Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the tech-enabled business critical services group, has announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Edinburgh-based Purpose HR. Purpose HR provides human resources (HR) advice and support to early stage and high growth investor-backed Read more…
We caught up with our 2019 Young Entrepreneur of the Year winner for the first of our ‘My Covid-19 Journey’ member interviews, Andrew Johnstone of Loft Boarding Scotland Ltd to hear how business has been for him during the pandemic Read more…
WeDO member Nicole Scott-McKie founded MTX Golf during the COVID-19 lockdown. Nicole is an ex-hockey internationalist who wanted to create tournaments, either exclusively for female golfers, or where female golfers were well represented.to provide a series of Doddie Drive events Read more…
The Help to Grow programme was announced by the Chancellor at the recent Budget and is a practical management training programme delivered by world-class business schools, accredited by the Small Business Charter. The aim is for the 35 UK schools Read more…
Since launching the Best British Tech Pioneer competition in 2013, KPMG has been celebrating and recognising the trailblazers, game changers and tech disruptors across the UK. They’ve been so inspired, awed and amazed by the talent and innovation they’ve seen 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 Read more…
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 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, 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 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 Read more…