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“SaxaVord Spaceport’s £60m has given Scottish space more in October alone than in all of 2025, on our record.”

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Daily edition · Saturday 31 October 2026

Scottish tech news, Saturday 31 October 2026

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

Top stories

Event · Paisley

More than 260 free digital events coming to Renfrewshire this November

Renfrewshire Council · 19h · 6 outlets

MP helps Ayrshire students take flight in aviation careers

Growth · Shetland

SaxaVord finalises £60m funding for rocket launches

Shetland News · 16d · 4 outlets · The story and its coverage

Aerial view of a rocky coastal headland with grassy terrain, a cleared construction site, a white building and yellow barriers, surrounded
Cameron takes control at critical point for digital drive
Star Refrigeration makes advanced pipe bending capability available to UK industry

Alliance shares five apps, tools and resources for 20th anniversary

Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland · 18h

Alliance shares five apps, tools and resources for 20th anniversary

Who just got funding

SaxaVord raises £60m

29 Oct 2026 · Growth · Unst · Shetland News · SaxaVord Spaceport on ayeoh

Entrepreneurial Scotland raises £120k

28 Oct 2026 · Glasgow · The Herald · Entrepreneurial Scotland on ayeoh

Kelvin Quantum wins £1.65m grant

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

Pure Water International raises £200k

28 Oct 2026 · Firstport

Amplified Global wins £50k grant

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

That week on the record

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

Closure · 31 Oct · Companies House

Content Guru won a £1.87m contract from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for 2627 DS008 Cloud Contact Centre.

Contract · 30 Oct · Public Contracts Scotland

Turner & Townsend won a £205k contract from East Lothian Council for Musselburgh Flood Protection Scheme- Design Manager for Stage 6.

Contract · 29 Oct · Find a Tender

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

Acquisition · 27 Oct · The Malaysian Reserve

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

Closure · 25 Oct · John O'Groat Journal

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

Appointment · 27 Oct · TheBusinessDesk.com

Today's Scottish tech news on the front page

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