and not just in extreme events faraway – went live this week….
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