Jan 18 2019 Jobs boost expected in games industry Categories: Technology A recent survey carried out by TIGA – the games industry trade association – shows that over 75% of games businesses expect to grow their staff numbers during 2019, and over 60% believe that the business environment is favourable to the video games industry. As in previous surveys, the biggest barriers to growth were obtaining more
Jan 9 2019 We have secured over £16 million of tax savings for clients Categories: TaxationTechnology We have claimed over £16M of Research and Development tax credits for our clients, having recently secured our 300th claim which can potentially apply to any companies developing or creating new products, innovations or processes. Managed by our specialist team of seven, we handle over 65 claims each year. During the last eight years, we have more
Nov 20 2018 Games Industry to share in ‘Creative Cluster’ Funding Categories: Technology Dundee will receive a share of an £80 million investment aiming to boost productivity and jobs in the UK’s creative industries. Led by the Arts and Humanities Research Council within UKRI, the £80 million “first-of-its-kind” investment will see nine of the UK’s best performing creative businesses come together with researchers and organisations to explore new more
Oct 15 2018 Grant awarded to University Scientist Categories: Technology Dr Davide Bulgarelli, a plant scientist at Dundee University has recently been awarded two grants, each exceeding £620,000, from the European Commission and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to assist with his research into sustainable food production. Dr Bulgarelli, a principal investigator at the Division of Plant Sciences based at the James Hutton Institute, more
Aug 3 2018 Ambitious attitude in life science sector Categories: Technology Achieving scale and being ambitious are the main priorities for organisations operating within the Life Science sector according to a recent survey carried out by Life Sciences Scotland. Nearly a quarter of the businesses taking part said that increasing turnover was their main focus. Collaboration to take plans to the next level and turning intellectual more
Jun 1 2018 Dundee professor receives funding for food review Categories: Technology A professor at Dundee University is to receive funding to carry out research into crop-killing diseases. Diseases cause approximately 40% of overall crop losses worldwide. Professor Paul Birch who heads up the plant sciences department will receive almost €2.5 million from the European Research Council for his work over the next 5 years. It is more
May 25 2018 TechNation report says Dundee worth over £200m to economy Categories: Technology The annual TechNation report recently published stated that the Dundee technology sector was worth over £200 million to the Economy and supported over 2,500 jobs in 2017. The support of both Abertay and Dundee universities were highlighted as the greatest strength of the local sector. The biggest challenge was considered to be the recruitment of more
May 3 2018 Government funding available for resource efficiency improvements Categories: Technology The Scottish Government has announced an additional incentive to their interest free loans available to SME’s to improve resource efficiency. For a limited time the interest free loans will also invite a 30% cashback on completion of the projects (up to a maximum of £10,000). Example of measures which could be funded are: Lighting improvements more