{"id":55119,"date":"2025-10-01T23:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/55119\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T23:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:04:09","slug":"tech-projects-to-receive-share-of-government-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/55119\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech projects to receive share of government fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u00a31m of total funding will pay for the entire tech programme, with the 14 projects making up \u00a3420,000 of that investment.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson from DSIT told BBC News the money for ScotlandIS will provide targeted support and the creation of peer-led support networks for tech entrepreneurs and micro-businesses in rural areas, particularly in the Highlands and Islands.<\/p>\n

Game Space, meanwhile, will deliver a support programme for early-stage Scottish games startups including workshops and help to attract investment.<\/p>\n

Nathalie Cutting a trustee at Game Space, said they were “thrilled” to have been awarded funding.<\/p>\n

She added: “The games sector plays a vital role in Dundee and across Scotland, and it’s crucial that early-stage entrepreneurs are able to learn from industry and business specialists while building the kind of supportive community that helps businesses grow together over time. <\/p>\n

“This funding gives us the opportunity to make that happen.”<\/p>\n

Other projects to benefit from the funding include an entrepreneurship scheme in Lancashire, and a artificial intelligence (AI) innovation challenge in Wales.<\/p>\n

The announcement follows DSIT’s pledge to designate the north east of England an AI growth zone, with the potential to create thousands of jobs <\/a>at Blyth in Northumberland and Cobalt Park in North Tyneside.<\/p>\n

Kanishka Narayan MP, a minister for AI and online safety for the UK government, said: “We want UK tech to grow and succeed from any and every corner of the country. <\/p>\n

“It’s a no-brainer that supporting projects like these, and encouraging more investment across the UK, will catalyse our tech brilliance to boost economic growth and opportunities for communities nationwide.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u00a31m of total funding will pay for the entire tech programme, with the 14 projects making up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[138,336,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-55119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}