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“SaxaVord Spaceport’s £60m has given Scottish space more in October alone than in all of 2025, on our record.”

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Daily edition · Saturday 3 October 2026

Scottish tech news, Saturday 3 October 2026

The ayeoh front page as it stood at 7:40am that morning: the lead, the top stories, the money and the record.

Top stories

Growth · Edinburgh

Scottish Government funds £3m university spinout plan

DIGIT · 15h · 4 outlets

Deal

Portugal space firm Omnidea acquires Orbex assets

The Scotsman · 43h · 6 outlets

Growth · Shetland

Rocket company granted licence to launch from Scotland

The National · 43h · 3 outlets

Product · Edinburgh

Bield unveils 4-year plan at Edinburgh AGM

Scottish Business News · 45h

Who just got funding

Subsea Micropiles wins £1.45m grant

28 Sep 2026 · Grant · Montrose · Scottish Enterprise

SolarSub raises £1.34m

25 Sep 2026 · Edinburgh · Edinburgh Innovations · SolarSub on ayeoh

Singular Photonics raises $2.15 million (£1.59m)

18 Sep 2026 · Seed · Edinburgh · Edinburgh Innovations · Singular Photonics on ayeoh

Calterra wins £96k grant

17 Sep 2026 · Grant · Edinburgh · Deadline News · Calterra on ayeoh

Expanse raises $5.3 million (£3.93m)

16 Sep 2026 · Seed · Edinburgh · DIGIT · Expanse on ayeoh

That week on the record

Omnidea acquired the UK manufacturing assets and intellectual property of Scottish rocket maker Orbex.

Acquisition · 1 Oct · Scottish Financial Review

HMP Addiewell appointed digital learning company Coracle to supply secure educational laptops to prisoners, a Scottish first.

Contract · 30 Sep · The Herald

Nucleus Financial Platforms appointed Dave Reynolds, from Quilter, as chief technology officer and member of its executive committee.

Appointment · 30 Sep · Scottish Business News

Today's Scottish tech news on the front page

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