Edinburgh at the heart of the global revolution in digital healthcare driven by science fiction November 28, 2016 From the work of HG Wells to Arthur C Clarke, science fiction visionaries have predicted all manner of technological advances. Just look at the 2002 cyberpunk thriller, Minority Report. Facial recognition, personalised advertising, predictive crime fighting, gesture control, driverless cars – sound familiar? Yet some technologies have remained tantalisingly beyond our reach…until now. As Star [...]
£3bn student economy is key to attracting future investment October 27, 2016 In considering what drives modern economies and shapes the best and most successful cities, Richard Florida now advocates ‘quality of place’ as the benchmark to replace quality of life. As one of the leading theorists on modern life, and author of several books about the 'creative class', his opinion counts. Investors are already used to [...]
Wearable health tech firm Dexcom will redefine what is possible in managing personal healthcare October 17, 2016 Digital healthcare has emerged as one of the central tenets of what’s been described by the World Economic Forum as the fourth industrial revolution. Technology has the ability to transform not only clinical diagnosis and treatments, but also empower individuals to take greater control over their own health. Take the subject of diabetes management. In [...]
A toast to Edinburgh’s ‘Flat White Economy’ as tech firms are lured north September 13, 2016 The burgeoning ‘Flat White Economy’ is likely to play a vital role in the future of the post-Brexit UK economy. Now the second largest business sector in the UK, it accounts for 8.7 per cent of GDP. The term, originally penned to capture the explosion of digital businesses in London’s EC1V postal district, is spreading [...]
Fast growing fantasy sports firm FanDuel scores big in the US and launches UK fantasy football product September 7, 2016 Daily fantasy sports provider, FanDuel, epitomises Edinburgh’s new generation of high growth, disruptive digital businesses capitalising on the city’s rising reputation as a world-leading tech cluster. Since 2009, FanDuel has been on an incredible journey, which, in recent years, has seen the business revolutionise the daily fantasy sports market in North America. With operations in [...]
Five must visit Edinburgh gin bars August 14, 2016 If it's world-class gin that you're after, then look no further than Edinburgh. It will come as no surprise that Edinburgh has its fair share of whisky bars. Gin, however, has become increasingly popular and Scotland's capital is not only home to some of the country's best gin distilleries, but it also has a number [...]
Here’s why Edinburgh is the perfect place to launch a gin brand August 14, 2016 Fancy a tipple with a twist? With the growth of fashionable speak-easy style gin bars, Edinburgh has witnessed a renaissance of gin distilling within the city. Premium brands such as Pickering’s Gin and Edinburgh Gin have been at the heart of a global explosion in Scottish gin sales, with the latter recently opening a new [...]
How Edinburgh is driving the fintech revolution August 14, 2016 According to recent figures published by Innovate Finance, global investment in fintech has rocketed from $930m in 2008 to $12.5bn in 2015, with recognised tech clusters such as Edinburgh supporting London’s global dominance. Fintech is, to coin a phrase, white hot right now. It’s not only empowering new start-ups with the ability to launch disruptive [...]
Here’s why Edinburgh is the perfect place to launch a gin brand August 14, 2016 Fancy a tipple with a twist? With the growth of fashionable speak-easy style gin bars, Edinburgh has witnessed a renaissance of gin distilling within the city. Premium brands such as Pickering’s Gin and Edinburgh Gin have been at the heart of a global explosion in Scottish gin sales, with the latter recently opening a new [...]
