Microsoft has partnered with Nationwide during Black History Month to deliver a free online finance and digital skills event for BAME students. The event will take place on Wednesday, October 20, and young people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds will hear from business leaders about a variety of ways to achieve and maintain financial freedom.

JPMorgan Chase, which has a significant technology presence here in Scotland, recently shared a fascinating report on its global Tech for Social Good programme, which is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. Some of the figures quoted are extraordinarily impressive – more than 400,000 hours of volunteer hours from their employees over the last ten years delivering more than 1,300 projects and the result is that more than one million lives are impacted annually by the work the programme does. This is an amazing achievement over a sustained period and a cause for both congratulation and celebration.