Pioneering programme delivers business support for underrepresented women in Edinburgh
A pioneering programme delivering business support for underrepresented women in Edinburgh will be showcased at an event in Scotland’s capital later today. The pi-lot programme ‘Bold Beginnings’ - delivered by Elevator in partnership with Busi-ness Gateway Edinburgh, supported by City of Edinburgh Council, and funding from the Scottish Government’s Pathways Fund - saw 48 women from the city’s Western Hailes and Muirhouse districts explore business skills and how to start their own ventures. Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes and Councillor Margaret Graham will feature at the Bold Beginnings showcase on Wednesday 25th March, meeting some of the women who [...]
Manufacturing Innovation Centre Moray (MICM) moves into operational phase as Elevator handed the keys
Manufacturing companies will soon be able to benefit from a new facility in Moray designed to drive innovation and support job creation. The Manufacturing Innovation Centre Moray (MICM) has been developed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and is based at Enterprise Park Forres. MICM is a Moray Growth Deal (MGD) project with more than £2.4m funding from UK Government, £1.8m from the Scottish Government, and £2.5m from HIE. The refurbished building was handed back to HIE today (19 March) by contractors Morrison Construction. The centre includes incubator space for start ups and project areas where established companies can [...]
Moray and the Basque Country: A shared manufacturing story and a choice about what comes next
By Rachel Ross Moray and the Basque Country sit well over a thousand miles apart, but economically they have more in common than many regions closer to home. Both are places shaped by manufacturing rather than finance. Both have a high proportion of family-owned firms, often passed down through the generations. Both sit outside the orbit of dominant capital cities, with businesses that have learned to be resilient, practical, and quietly ambitious. And both have faced the same underlying question over the past two decades: How do long-established manufacturing strengths remain competitive as energy systems, supply chains, and industrial [...]
A pioneering programme delivering business support for underrepresented women in Edinburgh will be showcased at an event in Scotland’s capital later today. The pi-lot programme ‘Bold Beginnings’ - delivered [...]
Manufacturing companies will soon be able to benefit from a new facility in Moray designed to drive innovation and support job creation. The Manufacturing Innovation Centre Moray (MICM) has [...]
By Rachel Ross Moray and the Basque Country sit well over a thousand miles apart, but economically they have more in common than many regions closer to home. Both [...]
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