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Smart Data Foundry and Research Data Scotland collaborate to enhance financial data access

Published 6 days ago

Smart Data Foundry (SDF) and Research Data Scotland (RDS) have partnered to streamline secure researcher access to public sector and financial data.

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Aveni looks to scale rapidly in next two years following £11m funding and top award win

Published 2 weeks ago

Edinburgh-based Aveni.ai has revealed its growth plans following its recent £11 million Series A investment round, and Fintech of the Year award win at the Scottish Fintech Awards 2024.

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Iomart bolsters cloud capabilities with £57m Atech buyout

Published 2 weeks ago

Glasgow-based cloud computing company iomart has acquired Atech Support, a Microsoft solutions provider, for £57 million.

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Diane Rennie appointed digital director at Kingdom Group

Published 3 weeks ago

Kingdom Group has appointed Diane Rennie as its new digital director.

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Aveni.ai crowned Fintech of the Year at Scottish Financial Technology Awards

Published 3 weeks ago

Edinburgh-based AI fintech firm Aveni.ai has won the coveted “Fintech of the Year” award at the 2024 Scottish Financial Technology Awards.

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Maven exits QikServe in sale to The Access Group

Published 3 weeks ago

Maven Capital Partners has completed a profitable exit from Edinburgh-based QikServe through a sale to business management software provider The Access Group, for an undisclosed sum.

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Scottish AI robotics firm secures £7.9m to scale robotics in manufacturing

Published 3 weeks ago

A new £7.9 million investment, led by £3.5m from the Scottish National Investment Bank, will enable scale and growth for Leap Automation Ltd (Leap AI), an emerging leader in low-cost industrial AI robotics.

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England: AI performs 81 years’ policing work in six hours

Published 3 weeks ago

The UK’s most notorious cold cases could be solved using AI.

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Triyit completes £1.1m funding round following £850k Investment Fund for Scotland backing

Published 1 month ago

Glasgow-based marketing technology platform Triyit Ltd has secured an £850,000 investment, from the Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS), managed by Maven Capital Partners and delivered by the British Business Bank, as part of a £1.1 million funding round.

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Arnold Clark boosts Cyber and Fraud Hub with two-year funding

Published 1 month ago

The Cyber and Fraud Hub, launched earlier this year by the Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland to support members of the public affected by cyber and fraud crime, has received a substantial donation to support its first two years from Arnold Clark.

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ICO and NCA sign memorandum of understanding on cyber security

Published 1 month ago

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the National Crime Agency (NCA) have signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MoU) that sets out how both organisations will cooperate to improve the UK’s cyber resilience.

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UK signs first-ever global treaty on AI

Published 1 month ago

The UK has signed the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

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STV posts £10.6m operating profit during first half

Published 1 month ago

STV Group has announced a strong financial performance for the first half of 2024, with total revenue up 20% to £90.4 million and adjusted operating profit up 33% to £10.6m.

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Edinburgh tech firm acquired by Hybrid Anchor

Published 1 month ago

Web and software development specialist Hybrid Anchor has acquired Edinburgh-based tech support firm Off Canvas in a deal which is expected to create 40 jobs in the next three years.

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Quantuma administrators complete sale of Scots wellbeing streaming service Ashia

Published 1 month ago

Joint administrators Craig Morrison and Brian Milne, managing directors of business advisory firm Quantuma, have facilitated the sale of a streaming service developed by Glasgow-based Frog Systems, for an undisclosed sum.

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