Silver anniversary for Clark Integrated Technologies
2016 has been a good year for Clark Integrated Technologies as the company celebrates its 25th anniversary.
The firm was joined by clients from all…
Software developers with business smarts to be in high demand in 2017
Talented web and mobile software developers will be highly sought after in 2017 as the Scottish tech industry continues its growth spurt.
Gordon Kaye and…
Teen pitching challenge sees student finance app success
An app created to assist students with their personal finances has scooped first place at an innovative pitching competition designed to challenge Glasgow teenagers…
Dynamic Seabed Mapping Technology Showcased in Fort William
Integrated subsea service DOF Subsea, together with subsea technology companies Sonardyne, 2G Robotics, and Seatronics, demonstrated a new underwater surveying technique that could have…
Technology firm to grow with new head office
A St Andrews technology firm, which develops card entry systems and membership cards for the events sector, has moved to a new premises to…
Motherwell business to expand to 750 staff with new contract win
A major contract awarded by B&Q to contact centre Ascensos will see the Motherwell based business open a new office in Clydebank.
The new multimillion…
Dundee mobile development company takes over mobile games firm
Dundee based Outplay Entertainment has acquired Eight Pixels Square, a Derby based mobile free-to-play studio.
Outplay Entertainment has seen significant revenue and headcount growth as…
IFB makes £1m network investment
Managed service and data network providers, IFB, has invested a further £1 million to expand its UK network capacities, specifically designed to increase fibre…
iomart boosts second half profits by 13%
iomart, the cloud computing company, has grown its revenue by 16% compared to the first half of the year, up to £42.1m from £36.4m.
Adjusted…
Envoys appointed to help develop Scotland’s growing FinTech industry
David Ferguson, CEO of Nucleus, and Louise Smith, Head of Design in Personal and Business Banking at the Royal Bank of Scotland, have been…
Glasgow Prestwick Spaceport partnership with Houston Spaceport
Glasgow Prestwick Airport welcomed a delegation from Houston Spaceport and Rice Space Institute to meet with representatives from the Scottish space industry and local…
Aridhia opens new office in Scotland’s precision medicine hub
Clinical and translational informatics company, Aridhia, has openied a new office in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, the largest acute hospital in Western Europe.
Located…
University of Strathclyde and N-Sea receive collaboration funding
Integrated subsea service provider, N-Sea, and the University of Strathclyde’s Institute of Sensors Signals and Communications at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering,…
Incremental launches with acquisition of North East IT business
A new digital technology services business has launched with the acquisition of a North East-based IT company.
Incremental Group has acquired First eBusiness Solutions with…
New £3m facility to focus on wood-based construction technologies
A new Edinburgh research hub will use the “green gold” of Scotland’s forests to support the construction of sustainable housing in the UK.
Edinburgh Napier…
Arrayjet secures £235k Shanghai contract
Arrayjet, a Scottish-based microarray instrumentation company, has secured a contract with Shanghai-based Abmart, a biological and life science technology specialist.
Abmart will use Arrayjet’s Super…
Scottish firm launches world’s smallest high-pressure clean air compressor
A tiny air compressor that was first developed for space travel has been adapted for commercial applications on Earth by Edinburgh-based manufacturer Vert Rotors.
The…
Dundee lift firm helps out top US tech university
A small Dundee lift firm has been thanked for help with a messaging app by a world-famous US tech university.
Family firm Caltech Lifts was…
Glasgow company wins Amazon Growing Business Award
A Glasgow-based laser manufacturing company has won a prestigious Amazon Growing Business Award at a national ceremony in London.
The Scottish company saw off competition…
Virgin Media and SPF partner to deliver ultrafast broadband
Virgin Media and the Scottish Property Federation (SPF) have joined in a partnership to increase the delivery of ultra fast broadband services to new…
Senshi Digital boosts East Kilbride Shopping Centre
Scotland’s largest undercover shopping centre has been getting star destination venue treatment from tourism web design and digital marketing expert Senshi Digital.
