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Fintech innovation boost as high-profile board unveiled for Smart Data Foundry
Scotland’s fintech innovation efforts received a boost this week as a new board of directors was unveiled for the financial services research body, Smart Data Foundry. Dame Julia Unwin, former…
Protecting the NHS from cyber harm. How a new security operations centre in Dundee is working to thwart the efforts of global ransomware gangs
On a floor of the Annie Lamont building at the University of Abertay lies the ticking heartbeat of a cybersecurity operations centre (SOC) protecting the NHS in Scotland from online…
London South Bank University prioritises student experience with Sophos managed detection and response
London South Bank University recently purchased Sophos’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) cybersecurity service. Originally the Borough Polytechnic Institute, the university has been a Sophos customer since 2013, but was…
Tackling the cyber skills gap with internal investment
According to concerning UK government research, more than half (51%) of British companies lack the ability to carry out the most basic of cyber security tasks, while a third (33%)…
Scotland ‘bucks international trends’ for VC investment in 2022
Scotland bucked international trends last year after a record-breaking £705m in venture capital was invested in scale-up companies. The nation’s level of VC support increased by 12 per cent year-on-year,…
Apple’s new ‘privacy workshops’ aim to support customers to take control of their data
Apple is set to launch in-store privacy workshops for customers as part of an educational drive to equip iOS users with the skills to take control of their data. The…
Scottish Business Resilience Centre adopts four day working week
The Scottish Business Resilience Centre has adopted a four-day working week after a nine-month trial found no loss of productivity and improvements in company culture and morale. The SBRC, which…
Companies gather for space data research challenge to support net zero goals
Eleven companies involved in researching how space data can be applied to net zero challenges gathered to share their solutions at an engagement day. The companies, chosen to take part…
GovTech
Six businesses in south of Scotland to benefit from net zero funding
Six firms in the south of Scotland are to benefit from 12 months of net zero funding thanks to a new ‘pathfinder programme’. The programme is to be delivered by…
Geovation Scotland supports 17 early-stage startup founders
Geovation Scotland is a partnership between Registers of Scotland and Ordnance Survey that supports the acceleration of location and property innovation in Scotland. We help unlock greater value from our national…
Six businesses in south of Scotland to benefit from net zero funding
Six firms in the south of Scotland are to benefit from 12 months of net zero funding thanks to a new ‘pathfinder programme’. The programme is to be delivered by…
Geovation Scotland supports 17 early-stage startup founders
Geovation Scotland is a partnership between Registers of Scotland and Ordnance Survey that supports the acceleration of location and property innovation in Scotland. We help unlock greater value from our national…
LocalGov
Edinburgh unveils new ‘smart city’ operations centre
A new ‘smart city’ operations centre has been unveiled in Edinburgh – harnessing the latest technology to keep traffic and people moving. The state-of-the-art facility will use real-time data to…
Council’s vision to integrate digital as part of organisational change
A Scottish local authority has set out its vision to integrate digital as part of a programme of organisational change. Highland Council has approved new Information and Communications Technology (ICT)…
Edinburgh unveils new ‘smart city’ operations centre
A new ‘smart city’ operations centre has been unveiled in Edinburgh – harnessing the latest technology to keep traffic and people moving. The state-of-the-art facility will use real-time data to…
Council’s vision to integrate digital as part of organisational change
A Scottish local authority has set out its vision to integrate digital as part of a programme of organisational change. Highland Council has approved new Information and Communications Technology (ICT)…
Health & care
From nuclear submarines to the ward round – Scottish sensing tech firm gearing up for health market expansion after £2m investment
A Scottish digital health start-up has secured a £2m investment as it gears up to scale sensing technology that helps manage patients’ conditions remotely. Waire Health’s C-Detect platform helps clinicians…
German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer acquires Edinburgh digital health start-up
German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer has acquired an Edinburgh digital health start-up that specialises in artificial intelligence-powered medical imaging. Blackford Analysis, which was acquired for an undisclosed but thought to be…
From nuclear submarines to the ward round – Scottish sensing tech firm gearing up for health market expansion after £2m investment
A Scottish digital health start-up has secured a £2m investment as it gears up to scale sensing technology that helps manage patients’ conditions remotely. Waire Health’s C-Detect platform helps clinicians…
German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer acquires Edinburgh digital health start-up
German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer has acquired an Edinburgh digital health start-up that specialises in artificial intelligence-powered medical imaging. Blackford Analysis, which was acquired for an undisclosed but thought to be…
Cyber
Protecting the NHS from cyber harm. How a new security operations centre in Dundee is working to thwart the efforts of global ransomware gangs
On a floor of the Annie Lamont building at the University of Abertay lies the ticking heartbeat of a cybersecurity operations centre (SOC) protecting the NHS in Scotland from online…
London South Bank University prioritises student experience with Sophos managed detection and response
London South Bank University recently purchased Sophos’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) cybersecurity service. Originally the Borough Polytechnic Institute, the university has been a Sophos customer since 2013, but was…
Protecting the NHS from cyber harm. How a new security operations centre in Dundee is working to thwart the efforts of global ransomware gangs
On a floor of the Annie Lamont building at the University of Abertay lies the ticking heartbeat of a cybersecurity operations centre (SOC) protecting the NHS in Scotland from online…
London South Bank University prioritises student experience with Sophos managed detection and response
London South Bank University recently purchased Sophos’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) cybersecurity service. Originally the Borough Polytechnic Institute, the university has been a Sophos customer since 2013, but was…
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Education & Skills
Glasgow school receives ’digital wellbeing’ award for cyber resilience and online safety
A school in Glasgow has been awarded a ’digital wellbeing’ award for promoting cyber resilience and the online safety of children. The High School of Glasgow received the Special Recognition…
Tech firm partners with high school to address local IT skills challenges
A tech firm has partnered with a high school in Dumfriesshire to address local IT skills challenges. ETB Technologies has teamed up with Dalbeattie High School to create a new…
Glasgow school receives ’digital wellbeing’ award for cyber resilience and online safety
A school in Glasgow has been awarded a ’digital wellbeing’ award for promoting cyber resilience and the online safety of children. The High School of Glasgow received the Special Recognition…
Tech firm partners with high school to address local IT skills challenges
A tech firm has partnered with a high school in Dumfriesshire to address local IT skills challenges. ETB Technologies has teamed up with Dalbeattie High School to create a new…
Justice & Policing
An introduction to the 3PO Project
3PO is a 3-year project funded by UKRI (EPSRC Grant Ref: EP/W032368/1) under the Strategic Priorities Fund. It is part of the REPHRAIN network, which is a Research Centre of…
Protecting citizens with integrated public safety solutions
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and ranks among the top 10 most liveable cities in the world. One key contributor to this achievement is the Zurich City Police….
