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 [...]
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Family Friendly Working Scotland
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 [...]
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Living Wage Scotland
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 [...]
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Scottish Business Pledge
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 [...]
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Business Gateway
Business Gateway is a business advice service which offers assistance to both entrepreneurial-minded people with ideas and also existing companies.
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Princes Trust Scotland
The Prince’s Trust is Scotland’s leading youth charity which supports unemployed or underemployed young people into self-employment.
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DSL Business Finance
DSL Business Finance provides loans to start-ups and growing businesses that cannot access loans from traditional sources.
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Grameen Scotland Foundation
Grameen Scotland Foundation provides micro-credit loans for you if you would like to set-up a family or social interest company.
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Tontine
Tontine supports businesses in the creative industry, it can give you access to events, co-working spaces, workshops and conference rooms.
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Skills Development Scotland
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is Scotland’s national skills body that can support you to build employability skills.
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Tourism Marketing Agency
Tourism Marketing Agency can support your digital media strategy or better yet, it can help you make and carry out one.
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CodeClan
CodeClan can teach you the digital skills you need and can enable you to be a key player in the Scottish tech scene.
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Clockwise Offices Ltd.
Clockwise Offices is a co-working space that can give you a flexible membership and access to meeting rooms.
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Scottish Enterprise High Growth Ventures
New businesses at the early stages of their journey are offered engagement with the High Growth Ventures team as they support innovation driven enterprises from start up to scale up.
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Wasps Studios
Wasps Studios operate and manage eighteen workspaces across Scotland for creatives.
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Women’s Enterprise Scotland
Women’s Enterprise Scotland is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company which works to create an entrepreneurial environment where women-led businesses can flourish.
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Construction Scotland Innovation Centre
Industry-led Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) links together businesses, university experts and public sector providers, including Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Development International.
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Just Enterprise
Just enterprise is a consortium formed from Scotland’s key social enterprise support agencies. Collectively, they provide expert start-up, business support and business recovery to organisations across Scotland.
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LESL (Lanarkshire Enterprise Services Ltd)
Lanarkshire Enterprise Services is an enterprise trust that aims to provide specialty business support to help businesses succeed.
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Scottish EDGE
Scottish EDGE is an outstanding business competition that could enhance your innovative business with up to £150k.
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Talent Spark
Talent Spark is an online recruitment platform that helps bring start-ups and talent together.
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Shell Springboard
Shell Springboard is for you if you have a low-carbon innovative idea, Shell Springboard is a competitive funding opportunity but the winner can receive up to 150K in grant.
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Santander Universities
Santander helps you get access to funding for your business or even for your first employee, also running Entrepreneurship Awards.
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Scottish Institute for Enterprise
Online hub providing you as a student or educator with all the student focussed enterprise activity happening in Scotland, helping inspire and develop enterprise skills and the future of Scottish entrepreneurship.
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Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Enterprise works to support business and industry to help create more jobs, promote business growth and international success.
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Scottish Chambers of Commerce
As the umbrella organisation for 26 local Chambers, the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) collectively form a powerful business network.
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Entrepreneurial Spark
Entrepreneurial Spark is a team which facilitates entrepreneurial thinking and mindsets. If you are an entrepreneur or intrapreneur looking to create positive social change then Entrepreneurial Spark can help.
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LINC Scotland
LINC Scotland is the national association for business angels in Scotland, with a membership that can help you meet the leaders of the Scottish finance industry.
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Entrepreneurial Scotland
Entrepreneurial Scotland is a member network and leadership development organisation providing opportunities for like-minded ambitious individuals to share experiences and develop their leadership skills.
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BRIDGE 2 BUSINESS
Bridge2Business is a programme for college students that can help you gain entrepreneurial skills and connect with like-minded students.
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Cultural Enterprise Office
Cultural Enterprise Office sits within the new cross section of Culture, Enterprise and Business supporting creative thinkers, makers and doers. CEO is Scotland’s dedicated business support for the Creative Industries. This highlights the importance Scotland places on the development of the Creative Industries. The main aims of the CEO is Read more [...]