Daily edition · Friday 23 October 2026

Scottish tech news, Friday 23 October 2026

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

A phone showing the NCSC advisory, Critical security issue affecting PHP, in front of the PHP website

Policy · Edinburgh

Scottish councils take websites offline over critical PHP cyber-security flaw

Edinburgh and Highland councils and NHS Scotland took sites offline. The NCSC urges UK organisations to act now on two critical PHP flaws.

National Cyber Security Centre · Edinburgh · 19h · 25 outlets

Top stories

Glasgow

Glasgow's Craft Prospect builds quantum payloads for the €20m OPS-SAT VOLT mission

Craft Prospect · 22h · 3 outlets

Event · Ayr

Firms to meet developers behind £2 billion renewables investment pipeline

Daily Record Ayrshire · 19h · 5 outlets

Growth · Highlands

Europe’s ‘longest’ private electricity cable launched in Highlands

The National · 17h

Deal · Aberdeen

Aberdeen's Connected Kerb details EV Charger manufacturing after Trojan Energy acquisition

The Herald · 43h · 6 outlets

Research · Shetland

Electric bus to be trialled by Cunningsburgh company

Shetland News · 14h

Midlothian

Midlothian's Ingenza scales business following relocation to the inGenius Building

Ingenza · 17h

The inGenius Building in Midlothian, a still from Ingenza's own video

Deal · Ayr

Ayrshire to get 600 new EV chargers across 200 locations

Daily Record Ayrshire · 19h · 2 outlets

Award · Galashiels

Tweedbank's Stewart Technology wins Manufacturer of the Year at the Made in Scotland Awards

The Southern Reporter · 19h · 3 outlets

Glasgow

Ludus Pax's Tiny Fishing Villages video game draws on Scotland's fishing ports

Fishing News · 23h

One of the inspirations behind Tiny Fishing Villages was Tobermory, with its iconic brightly coloured waterfront houses. (Graphic: Silviu Soare/Ludas Pax Studios)

Who just got funding

Mocean Energy wins £698k grant

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

Cerefuze Medical UK wins £99.8k grant

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

Nami Surgical raises £3.4m

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

Snappy Group raises an undisclosed sum

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

Danu Robotics raises $5M (£3.7m)

10 Oct 2026 · Edinburgh · Dealroom · Danu Robotics on ayeoh

That week on the record

Copperchase won a £511k contract from Highlands and Islands Airports Limited for Voice Communications and Control System (BEB, SYY, WIC).

Contract · 22 Oct · Find a Tender

The BBC said it would close BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra as linear channels in 2027.

Closure · 20 Oct · ATV Today

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

BDO hired R&D tax relief specialist Angela Banerjee into its 200-strong Scottish team.

Appointment · 19 Oct · TheBusinessDesk.com

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

Appointment · 19 Oct · Bdaily

Today's Scottish tech news on the front page

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