The Data Lab, Scotland’s Innovation Centre for Data and AI, welcomes the recent Scottish Budget announcement to invest £321 million in enterprise agencies to help support productivity and innovation in Scotland. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy report on drivers of innovation and productivity in the UK shows that the further away from London […]
Scottish economy
Business experts cautiously optimistic about economic growth in Scotland and the UK
The Data Lab, Scotland’s data and AI innovation centre, hosted its first business breakfast exploring key factors impacting the economy. Speakers Dr Gary Gillespie, Chief Economic Advisor at the Scottish Government and Kirsty Brown, a member of The Data Lab’s Governance Board, highlighted that the economy continues to grow in spite of cyclical downturns, but […]
The Data Lab marks its first decade by generating £200m in additional revenue
Ahead of marking ten years since its inception, The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI, has published an impact report outlining its benefits to the Scottish economy and job creation. Boosting the data and AI sector The impact report outlines how The Data Lab has been central to generating £200m in additional […]