Daily edition · Saturday 7 November 2026

Scottish tech news, Saturday 7 November 2026

The ayeoh front page as it stood at 6:41am that morning: the lead, the top stories, the money and the record.

Growth · Highlands

Leap pursues regular rocket launches from Sutherland Spaceport in Scottish Highlands

Colorado-based Leap is looking at the spaceport near Tongue as its first launch site outside of the US.

BBC Scotland News · Highlands · 21h · 16 outlets

Top stories

Deal · Edinburgh

21CC Group buys SkyShows to expand drone fleet in £2.1m plan

The Herald · 31h · 6 outlets · The story and its coverage

MD 21CC Group, Geoff Crow and Clive Coombes OBE, Founder of SkyShows

Growth · Glasgow

University of Glasgow launches Singapore fund to help MedTech firms expand internationally

University of Glasgow · 43h · 7 outlets · The story and its coverage

University of Glasgow MedTech Innovation Singapore Fund

Western Isles

SSEN Transmission breaks ground on Lewis Hub to connect 1.8GW of Western Isles renewable power

BBC Scotland Business · 39h · 5 outlets

Marking the start of main construction on the Lewis Hub. From left to right: Hamish Seaton, RJ McLeod; Sandy Mactaggart, Director of Offshore Delivery, SSEN Transmission; Kenneth

Glasgow

Microchip reunites Glasgow cat with owner after nearly 500 days missing

Glasgow Live · 23h · 2 outlets · The story and its coverage

Growth · Highlands

Emma Brady launches flower vending machine in Highlands

Inverness Courier · 14h

Galashiels

Wind farm to supply clean power to tens of thousands of households for three decades

Border Telegraph · 15h

Police Scotland showcases live facial recognition technology as Scotland weighs adoption

Biometric Update · 2d · 2 outlets · The story and its coverage

Growth · Ayr

OnPath Energy brings 200+ businesses together for £2bn East Ayrshire wind contracts

Energy-pedia · 3d · 7 outlets

Policy · Fife

Fife Council considers pilot to let flatdwellers charge electric cars at home

Fife Today · 3d · 2 outlets

Who just got funding

TH₂ISTLE wins a grant of €9m (£7.69m)

6 Nov 2026 · Grant · Aberdeen · Silicon Scotland · TH₂ISTLE on ayeoh

Spacelabs Healthcare gets £8.7m public support

6 Nov 2026 · Public support · Edinburgh · Scottish Enterprise · Spacelabs Healthcare on ayeoh

Insect Café raises £160k

3 Nov 2026 · Edinburgh · The Ventures Lab · 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

That week on the record

Link Group opened a tender for Replacement of Corporate Telephony and Contact Centre Environment, worth £1.5m; bids close 23 Nov.

Contract · 6 Nov · Public Contracts Scotland

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

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

21CC Group acquired Edinburgh-based SkyShows as part of a £2.1 million plan to expand its drone fleet and deliver larger aerial displays.

Acquisition · 6 Nov · The Herald

AAB acquired financial delivery firm Abacai, which will join AAB's office of the chief financial team.

Acquisition · 5 Nov · Scottish Financial News

Today's Scottish tech news on the front page

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