Daily edition · Thursday 5 November 2026

Scottish tech news, Thursday 5 November 2026

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

Deal · Edinburgh

The Insect Café secures £160,000 from Catalyst Fund for cricket protein powder

The Edinburgh foodtech firm will use the funding to scale production of Nahla's Insect Nutrition and launch it in early 2027.

Firstport · Edinburgh · 33h · 6 outlets · The story and its coverage

Top stories

Policy · Edinburgh

Scottish Government convenes industry leaders to unlock £23bn AI economic boost

Scottish Financial Review · 2d · 8 outlets · The story and its coverage

Policy

Officials told John Swinney to withhold Alexander Dennis announcement after election

Daily Record · 2h · 3 outlets

Growth · Glasgow

Barclays opens Glasgow Innovation Hub to connect businesses and investors

TheBusinessDesk.com · 22h · 4 outlets · The story and its coverage

Policy

Campaigner urges SNP to let Scots vote on AI data centres after US backlash

The National · 15h · 2 outlets · The story and its coverage

Association of Convenience Stores backs Home Office facial recognition code

Scottish Local Retailer · 14h · 2 outlets · The story and its coverage

Growth · East Dunbartonshire

East Dunbartonshire Council launches grants to cut business emissions and boost digital skills

Glasgow Times · 19h

Edinburgh

Edinburgh Trams software update knocks out card machines and risks incorrect charges

The Edinburgh Reporter · 10h

Growth · North Lanarkshire

North Lanarkshire's Fyne Audio launches F1-10 Anniversary speaker at $50,000

Tech Times · 13h

Research · Argyll

Police Scotland warns drivers over fake parking payment stickers in Oban

The Highland Times · 20h

Who just got funding

Insect Café raises £160k

3 Nov 2026 · Edinburgh · Deadline News · Insect Café on ayeoh

Draconite wins £25k grant

3 Nov 2026 · Grant · Edinburgh · High Growth Scotland · Draconite on ayeoh

1nhaler raises £2.2m

3 Nov 2026 · Seed · Edinburgh · Archangels · 1nhaler on ayeoh

TH2ISTLE Project raises €9 million (£7.69m)

2 Nov 2026 · Aberdeen · Scottish Parliament: questions, motions and Official Report · TH2ISTLE Project on ayeoh

SaxaVord raises £60m

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

That week on the record

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

Closure · 5 Nov · Companies House

Entrust won a £264k contract from Registers of Scotland for RoS: PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Service Renewal.

Contract · 4 Nov · Find a Tender

ProQuest won a £200k contract from University of Strathclyde for Proquest Central Premium.

Contract · 3 Nov · Find a Tender

Mydex Data Services Community Interest Company has had liquidators appointed, according to a notice in The Gazette on 2 Nov.

Closure · 2 Nov · The Gazette

Jude McCorry announced she would step down as chief executive of the Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland after almost seven years.

Appointment · 2 Nov · FutureScot

Today's Scottish tech news on the front page

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