As Gillian also heard in compiling the Business Scotland programme, there are significant success stories in the sector - the rapid growth of Skyscanner, based in central Edinburgh and using some very smart software to eat up share of the vast online airline ticket booking market.

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Once secure place that stores all of the data you have to use when you shop, buy an airline ticket, go online to your favorite social networks, etc.

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