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Shepherd and Wedderburn has established a COVID-19 advisory group, which draws relevant, specialist expertise from across the firm to support clients with informed, pragmatic legal advice on the unprecedented challenges posed by the global pandemic. The group comprises specialists who are leaders in

Two Aberdeen entrepreneurs have secured a £250,000 funding deal from Royal Bank of Scotland to develop cutting-edge robotics and asset inspection solutions for the energy sector through their co-founded business, Innovair Ltd. As a gateway to the North Sea, Aberdeen has long been pivotal in th

Maggie Hicks, founder of SynSense, and Xiaoyan Ma, founder of Danu Robotics, plant a Hawthorn tree on University of Edinburgh’s King’s Buildings campus to mark the 100+ startups supported by Edinburgh Innovations over the last year Student startups from the University of Edinburgh have s

Digital Xtra Fund has opened applications for its eighth cohort of tech initiatives since being launched in 2016. The charity supports extracurricular activities at the school stage which help drive digital skills. To date, the Fund has secured almost £1 million to deliver coding and tech club

A new £5 million investment package has been unveiled to bolster high-growth businesses and entrepreneurs in Scotland. This initiative forms part of the Scottish Government’s ongoing commitment to implement recommendations from the Logan and Pathways reports, aiming to foster a world-cla

An Aberdeen robotics company is growing its team after record year which saw it double turnover to £2 million. High Performance Robotics (HPR) has been driving down the cost of subsea inspection, intervention and repair with its growing capability. Advances in miniaturised sensor and robotics

American retail giant Walmart is developing facial recognition software designed to identify shoppers in checkout lines who appear disgruntled.

Heriot-Watt University has spearheaded a transformative initiative with the launch of the DeepTech LaunchPad pilot programme.

Nami Surgical, a Scottish company innovating robotic-assisted surgery, has received a total of £3.2 million of investment and grant funding to revolutionise the field with its ultrasonic platform. St Andrews-based impact investment firm Eos Advisory (Eos) led the seed £2.5m round alongsi

Glasgow-based artificial intelligence (AI) specialist FD Intelligence has secured £200,000 in funding from UKSE, a subsidiary of Tata Steel, to accelerate its growth within the financial services sector. Founded in 2021, the Finnieston firm initially offered consultancy before developing its o

Mike Sibson More than nine out of ten (91 per cent) business leaders in Scotland believe that the UK needs a comprehensive industrial strategy, according to BGF’s Growth Climate Index.

Eighty-five per cent of senior executives plan to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) by 2020, according to a new survey of UK digital leaders by Deloitte.

Leo Johnson PwC has launched a virtual reality (VR) experience for its clients, in a move that it says will allow them to explore and better understand the range of potential future disruptions that could impact their organisation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFV8IkY52iY Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has constructed a warehouse distribution centre which can sort up to 16,000 packages per hour with 99.99% accuracy - and only has four employees.

David Brown Artificial Intelligence is expected to create a net benefit of 15,000 jobs in Scotland by 2037, according to new research by PwC.