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‘Technology’ is the theme – which provides scope for considerable diversity in the articles. The infographics provide excellent insights into technology companies, whilst our Nutshells take a look at people working in or with technology. We also have more ‘social’ articles, with spotlights on graduates, and the changing face of technology.

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March 3, 2023
Starting out In the early 80s I started my career in IT as a trainee programmer working in a software bureau where the proportion of men and women were more or … Read more
November 9, 2021
Over the past few months Company Connecting has reviewed over 8,000 companies registered in Scotland with an IT classification. This means that we have looked at several thousand websites. It … Read more
October 28, 2021
We founded Company Connecting (CC) in October 2014 because we wanted to help IT tech companies talk with one another and to provide a showcase for these companies. We started … Read more

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March 22, 2023

So just how good is CHAT GPT ? We asked CHAT GPT three questions on the tech landscape in Scotland. The response is good but could be perceived as rather generic - without any real meat. It is certainly a useful starting point, and ... Read more

March 13, 2023

Every office needs a person with significant IT

Every office needs a person with significant IT understanding to provide IT support to employees and to make sure that the office, email platform, wifi network, and any other system your business uses are in place and ... Read more

March 13, 2023

Infographic of Technology Companies in Northern Ireland

Recently we completed our review of all the technology companies in Northern Ireland. We found 684 and have completed our first pass of research.

Northern Ireland has a strong technology ... Read more

March 5, 2023

Starting out

In the early 80s I started my career in IT as a trainee programmer working in a software bureau where the proportion of men and women were more or less equal. In fact, my second boss was female. In these early days we did ... Read more

Infographic

March 13, 2023

Infographic of Technology Companies in Northern Ireland

Recently we completed our review of all the technology companies in Northern Ireland. We found 684 and have completed our first pass of research.

Northern Ireland has a strong technology ... Read more

February 27, 2023

Infographic of 2,688 active and 862 dissolved Scottish Technology Companies

We have added all the Scottish companies registered up to December 2021. We will start to take a look at the 2022 companies shortly . There are 2,688 active Scottish technology companies with a website ... Read more

August 23, 2022

Infographic of Scottish Technology Companies

We have updated all of our data on Scottish Technology companies to include the Scottish companies registered up to March 2021. We still have some work to do on the skills, sectors and focus which we will complete in October. ... Read more

January 25, 2021

Infographic of Scottish Technology companies

This is the first in the Company Connecting 2020-2021 series of infographics. We have updated all of our data on Scottish Technology companies to include the Scottish companies registered in 2019. We have over 5,000 companies on the database of ... Read more

Nutshell

February 14, 2020

GoRoadie: From Startup to Success!

Experienced software developer and entrepreneur Michael Carr tells us about GoRoadie and a bit about himself.

What was the idea for GoRoadie?
Back in 2016, a friend of ours was a driving instructor and he was looking for more ... Read more

January 8, 2020

An Interview with Machine Learning Engineer Angus Addlesee

Our first nutshell of 2020 features Angus Addlesee of Wallscope. He is working in an interesting area, and combines innovative thinking with finding method of applying technology to help others.

I have worked for Wallscope for over 2 ... Read more

November 25, 2019

We continue our "In a Nutshell" with Alexandra Nima of The Sophisticated Geek


What do you do?


My breadmaking business offers copywriting and virtual assistant services, as well as social media management. I also do Business Walking Tours via AirBnb- because: being a ... Read more

November 25, 2019

We continue our "In a Nutshell" with Agron Elshani of Uprospr


What is UProspr and what do they do?

UProspr is a talent acquisition platform aiming to help employers make better hiring decisions and boost diversity in the workplace. We provide in-house ... Read more

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