Daily edition · Saturday 24 October 2026

Scottish tech news, Saturday 24 October 2026

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

East Dunbartonshire

East Dunbartonshire homes to benefit from major £175m broadband rollout

Work is now under way to deliver full fibre broadband to more homes and businesses in Torrance.

Glasgow Times · East Dunbartonshire · 20h

Top stories

Growth · Highlands

Landmark Highland hydro project delivers renewable power and community benefits

The National · 41h · 4 outlets

Scottish farmers consider pulling out of mobile mast deals amid huge rent cuts

The Herald · 3h · The story and its coverage

Scottish households face £48 broadband price rise in April despite contract locks

The Scotsman · 20h · 8 outlets

Scottish households warned of £48 broadband bill increase despite being locked into contracts

Dumfries

Plans for 'world's biggest' £16bn data centre in Scotland sparks major backlash

The National · 15h · 7 outlets

Growth · Argyll

Helensburgh's Tower Digital Arts Centre recruits general manager after community buyout

Helensburgh Advertiser · 16h

Growth

Chancellor announces £2bn Energy Wealth Fund to channel North Sea revenues

Aberdeen Business News · 3d · 4 outlets

Feature · Edinburgh

Edinburgh's Wallscope details VeriNote to capture decisions and context for AI governance

Wallscope · 16h

Event · Inverclyde

Greenock Philosophical Society launches new season of talks

Inverclyde Now · 46h · 2 outlets

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

Insight Direct (UK) won a £982k contract from University of Aberdeen for Load Balancers - University of Aberdeen.

Contract · 23 Oct · Public Contracts Scotland

Vodafone won a £4m contract from Scottish Government for Mobile Voice and Data Services.

Contract · 22 Oct · Public Contracts Scotland

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

Closure · 20 Oct · ATV Today

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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