Daily edition · Tuesday 6 October 2026

Scottish tech news, Tuesday 6 October 2026

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

Growth

Scottish education has positive future – its name is AI

Scottish education has struggled recently but new technology will save it, as it previously did with the launch of the Open University.

The Herald · 20h

Explainer

Why are data centres such a big deal in Scotland?

BBC Scotland Business · 21h

The Herald · 20h

Deal

BC Technologies merges with business i.T specialists

Silicon Scotland · 20h · 2 outlets

South of Scotland Enterprise · 22h

Award · Stirling

University of Stirling · 25h

28 Sep 2026 · Grant · Montrose · Scottish Enterprise

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

23 Sep 2026 · Bathgate · Scottish Enterprise · CSignum on ayeoh

22 Sep 2026 · Glasgow · Maven Capital Partners · Applied AGI on ayeoh

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

Spin-out · 3 Oct · Strathclyde Inspire

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

Acquisition · 1 Oct · Scottish Financial Review

Contract · 30 Sep · The Herald

Appointment · 30 Sep · Scottish Business News

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