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BE Group Debt Finance Scotland manage a £12m loan fund for the Scottish Government which launched in January 2019. The fund is part funded by the EU and aims to support the growth ambitions of Scottish SMEs. The loans are between £25,000 – £100,000 with a 3 year term and Read more [...]

ScotlandIS is the membership and cluster management organisation for Scotland’s digital technologies industry. We’re at the heart of Scotland’s digital economy, shaping, changing and driving it forward. ScotlandIS works with members and partners to support the wider digital transformation of business and society. They provide their members with connections up, Read more [...]

Set up in 2005 as the social investment arm of The Big Issue, Big Issue Invest exists to further The Big Issue’s activities and reach by financing the growth of sustainable social enterprises and charities. Our goal is to continue supporting organisations that are seeking to make a positive difference Read more [...]

WeDO Scotland is an exclusive support and networking membership organisation providing growth acceleration and peer-to-peer learning for Scotland’s most ambitious entrepreneurs & business leaders. Their focus is on promoting business growth and strengthening competitive advantage. WeDO supports their members through facilitating introductions, giving guidance and collaborating with one another. Members Read more [...]

Glasgow City of Science and Innovation is a facilitation organisation at the heart of the West of Scotland’s innovation ecosystem, with over 90 diverse partners. Our vision is to work smarter, in partnership, to raise the profile of Glasgow and the West of Scotland as a world-class science destination and Read more [...]

Scotland for EO is a leadership group, led by industry working in partnership with the public sector. It will have a championing, influencing and facilitating role with the aim of building a stronger, larger and more confident employee ownership (EO) community in Scotland. Under the strapline ‘Employees CAN DO Ownership’, Read more [...]

Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS) is the arm of Scottish Enterprise working in partnership with Highlands and Islands Enterprise that supports company growth through collaborative and employee ownership business models. It also works in partnership with other organisations to support the development of community co-operatives such as renewable energy and broadband. Read more [...]

Galvanise Capital provides equity investment for early-stage tech businesses, typically focusing on businesses in the marketing technology, advertising technology and data and analytics spaces, including businesses built around AI and machine learning. Galvanise operates across the UK, from its headquarters in Edinburgh, and has portfolio companies across Scotland and London. The founders Read more [...]

Roslin Innovation Centre forms part of an exciting new £30 million multi-purpose and multi occupancy development at the centre of the University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Campus. Connecting clinical teaching, research and commercialisation in a space designed to inspire innovation and collaboration, Roslin Innovation Centre attracts bioscience businesses keen to Read more [...]

Scottish Health Innovations Ltd (SHIL) work in partnership with NHS Scotland to identify, protect, develop and commercialise healthcare innovations to improve patient care. Their team use specialised knowledge to help bring new ideas and innovations from healthcare professionals to life. They provide expert services including intellectual property advice and protection, Read more [...]

Are you interested in finding new solutions and ideas for your organisation? Open Innovation challenges, ran by Scottish Enterprise, can help you define and publish your challenge to our network of innovative companies. The team will help you develop your processes and implement your new ideas, and ensure you’re able to Read more [...]

All of Scotland’s 19 higher education institutions is set up to work with businesses and organisations, collaborating with around 20,000 Scottish businesses every year and another 10,000 from outside of Scotland in Research and Innovation. Scotland’s Universities have an excellent track record in successful commercialisation of world-class research; they can Read more [...]

The research pooling initiative was created by the Scottish Funding Council to encourage researchers across Scottish higher education to pool their resources and respond to increasing international competition. For the majority of pools the original SFC funding has now come to an end, however the research pools continue to contribute Read more [...]

Taste Our Best is an accreditation scheme which celebrates businesses who serve up locally sourced, quality food and drink. With over 1000 businesses already part of the scheme, there is no shortage of incredible dishes, drinks and produce on offer wherever you are in the country! Being a Taste Our Read more [...]

Family Friendly Working Scotland works with employers, government, families and others to promote a flexible and family friendly working culture. This is a way of working which delivers business success enabling working families to have a good balance between work and family life. Spanning boundaries between private, public and third Read more [...]

Living Wage accreditation celebrates employers that choose to go further than the government minimum. The Living Wage employer mark is awarded to Scottish employers as a symbol of responsible business practice. Living Wage accreditation celebrates employers that choose to go further than the government minimum. Research shows that paying the Read more [...]

The Scottish Business Pledge is a values-led partnership between Government and business. It is a shared ambition of boosting productivity, competitiveness, sustainable employment, and workforce engagement and development. It is built on a voluntary code of business practice which you can use to guide and boost the future development of Read more [...]

Business Gateway is a business advice service which offers assistance to both entrepreneurial-minded people with ideas and also existing companies.

British Business Bank focuses on making finance markets work better for smaller businesses.

This is a peer group for women entrepreneurs who want to be challenged.

Impact Hub prides itself on being globally connected but also locally rooted in each location.

The EY Foundation is an independent registered charity, supporting young people facing barriers to employment and further education.

The Northern Innovation Hub was developed to help SMEs in the Highland Council area to improve their businesses.

Better Business Finance provides impartial information and support to your business looking to develop and grow; whether the business is seeking finance, starting out or exporting abroad they can help you.

The goal is to help you enable, accelerate and succeed your business - you are the focus.

This fintech hub provides free space and expertise within the Entrepreneurial Hub at Royal Bank of Scotland HQ for innovative fintech entrepreneurs and startups.

Scotland House can provide your business with a home away from home in London.

Can Do Places are a nurturing network whereby workshops and events are put on to help you make things happen.

Shoal's mission is to create a co-working network that connects every entrepreneurial ecosystem in the world.

Arts & Business Scotland is an independent Scottish charity which acts as a channel between the cultural and business sectors.

Adopt an Intern is an organisation which supports all sectors to access graduate talent of all ages, skill sets and backgrounds, including those returning to education.

Gearing for Growth was established to work with business leaders and companies to help them to realise their full potential and that of their business and team.

The Prince’s Trust is Scotland’s leading youth charity which supports unemployed or underemployed young people into self-employment.

Transmit Start-Ups provides loans up to 25K, if you are successful and get granted a loan you will also receive 1 year post-loan mentoring.

DSL Business Finance provides loans to start-ups and growing businesses that cannot access loans from traditional sources.

Grameen Scotland Foundation provides micro-credit loans for you if you would like to set-up a family or social interest company.

Business Loans Scotland can provide loans for your SME, which can help accelerate your business and prepare for international trading.

Social Enterprise Academy will support you on your journey of personal and skills development and will enable you to have a growing social enterprise.

Social Enterprise Scotland is Scotland’s national membership body and network for social enterprises, which can support and fund your social enterprise.

Social Firms Scotland is the national support body for Social Firms in Scotland, this organisation can support you if you would like to employ a vulnerable population.