Category: GovTech

In September 2018, the Scottish Government established Social Security Scotland, a new Executive Agency of the Scottish Government. Social Security Scotland’s primary responsibility is the administration of devolved social security…

Scotland will now be able to access a range of digital mapping datasets for the whole of Great Britain. The Scottish Government and Geospatial Commission have agreed that from May…

If trials in care homes in Scotland is successful it could be rolled out to places where physical contact is restricted. Wyld Networks is trailing a monitoring app with a company…

A new £5 million programme will offer an internet connection, training and support, and a laptop or tablet to vulnerable people who are not already online during the response to…

The Scottish Government’s digital services division has vowed to do everything in its power to ‘continue to serve the people of Scotland’ during the coronavirus crisis. The Digital Directorate, which…

A new national centre for productivity should be created to help businesses harness the benefits of technology and enter the ‘high-performance’ age. The recommendation is central to a five point-plan…

Scotland’s tech trade body has congratulated Kate Forbes on becoming the country’s first-ever finance secretary. ScotlandIS said it was also ‘delighted’ that Ms Forbes, 29, will also retain the digital…

A supercomputer hub in Edinburgh is to receive £3.5m in new government investment to boost its research, technology and skills base. The cash will add to a £50m programme to…

A £1.2bn government supercomputer investment will enable weather forecasters to provide a much greater degree of local accuracy. The new programme of investment will help the Met Office provide forecasts…