Manufacturing Property Challenge Programme The Manufacturing Property Challenge Programme provides support for the development of industrial accommodation for manufacturers in Scotland. The programme is designed to address the shortage of modern, good quality, speculative, mid-size industrial buildings that are suitable for manufacturing occupiers.
As part of the first competitive call, we're investing £15 million and targeting mid-size industrial buildings (around 15,000 square feet) that are suitable for a variety of manufacturing occupiers. |
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Unleash The Power Of ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence To Grow Your Business Artificial Intelligence has been hitting the headlines recently, with the launch of ChatGPT already making waves in various industries.
ChatGPT and other similar AI applications use natural language processing to create humanlike conversational dialogue. The language model can respond to questions and compose various written content, including articles, social media posts, essays, code and emails.
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Record Inward Investment Secured A record number of Foreign Direct Investment projects were secured in 2023 in Scotland. According to EY’s annual independent analysis of inward investment, 142 projects were secured last year, an increase of 12.7 per cent on 2022 and double the rate of growth experienced across the UK.
Scotland’s share of UK Foreign Direct Investment projects increased for a fifth year in a row to 14.4 per cent. Investor perception of Scotland also increased, with 26 per cent of potential investors surveyed by EY saying they were planning to invest in Scotland – up from 19.2 per cent in 2022. Click here to find out more |
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Pathways to Scale - Female Founder Programme Pathways to Scale is a Scottish Enterprise programme to help women-led businesses get ready to grow. The programme will run from August to November 2024 and has space for 10 to 12 women who lead businesses in Scotland.
The programme is open to female founders and co-founders of established startup businesses that are around one to five years old.
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Magnum Launches £1 Million Production Facility In Kirkcaldy Scottish drinks brand, Magnum scotch malt whisky cream liqueur has launched the only global production and bottling centre of its kind in Kirkcaldy.
The dedicated cream production facility is already gearing up to distribute around 135,000 litres of Magnum across Scotland, the rest of the UK, Canada, the United States and South Africa in 2024. Click here to read the full story now |
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How To Create A Climate Action Plan For Businesses In The Tourism Sector VisitScotland has created a step-by-step guide to help you reduce the climate impact of your tourism business.
The guide includes a range of resources, with easy-to-follow actions to help you on your journey to becoming more sustainable. Take a look at the topics and see which are most useful for your business. Click here to find out more |
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Investment Fund for Scotland The Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) provides finance options to support new and growing businesses in Scotland.
The fund offers three commercial finance options: smaller loans of £25,000 to £100,000 debt finance of £100,000 to £2 million equity investment of up to £5 million Click here to find out more |
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GDPR For Businesses All businesses that handle personal data must comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Anyone who handles personal data – whether it belongs to customers or employees – needs to know about and follow the GDPR.
Read Business Gateway's free guide to find out more about what your business needs to do.
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Webinar - Finding, Keeping And Looking After Your Staff One of the most daunting challenges a business can face is the process of hiring employees, interviewing, payroll, pensions, contracts, remote working and more, it is a minefield for the business owner.
This webinar will allow you to have the key information in your possession to take on staff and look after your team.
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Enterprise Hub Fife, The Place To Do Business Enterprise Hub Fife opened its doors in Glenrothes seven years ago as a pioneering one stop shop to inspire entrepreneurs and boost business growth.
Now it has been refurbished to maximise the space to offer premium quality meeting rooms and office space.
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Firstport - Social Innovation Challenge The Social Innovation Challenge is a programme that funds and supports innovators to kick-start solutions that tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our time. The 2024 Social Innovation Challenge is focused on breaking barriers to better health and wellbeing.
They are looking to support new projects that can remove key barriers preventing individuals or communities from enjoying their right to health and wellbeing. Solutions should be focused on delivering long-term positive social impact directly to individuals or communities. Click here to find out more |
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Book Now for Fife Business EXPO Fife's premier Business EXPO will take place on 3rd October 2024 at Carnegie Conference Centre and presents Fife businesses with an excellent opportunity to promote their business and to learn from national experts through interactive seminars and masterclasses.
The event will feature an exhibition of over 40 local businesses as well as an exhibitors networking breakfast and an “Open Mic Elevator Pitch” area where exhibitors will take centre stage to promote their products in two minutes or less. Click here to find out more |
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