Daily edition · Tuesday 20 October 2026

Scottish tech news, Tuesday 20 October 2026

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

Policy

Reform comms chief wears Meta smart glasses at Holyrood as Lib Dems demand ban

The Herald · 2h

14 Oct 2026 · Grant · Edinburgh · UKRI Gateway to Research · Mocean Energy on ayeoh

14 Oct 2026 · Grant · Glasgow · UKRI Gateway to Research · Cerefuze Medical UK on ayeoh

14 Oct 2026 · Growth · Glasgow · Maven Capital Partners · Nami Surgical on ayeoh

13 Oct 2026 · Debt · Dundee · Dundee Culture · Snappy Group on ayeoh

9 Oct 2026 · Seed · Edinburgh · Investing Women / AccelerateHER · GLORIAH on ayeoh

Bloomberg won a £196k contract from University of the West of Scotland for Financial Data Analytics and Trading Tools.

Contract · 19 Oct · Find a Tender

Rx-info won a £14k contract from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for 2627 DS142 Web-based medicines intelligence platform.

Contract · 16 Oct · Public Contracts Scotland

FourNet acquired SVL Business Solutions, creating a £65 million customer experience and AI business.

Acquisition · 15 Oct · Pulse 2.0

Astrodreamer Studio is to be struck off the register, Companies House has given notice.

Closure · 14 Oct · Companies House

Egis appointed Mark Docherty, based in Edinburgh and previously of Arcadis, as energy director for the UK and Ireland.

Appointment · 19 Oct · Bdaily

Auld Alliance Games is to be struck off the register, Companies House has given notice.

Closure · 14 Oct · Companies House

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