Mobile art

IT is a widely known that Benny Higgins, outgoing chief executive of Tesco Bank, is a lover of the arts. Indeed, the Glasgow-born banker is the chairman of the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS).

That passion has been filtered down to grassroots level by the lender, which has just launched the Tesco Bank Art Competition or Schools 2017-18. The competition, which Tesco runs with NGS, attracts thousands of entries from children around Scotland every year. And this year pupils can chose to create their works on digital tablets and computers for the first time.

With so much banking taking place online these days, it seems like a logical move.

Digital deeds

WITH Scotland quite rightly lauded for its innovation in computer science, the next generation of technological geniuses are being given a helping hand thanks to digital skills charity Digital Xtra Fund.

The charity has teamed up with BT to help make computing science activities available to young people, particularly girls and young women, and is calling on other businesses to follow suit.

The Digital Xtra Fund supports activities which inspire young people to understand and create with digital technologies, not just how to use them. It aims to foster the next generation of digital whizzes, providing the skills needed to help drive Scotland’s economy.

With the economy needing all the help it can get, it sounds like a good idea to us.