What Really Happens When UK Tech Companies Are Taken Over?

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Insights from 423 acquisitions across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Cambridgeshire and selected UK tech clusters By Janice Grant Shaw, Company Connecting View the Infographic here. Introduction:The Part of the Story We Rarely See For more than a decade, I’ve been researching and classifying technology companies: who they are, what they do, how they evolve, and ultimately … Read more

Northern Ireland’s Tech Sector 2025: A Data-Driven Snapshot

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A Structured View of a Small but Steady Digital Ecosystem Based on Company Connecting’s November 2025 dataset Northern Ireland’s technology sector presents a distinctive profile: small in scale, grounded in long-established companies, and defined by practical digital capability rather than widespread deep-tech innovation. Company Connecting’s structured dataset, built from detailed company-by-company review, offers a clear … Read more

Scotland’s Tech Sector 2025: A Data-Driven Snapshot

Scotlands Technology Companies November 2025 Skills Word Cloud

Scotland’s technology sector continues to evolve as dynamic, diverse, and quietly innovative. Based on Company Connecting’s uniquely structured November 2025 dataset, this updated infographic reveals how the country’s digital ecosystem is shaped by small companies, long-term resilience, and pockets of world-class innovation. A Sector Defined by Agility Data from Company Connecting shows that 77% of … Read more

AI and ML Adoption in the Scottish Tech Sector: A 2025 Data Snapshot

An in-depth analysis of AI and machine learning adoption in Scotland’s tech sector. Explore how 591 companies are using AI — and what it tells us about innovation, size, and sector trends.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are everywhere — in headlines, funding rounds, and company taglines. But what’s the reality behind the buzz in Scotland’s tech sector? At Company Connecting, we analysed 2,497 active Scottish tech companies across IT, engineering, biotech, recruitment, and digital platforms. From that group, we identified 591 companies that reference AI or … Read more

Let’s look at Cambridgeshire IT and Tech companies 2024

Word cloud of skills for tech companies in Cambridgeshire

Company Connecting 2024 Infographic Series This week we completed our latest review of technology companies in Cambridgeshire technology companies. The last update was in 2017. There are a number of very high tech companies in the region and it also looks like there is considerable investment and growth. Only 20% of the companies have been … Read more

Let’s compare Edinburgh tech companies 2021 and 2024

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Company Connecting 2024 Infographic Series In 2021 we published an infographic on 645 Edinburgh Technology companies. We continually update our information and have added all the companies up to December 2022. (We have to give companies time to get established). The latest infographic provides information on 609 technology companies in the City of Edinburgh Council … Read more

Scotland Tech and IT Companies: Company Connecting 2024 companies

Infographic of Scottish Technology companies This is the first in the Company Connecting 2024 series of infographics. We have updated all of our data on Scottish Technology companies to include the Scottish companies registered in 2022. We have over 5,000 companies on the database of which 2,462 are based in Scotland. We also have details … Read more