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Firms fail to adopt online trading

Scottish SMEs ‘losing out’ by lacking basic digital skills

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Firms are losing out on digital opportunities Almost half of Scottish SMEs lack basic digital skills and only a fifth benefit from trading online, according to a new survey. BankRead More

Boost for connectivity

EE to launch next generation 5G tech in Edinburgh

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Investment in 5G should improve connectivity   EE, the mobile network, has announced that Edinburgh is among the six cities chosen for the first phase of its 5G launch. ItRead More

Support for next generation projects

Further funding for CENSIS tech innovation project

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Innovation project CENSIS will receive a £9.25 million government funding package today to enable it to pursue next generation technology. The investment from the Scottish Funding Council, Scottish Enterprise, andRead More

Innovation project

AI centre boosts research into health care in Scotland

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A health research centre backed by more than £15 million of private and public money will use artificial intelligence to drive improvements in patient care. The Industrial Centre for ArtificialRead More

Facility opens in Scotland

New centre brings research funding to transport

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Helen Wylde (centre) with Ivan McKee and the Lord Provost at the launch in Glasgow   A project to develop the transport of the future was unveiled at the firstRead More

Event on data skills

Scotland urged to embrace AI to future proof economy

Tracy Black
Tracy Black: culture of innovation (pic: Terry Murden)   Business, government and academia joined forces yesterday to promote data skills in the workforce and ‘future proof’ the Scottish economy. Trade,Read More

Investment in UK R&D

Amazon unwraps 250 jobs at Edinburgh tech centre

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Delivering jobs: Amazon is creating more roles at its Scottish technology centre   Amazon is expanding its technology development centre in Scotland by creating 250 R&D jobs, part of aRead More

Funding for research

Baillie Gifford gifts £5m to probe ethical challenges of AI

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AI will impact on personal lives in many different ways   Global investment firm Baillie Gifford has pledged £5m to support research into the ethical challenges posed by the growingRead More

Only UK company named

TSG among 11 firms on Microsoft programme

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TSG: ‘standout Microsoft partner’   Innovative technology solutions company TSG has been announced as one of 11 worldwide businesses to become a charter member of Microsoft’s SharePoint Business Applications Partner Program,Read More

Numbers rise by a third

Females now account for a quarter of Scottish tech jobs

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Julie Grieve: diversity needs to be a business goal (pic: Terry Murden)   Females now account for almost a quarter of workers in the Scottish tech sector following a riseRead More