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 SME Brexit Support Fund provided by HRMC gives SMEs up to £2,000 to help with training or professional advice, if your business has up to 500 employees and no more than £100 million annual turnover. You can use the grant for training on: how to complete customs declarations. how 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
We’re delighted to hear that Corporate members docs 24 have been named one of the top 50 employers in the Silicon Review, a US Publication based in New Jersey. Jim Rae, docs24 CEO, commented: “We at docs24 are so pleased to be voted one of the 50 best places to Read more…
EOGHAN COLGAN OF CONTINULUS Eoghan was the very worthy winner of our COVID-19 Scottish SME Best Pivot Service Award. What was your first job after leaving school/further education? I studied Medicine at Queens’ University in Belfast. When I qualified (2001), I worked as a JHO (Junior Doctor) for a year Read more…
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