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“Most firms are still testing AI rather than relying on it.”

Sources
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Daily edition · Monday 9 November 2026

Scottish tech news, Monday 9 November 2026

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

Top stories

21CC Group acquires SkyShows in £2.1m bid to dominate Scottish drone displays
Arnold Clark
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde performs over 1,000 daily scans to diagnose patients
The existing DataVita datacentre at Chapelhall, Airdrie. The extended project is to draw its power from the National Grid
UK government and Wild Ventures inject £60m into Unst spaceport
Scottish Government accelerates £44m digital ID scheme despite opposing UK plan
Duke-linked developer advances £2bn AI data centre facing emission fears

Research · Edinburgh

Scottish Mortgage cuts SpaceX stake and exits Tesla investment

Traders Union · 3d · 7 outlets

One of Musk's Earliest Backers Cashes Out: Scottish Mortgage Exits Tesla, Cuts SpaceX Stake to 11.1%

Growth · Highlands

US rockets firm eyes mothballed Highland spaceport

BBC · 3d · 2 outlets

US rockets firm could take over mothballed Highland spaceport

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

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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