ScotlandIS, the trade body for Scotland’s digital technologies industry, has today unveiled the shortlist for its hotly contested 2018 Digital Technology Awards.
The awards, now in their eighth year, celebrate the wealth of talent and innovation in Scotland’s world-class digital technologies industry. This year the awards received a significant number of entries from a diverse range of companies, reflecting the strength of the sector.
The judging panel included experts, champions and influencers from across the digital technology industry.
Polly Purvis CEO of ScotlandIS said: “We are a small country with outstanding capabilities reflected in the diversity, scale and innovation of the companies on the shortlist. We’ve received entries from so many exciting companies who are growing, and developing new products and services in response to the opportunities created by the pace of change in the digital world, creating tough choices for the judges. The continued success of the industry is reflected in the awards, which highlight the wealth of opportunities available to those considering a career in this vibrant sector. ”
There are 12 trophies available this year including: Digital Technology Business of the Year, Outstanding Marketing Performance by a Tech Company and the Leadership Award.
The 2018 finalists are:
Best B2B Technology Product / Service
- Firefish
- Float
- FreeAgent
Best B2C Technology Product / Service
- Arnold Clark
- Frog Systems Ltd
- NeateBox Ltd
Best Financial Services Product / Service (sponsored by Avaloq)
- Beeks Financial Cloud
- FreeAgent
- ShareIn
Best Public Sector Product / Service
- NHS Education for Scotland in partnership with Connect Internet Solutions
- Mind of My Own
- NHS24
- StormID
Best Education Provider / Training Programme
- Apps for Good
- CodeClan
- The Data Lab
Outstanding Marketing Performance by a Tech Company
- Big Red Digital
- Ideagen
- Nucleus Financial
Transformational Innovation Through Data (sponsored by the DataLab)
- Meterology
- Previse
- Urban Tide
Digital Agency of the Year (sponsored by Search)
- Exclamation Marketing
- iProspect
- StormID
Leader of the Year (sponsored by Head Resourcing)
- Burness Paull LLP – Callum Sinclair
- iProspect – Anneli Ritari-Stewart
- ShareIn – Jude Cook
Emerging Digital Tech Business of the Year
- Cognative Geology
- Global Rugby Network
- Wallet Services
- Beringar
Small – Medium Digital Tech Business of the Year (sponsored by Net Talent)
- Beeks Financial Cloud
- Procure Wizard
- Waracle
Large Digital Tech Business of the Year
- Craneware
- Nucleus Financial
- Skyscanner
This year’s sponsors are Avaloq, Cathcart Associates, Digit, The Data Lab, Head Resourcing, Search and Net Talent.
Visit https://www.scotlandis.com/digitaltech2018/get-involved/ to find out more about the awards and how to attend the event.