Business Support
One stop services shop
GLASGOW Chamber of Commerce’s Business and Innovation Forum has welcomed a new website offering a one- stop approach to business support services.
FindBusinessSupport.gov.
scot is a new website offering information on around 200 business support services plus hundreds of events from Business Gateway, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Interface, Scottish Enterprise, Skills Development Scotland and VisitScotland. Business Gateway in Glasgow
is run by Glasgow City Council. The site has been built based on the views of businesses across Scotland who said they wanted an easier way of accessing support. The Chamber’s Business and
Innovation Forum said it is a “welcome move to increase the City Council’s business support services, reflect the broader city sectoral base and help businesses as they grow and create jobs. In particular, we would welcome the evolution of a one-stop approach, including a digital platform, for businesses accessing the support network”. Glasgow’s Economic Strategy
refresh late last year is placing greater emphasis on increasing the city’s performance on productivity. The Chamber has
welcomed this refresh and also the Glasgow Digital Strategy which is seeking to focus on skilling and upskilling of the workforce to encompass a full range of digital skills. Referring to the Glasgow Business Support Landscape, the Chamber’s Policy Forum said: “We would encourage a formal impact evaluation after two years to identify to the city businesses statistics such as business birth, survival, turnover and employment.” Hundreds of businesses have
been involved in the testing of the site and will continue to be involved as development continues. The enterprise and skills agencies have worked together so businesses can, for the first time, see and access some of the most commonly searched for business support services in Scotland. This includes a view of one-
to-one advice, online tools and guides, workshops, events, networking opportunities and training seminars. Businesses are able to specify criteria for support and filter events according to their own needs. The ambition for the site is to continue to add support services from across the public sector with more organisations being added throughout this year.
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