Australian financial services company to create 300 jobs in Edinburgh with global technology centre City Talk Beginning life with some clever software on a computer in a kitchen table in the suburbs of Melbourne in the late 1970s, Computershare has since grown to employ 16,000 people and serve 125 million customers around the world. Despite this astronomical growth, the company has never lost its ‘start up’ culture of pushing the boundaries [...]
Edinburgh Airport signs ground-breaking Beijing partnership amid £80m expansion City Talk Edinburgh Airport has signed a ground-breaking partnership agreement with Beijing Capital International Airport, whilst also beginning work on an £80m expansion. Edinburgh Airport, Scotland’s largest carried 12.3m passengers in 2016 and is on track to surpass that record-breaking year in 2017. Since being sold to infrastructure fund Global Infrastructure Partners in 2012, it has grown [...]
Edinburgh Festivals’ legacy reaching every corner of the globe City Talk Edinburgh conjures up many images and emotions – from its landmarks and geography, architecture, history and role as muse, to countless original thinkers over the centuries. A UNESCO World Heritage site; the original UNESCO City of Literature; one of Europe’s most influential financial service centres; a thriving, cosmopolitan student city … but one reputation outshines [...]
Hong Kong based IOHK invests in Blockchain research lab July 12, 2017 A Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency research and development company is investing in a research laboratory at The University of Edinburgh's School of Informatics. IOHK is a global company of 70 people, incorporated in Hong Kong. Its researchers and developers work remotely in countries from South America to Japan, where it also has a small office. It [...]
A fintech cluster greater than the sum of its parts June 26, 2017 One of Europe’s largest financial centres and an international technology hub, Edinburgh will play a leading role in driving the UK’s £20bn fintech industry and shaping a fast-moving global industry. Edinburgh’s financial credentials are beyond question. As the UK's second largest financial services centre, and the fourth largest in Europe, the city claims the lion’s [...]
Tech accelerator launched to help nurture ‘unicorns’ June 26, 2017 A new tech accelerator has been launched in Edinburgh to help nurture Scotland’s next generation of billion-dollar ‘unicorns’. Seed Haus is a pre-seed tech accelerator that provides founders with capital investment, software access at reduced or zero cost and mentorship from top-tier tech founders and professionals. This support package is geared towards customer acquisition, online [...]