The work for…
Aridhia broadens European appeal with new RSRCH-Health service in Netherlands
Scottish clinical and translational informatics company Aridhia, Netherlands-based ICT service provider Vancis, and clinical datasets experts MGRID have announced the expansion of their existing…
Asset Guardian Solutions appoint new business development manager
Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd (AGSL), which specialises in managing and protecting companies’ “hidden assets” such as process critical software, has appointed Mark Steel as…
Five Scottish entrepreneurs to head to TechCrunch Disrupt
Next week, five of the Edinburgh’s brightest entrepreneurs are heading to TechCrunch Disrupt to showcase some of the most exciting new businesses at the…
Glenrothes Electronics Company secures £1.25 million investment
Semefab, the Glenrothes semi-conductor manufacturer at the forefront of the UK’s micro and nano technology (MNT) network, is to invest in new equipment in…
CodeClan celebrates first anniversary with Glasgow expansion in 2017
CodeClan, Scotland’s first accredited digital skills academy, celebrates its first birthday this week with welcome news that its first 16-week software development course in…
Manufacturers could cut energy use and boost economy by investing in energy tech
UK manufacturers could inject an additional £2.56bn into the UK economy, cut energy consumption by nearly a third (31.6%) and boost their energy resilience…
mltech launches new survey technology
Pipework set-up and measurement software developer, mltech, has launched its new technology – automet™ Lite.
Used in conjunction with Leica iCON survey instruments, automet™ Lite…
Trisent secures funding to develop a self writing diary app
Trisent, a Scottish start-up software company, has secured a £99,370 SMART: SCOTLAND Feasibility grant through Scottish Enterprise to develop a unique self writing diary…
Innovative Outreach Events Launched for All Scottish Businesses
The Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) is hitting the road again with its innovative series of free outreach events to tackle the most pressing…
New tech start-up introduces digital concierge for airbnb generation
Edinburgh-based business women, Julie Grieve, is launching a digital concierge for Scotland’s many thousands of property owners and small businesses offering holiday accommodation.
‘Criton’ is…
£750,000 of new business for Converged
Aberdeen-based Converged Communication Solutions has secured a number of new contracts as it continues to expand its Internet service offering.
The north-east IT provider has…
Free high speed Wi-Fi network now live in Aberdeen communities
Communities in Aberdeen can now connect to free, high-speed outdoor Wi-Fi zones in several northern areas of the city.
Aberdeen City Council’s Digital Place programme…
Skyscanner bought by Chinese firm for £1.4 billion
Scottish ‘unicorn’ Skyscanner is to be bought by China’s biggest online travel company Ctrip.com International Ltd for about £1.4 billion.
The deal follows quickly on…
Eureka Solutions first to offer new Sage Live release
East Kilbride-based Eureka Solutions is the first Scottish company of offer Sage Live, the new cloud accountancy solution from the industry giant.
Eureka Solutions, now…
TenTel scoops Rising Star award at Cable.co.uk awards
Shawfair-based internet service provider TenTel has won the Rising Star award in this year’s Cable.co.uk Broadband Service Quality Awards.
Chosen by more than 6,000 UK…
Funding boost to tackle Scotland’s cyber security challenge
The Data Lab Innovation Centre, in conjunction with CENSIS Innovation Centre, is launching a call for projects to help tackle cyber security issues in…
Scottish ‘unicorn’ FanDuel to merge with American rival
Scottish ‘unicorn’ FanDuel has entered into a merger agreement with Fantasy sports technology competitor DraftKings.
The transaction is expected to close in 2017 but financial…
Pale Blue Dot Energy awarded funding for development of whisky technology
Aberdeen based Pale Blue Dot Energy has recently been awarded SMART: SCOTLAND funding from Scottish Enterprise to support the development of patented technology, GreenStills.
GreenStills…
Cyber Crime Champions Honoured At Inaugural Awards
Scottish organisations, firms and individuals have been recognised for the ground-breaking roles they have played in the battle against e-crime by winning honours in…