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Scotch whisky employees from around Speyside gathered at the Borough Briggs stadium today in support of a new responsible drinking campaign – Drink Positive. The alcohol education campaign, run in partnership between the Scottish Football Association and Diageo, aims to reach a million Scots with responsible drinking messaging. Using the ...

Scotland’s largest gaming event, Resonate Total Gaming, returns to SEC, Glasgow this week from 19 - 21 October promising the ultimate gaming experience whether you’re new to gaming or a pro. Back as a bigger event for its third year, the gaming festival has 10 distinct zones in three halls, including ...

His Royal Highness toured the distillery and met employees, including one who worked at Royal Lochnagar when the cask was filled in 1988, before tasting the whisky. The cask was originally a gift to His Royal Highness to mark the 140th anniversary of the first royal visit to Royal Lochnagar ...

Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, together with Google Cloud, today welcomed Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, Rt Hon Margot James MP to launch Atos' first artificial intelligence (AI) lab under the Atos and Google Cloud’s global partnership. The Atos AI lab in London will bring together expertise ...

The majority of Scots (58%) believe an increase in Scotch Whisky excise duty would show that the UK government doesn’t care about the future Scotland, a new poll has found. According to a Survation poll commissioned by the Scotch Whisky Association, over two thirds (68 percent) of the population also consider ...

Painstaking work will now begin to restore the original buildings, which date back almost two centuries to 1819, bringing the site back to life as a working distillery. Under the plans, the distillery’s historic stillhouse will be entirely dismantled before being meticulously rebuilt stone-by-stone so that it retains its original character ...

Summarising the case for the investment in and adoption of AI to enhance citizens’ lives and discussing the practical application of this technology as it approaches critical mass, Digital Vision for AI offers a range of expert views from within Atos and other leaders in the field, including industry body ...

This new paper in the Digital Vision programme, explores how innovation must be leveraged, from adopting data analysis to improve crop yields and monitor wildlife to using automation to optimise farm machinery – with featured technologies ranging from blockchain to High Performance Computing. Adrian Gregory, CEO, Atos UK&I, said: “For the ...

IMPACT30 has been designed to uncover a new generation of ambitious talent, offering bespoke support from industry experts to help drive the growth of their businesses. The 12-month fully funded business growth programme, part of HIE’s Northern Innovation Hub and a collaboration with leading consultancy firm Anderson Anderson and Brown (AAB), ...

Recycle Week, which takes place between 24 - 30 September, is the annual UK-wide campaign to raise awareness of the importance of recycling. Over the course of the week, Zero Waste Scotland will be encouraging people across the country to call time’s up on household plastic bottles, which are often ...