The Recovery Loan Scheme, a new scheme to support access to finance for UK businesses as they recover and grow following the pandemic has now opened for applications. The scheme, announced at the Budget on 3 March 2021, is scheduled to run until 31 December 2021, subject to review. The Read more…
The ONS has just released the latest publication of weighted Scotland estimates and findings for Scottish businesses with 10 + employees. The ONS’ BICS is a voluntary fortnightly business survey, which captures businesses’ responses on how their turnover, workforce, prices, trade and business resilience have been affected by current conditions, Read more…
An additional £1.2 billion for Scotland through the Barnett formula and measures to grow a greener and more sustainable future. This is in addition to the additional £1.1 billion announced on 15th February bringing the total during the pandemic to £10.9 billion. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be Read more…
The latest statistics published by Scottish Enterprise reveal that in 2020, there were 361,875 SMEs providing 1.2 million jobs. Their Economic Trends report covering November 2020 to January 2021 revealed that 40% of businesses (survey total 171 businesses) think that the Scottish economy will weaken over the next 6 months Read more…
STEVE ROBERTS OF AVATAR VEHICLES What was your first job after leaving school/further education? I worked picking bananas on a Kibbutz in Israel for 5 months before joining the Army. When did you start your business & what prompted you to do it? I started it in late 2006 after Read more…
LISA THOMSON OF PURPOSE HR What was your first job after leaving school/further education? I’d studied French and Politics at University and had planned to join the Civil Service (foreign office) but although I passed the entry academic exams I was rejected based on psychometric assessments. So I had to Read more…
We were recently delighted to welcome Carole Leslie of Ownership Associates as a member of our Executive Team. Following a diverse career in telecoms, sales, marketing, recruitment, IT and wine, Carole became involved in business ownership and succession planning when the business where she was Commercial Director became one of Read more…
DAVID ARNOT OF MATHESON HUNTER What was your first job after leaving school/further education? Before accepting a position as a Project Engineer with ABB Engineering Services in the northeast of England, after university I worked a session at Sunshine Village Ski Resort in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. When did you Read more…
MHAIRI COCHRANE OF LILYPADS What was your first job after leaving school/further education? Since graduating from University this year (2020), I have started working full time for Lilypads. Lilypads was founded by myself and my co-founder when I was still at University. I have moved from balancing it with my Read more…
WICUS VAN BILJON OF BUSINESS DOCTORS What was your first job after leaving school/further education? Financial Manager When did you start your business & what prompted you to do it? We started our original business in South Africa in March 2007 mainly due to my daughter thinking I worked at Read more…