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Fast-track visa in FinTech’s ‘Big Bang’ growth plan

Stephen Ingledew,Fintech Scotland
Stephen Ingledew: ‘fast growth’ (pic: Terry Murden) Fintech companies expect to benefit from a “Big Bang” package of support, including more help to attract overseas talent and easier access toRead More

Key listings

Scots tech firms take lead in UK growth schemes

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Talking Medicines co-founders: Jo Halliday and Elizabeth Fairley Three Scottish technology firms have been listed in UK-wide schemes aimed at helping their growth plans. Talking Medicines, based in Glasgow, hasRead More

Health breakthrough

Borders firm’s thermal tech used in Covid fight

Amanda Pickford
Amanda Pickford: confidence A company has seen its thermal-imaging technology used in hospitals to tackle the Covid pandemic. Shock Innovations, which trades as ThermaFY, has developed its technology on theRead More

Bug-busting technology

Walls become air purifiers in new Scottish offices

air purified walls at Cadworks
An impression of the anti-viral offices An office development in Glasgow will tackle airborne bugs buy using anti-viral paint technology. Real estate investment firm FORE Partnership has declared its CadworksRead More

Pitching event

EIE goes virtual again as 32 firms seek support

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Michael Rovatsos, Genevieve Patenaude of Earth Blox, Emma Carroll of OnGen and Paul Patras of Net AI Technology investor conference EIE will go virtual for a second year and willRead More

TechStart funding

Ruffly raises £300k to help eliminate software costs

Matt Farrugia
Matt Farrugia: changing expectations Ruffly, a Scottish startup which aims to eliminate the cost of software planning failures, has closed a £300,000 pre-seed funding round led by Techstart Ventures. ItRead More

£500k boost for platform

Capita founder leads Frog wellbeing investment

Sir Rod Aldridge and Nick Kuenssberg
Sir Rod Aldridge and Nick Kuenssberg Former Capita founder and chairman Sir Rod Aldridge has led a further investment into a Scottish software startup focused on mental wellbeing. Sir RodRead More

First of its kind

Logan Energy to fuel hydrogen switch in Wales

Bill Ireland
Bill Ireland: compelling case Clean energy developer Logan Energy is to install the first hydrogen refuelling plant in Wales after securing a deal with social enterprise, Menter Môn. The EastRead More

Network resilience

SE grant funding supports DTG’s cybersecurity tool

Ian Campbell
Ian Campbell: ‘breakthrough’ Digital Technologies Group has received Scottish Enterprise Research & Development (R&D) grant funding to develop a tool to help pharmaceutical and process industries build their resilience toRead More

Watchdog critical

Scottish ministers accused of pandemic planning failures

Jeane Freeman
Pandemic preparations ‘were not fully implemented’ The Scottish Government failed to fully follow guidance on planning for a pandemic, the public spending watchdog has found. Audit Scotland said that in theRead More