Next generation cloud technology is transforming communications in policing
Policing is under pressure: demand is at unprecedented levels, crime is rising, public confidence is diminishing and resources are stretched. To top it all, a new wave of leaders in…
Infrastructure, Connectivity & Built Environment
Edinburgh connectivity firm to bring faster internet speeds to Northumberland schools
An Edinburgh-headquartered connectivity firm is to bring faster internet speeds to over 100 schools in Northumberland. Commsworld will plan, design, migrate and manage a new solution of significant size and scale to 110 schools, boosting…
Open day showcases the power of 5G in Dundee
An open day was held in Dundee this week to showcase the power of next generation mobile connectivity. The Scotland 5G Centre’s hub, based at Abertay cyberQuarter, demonstrated the potential of 5G to revolutionise…
New full fibre network to bring high speed connectivity to 4,500 homes and businesses
Construction of a new full fibre broadband network is underway in Aberdeenshire – bringing high speed internet connectivity to 4,500 local premises. The network will stretch across the towns of Portlethen and Newtonhill…
Data & AI
The year ahead for data, AI and machine learning
With 2023 now well under way, Brian Hills, CEO at The Data Lab offers his thoughts on what’s likely to happen this year in the world of data, AI and machine learning. SMEs will…
Research Data Scotland launches £40,000 public engagement fund
A new £40,000 public engagement fund has been launched to help promote public understanding of data research in Scotland. Research Data Scotland is set to open applications to funding on January…
Documents to data: bringing fresh insight to the oldest national public land register in the world
Anyone who has heard me speak on the subject of data, will know that I have a huge passion for the subject. This is just as well. I am chief…
ChatGPT – friend or foe? Scottish tech and industry leaders respond to a powerful new AI
My first instinct with ChatGPT was to see what all the fuss was about. So I signed up to the new general artificial intelligence platform that has become a global…
Business & Economy
Scotland ‘bucks international trends’ for VC investment in 2022
Scotland bucked international trends last year after a record-breaking £705m in venture capital was invested in scale-up companies. The nation’s level of VC support increased by 12 per cent year-on-year,…
Highlands businesses encouraged to ‘think global’ with online streaming support
Highlands firms are being encouraged to ‘think global’ with a series of free workshops aimed at helping them secure new audiences through live-streaming. Companies across the more remote parts of…
Scotland ‘bucks international trends’ for VC investment in 2022
Scotland bucked international trends last year after a record-breaking £705m in venture capital was invested in scale-up companies. The nation’s level of VC support increased by 12 per cent year-on-year,…
Highlands businesses encouraged to ‘think global’ with online streaming support
Highlands firms are being encouraged to ‘think global’ with a series of free workshops aimed at helping them secure new audiences through live-streaming. Companies across the more remote parts of…
Fintech
Fintech innovation boost as high-profile board unveiled for Smart Data Foundry
Scotland’s fintech innovation efforts received a boost this week as a new board of directors was unveiled for the financial services research body, Smart Data Foundry. Dame Julia Unwin, former…
Scottish fintechs secure over £305m in funding in last 12 months, new figures show
Scottish financial technology – ‘fintech’ – firms secured over £305m in funding in the last 12 months, according to new figures. The investment represents a 200 per cent increase in…
Fintech innovation boost as high-profile board unveiled for Smart Data Foundry
Scotland’s fintech innovation efforts received a boost this week as a new board of directors was unveiled for the financial services research body, Smart Data Foundry. Dame Julia Unwin, former…
Scottish fintechs secure over £305m in funding in last 12 months, new figures show
Scottish financial technology – ‘fintech’ – firms secured over £305m in funding in the last 12 months, according to new figures. The investment represents a 200 per cent increase in…
