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Challenges & opportunities facing your SME or start-up business

Challenges & opportunities facing your SME or start-up business

News, TORCH news 04/04/2022

The Data Lab’s TORCH advisors reflect on the lessons learned from 2 years of supporting some of Scotland’s most ambitious organisations Since its launch in March 2020, our TORCH team has helped over 30 businesses from a wide variety of sectors including (but in no means limited to) Travel & Hospitality, Comms & PR, Youth […]

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Helping the Oil & Energy industry make better safety decisions with Salus Technical

News, TORCH news 16/12/2021

Anyone working across Industrial sectors will know that safety checks are imperative to identifying potential hazards and operational problems. They’ll also know that these checks can be complex, labour intensive, and time consuming. Salus Technical got in touch with The Data Lab’s TORCH service to explore, validate, and challenge an idea for a new software/data […]

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ScotRail: Driving Business Objectives with Data

News, TORCH news 29/11/2021

Scotland’s Railway provider ScotRail has been operating since 1983. Recent accomplishments for the business have included the introduction of a new £370m fleet of 70 class 385 electric trains. Following a successful collaboration with The Data Lab’s Data Science Specialists in 2020, their Commercial Revenue team approached the Data Lab’s TORCH service for further support. The […]

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PDG Aviation: Building a bespoke data platform to improve aerial services

News, TORCH news 29/10/2021

PDG Aviation Services are the UK’s leading onshore helicopter operator, with most of their contract work coming from the aerial survey sector. Their existing bespoke systems were built on ageing technology and, as they looked to build a new data-driven asset integrity management solution, they turned to The Data Lab’s TORCH team for guidance. “There’s […]

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5 ‘stupid questions’ that businesses asked us about data that weren’t stupid at all

News, TORCH news 23/09/2021

Since launching in March 2020, our TORCH Business Advisory team have worked with 30+ Scottish based businesses to help them understand and work towards their data driven goals. Not everyone has been trained to think like a data solutions expert, and so it’s not surprising that these organisations have relied on our service to get […]

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Business Women’s Day – Meet the woman putting the ‘Spark’ into Scotland’s data projects

Culture & Values, News, TORCH news 20/09/2021

As the Business Development Executive (BD) for The Data Lab’s TORCH service, no two days are the same for Lauren Spark. Having worked across Scotland’s Data and Analytics space for years, Lauren’s goal is to understand The Data Lab customer’s specific needs and ensure their desired project is a success. But how did Lauren get […]

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Digital Developments for Tourism During Lockdown: Mercat Tours

News, TORCH news 10/09/2021

Scottish Tourism has taken a heavy hit since the Coronavirus crisis started to unfold. Edinburgh’s iconic castle saw visitor numbers drop by 87.2% (Source: Insider.co.uk) and many of the smaller attractions are still at risk of closing for good whilst the country battles to get back on its feet. Nobody could blame business owners for […]

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Job offers and growth plans for Peachy Mondays with TORCH

News, TORCH news 26/08/2021

We wanted to know what technology we could leverage to make better use of our data? And, what outputs can we get from it?” – Craig Bartholomew, Peachy Mondays Technical Director   Leading employee feedback platform, Peachy Mondays, already had a clear idea of the systems they wanted to migrate towards to further their customer […]

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Dram Communications is making the world a better place with data

News, TORCH news 13/08/2021

 … what’s really got us excited is the community benefit focus; an opportunity to do the right thing by using data to help solve societal issues in a more sophisticated way.   Dram Communications (DC) is an independently owned, corporate communications business based in Scotland. A lot of their work involves developing evidence for clients […]

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Hotelfone collaborates with TORCH to transform business-support systems

News, TORCH news 07/06/2021

 … it wasn’t that (Hotelfone) was stuck for ideas, they were overflowing with ideas, to such an extent that they were almost trying to make the system do things that were now beyond its capabilities. – Margery McConnell, TORCH Senior Solutions Architect   Hotelfone are a market leader in delivering bespoke reservation services for Independent […]

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