Daily edition · Thursday 29 October 2026

Scottish tech news, Thursday 29 October 2026

The ayeoh front page as it stood at 6:40am that morning: the lead, the top stories, the money and the record.

Policy · Edinburgh

Budget 2026: UK Government announces £18m for new AI chip 'academy' in Edinburgh

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey MP announced the UK Advanced Chip Design Academy in the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 28 October 2026.

University of Edinburgh · Edinburgh · 14h · 8 outlets · The story and its coverage

Top stories

Policy

Confusion over Acorn future as UK Government ‘reprioritises’ carbon capture funding

The Herald · 13h · 5 outlets

Shell’s gas terminal at St Fergus, near Peterhead, is home to the Acorn carbon capture and storage project

Growth

GTA 6 will need 210GB of storage space on consoles

The Scotsman · 16h · 6 outlets · The story and its coverage

Policy

Scottish ministers approve new carbon capture gas power station at Peterhead

BBC Scotland Business · 22h · 7 outlets

Plans have been announced to build a new power station in Peterhead PA Media

Policy · Glasgow

Glasgow firm seeks US approval for bee-friendly bioinsecticide

The Herald · 22h · 4 outlets

Perth

Polytag installs UV tag detection tech at Wyllie Recycling's Perth facility

Retail Technology Innovation Hub · 18h · 3 outlets

Research

NHS Tayside apology to patients after scientist's data breach

BBC Scotland News · 17h · 2 outlets

Growth · Aberdeen

Aberdeen Science Centre extends STEM laboratory partnership

Aberdeen Business News · 20h · 2 outlets · The story and its coverage

Report

Scots renewables ‘support 49,000 jobs, £15bn output’

Scottish Renewables · 31h · 8 outlets

Research · Aberdeen

Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University partners with William Nicol to use AI for waste data

Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce · 22h

Who just got funding

Kelvin Quantum wins £1.65m grant

28 Oct 2026 · Grant · Glasgow · University of Glasgow · Kelvin Quantum on ayeoh

Amplified Global wins £50k grant

27 Oct 2026 · Grant · Glasgow · Deadline News · Amplified Global on ayeoh

NestEgg wins £50k grant

27 Oct 2026 · Grant · Glasgow · Deadline News · NestEgg on ayeoh

Verifoxx wins £50k grant

27 Oct 2026 · Grant · Glasgow · Deadline News · Verifoxx on ayeoh

Finspector wins £50k grant

27 Oct 2026 · Grant · Glasgow · Deadline News · Finspector on ayeoh

That week on the record

OneAdvanced won a £2.18m contract from Moray Council for Award of Provision of Financial Management System.

Contract · 28 Oct · Find a Tender

ICS.AI won a £4.75m contract from Renfrewshire Council for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Transformation Programme.

Contract · 27 Oct · Public Contracts Scotland

The BBC proposed replacing the BBC Scotland broadcast channel with digital-only output in spring 2027.

Closure · 25 Oct · John O'Groat Journal

Bellrock Consulting appointed Kate Fife as senior bid manager, based in Leeds, to support growth across the North and Midlands.

Appointment · 24 Oct · Bdaily

Excelra took on the bioinformatics team and services of Fios Genomics.

Acquisition · 27 Oct · The Malaysian Reserve

ASCO hired its first chief AI officer to lead the technology change.

Appointment · 27 Oct · TheBusinessDesk.com

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