NEW START // ISSUE 6 // 09
NEWS
IN BRIEF
BUSINESS DOCTOR ON
FUNDING BOOST FOR
TOURISM BUSINESSES
HAND TO HELP SMES
A new fund, aimed at
encouraging innovative
businesses ideas in the tourism
sector, was launched last
month.
Scottish Enterprise's Tourism
Innovation Fund will provide
match funding of up to
£30,000 and advice to help
companies develop new
products, services and
processes.
LIZ METIN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LEARNING
AND DEVELOPMENT AT GO GROUP
SCOTLAND’S SMES ARE ‘It is therefore vital, now more
BEING OFFERED A FREE
than ever, for companies to
BUSINESS MEDICAL, WITH
become forward thinking and
THE LAUNCH OF A NEW
prepare thoroughly for what lies
‘BUSINESS DOCTOR’
ahead. Go Group has designed
a programme of support that ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
SUPPORT PROGRAMME.
looks closely at the reality facing CENTRE OPENS ITS DOORS
Scottish businesses. Our aim is
Launched by the GO Group,
to prepare business owners with A state of the art centre that
the new initiative is aimed at
tailored advice, to help them aims to boost research and
helping those firms who are
through these difficult economic innovation in Scotland's
struggling to survive the credit
times so they will grow and energy sector is soon to be
crunch.
flourish when they make it available on the Aberdeen
through to the other side.’ Science and Energy Park.
The new range of training and
advisory services will focus on
To find out more, visit New Start The Energy Development
nurturing business start-ups,
Scotland where GO Group Centre provides high-quality
supporting business growth and
advisers will be on hand to help. workshop and laboratory
encouraging innovation during
space for growth companies in
the next financial year.
all areas of the sector.
Liz Metin, deputy director of
‘GO GROUP HAS DESIGNED A
learning and development at
PROGRAMME OF SUPPORT
The £4.4 million project has
been developed by Scottish
GO Group, said: ‘90% of
THAT LOOKS CLOSELY AT THE
Enterprise in response to
applications for equity funding
REALITY FACING SCOTTISH
demand within the industry. It
in Scotland fail to achieve their BUSINESSES. OUR AIM IS TO
houses 12 individual, high-
objective every year, proving PREPARE BUSINESS OWNERS
quality business units that are
that it’s tough, and getting WITH TAILORED ADVICE, TO
designed for growing
tougher, to secure the cash to HELP THEM THROUGH THESE
companies engaged in research,
drive business growth. DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES.’
design or development.
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