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Wm Grants showcases manufacturing best practice
02 September 2010
Scotland's offshore wind industry could create 28,000 jobs
A new report, "Scottish Offshore Wind: Creating an Industry", outlines four alternative visions for the offshore wind industry's future growth and potential to create tens of thousands of jobs.
26 August 2010
Funding available to train your employees
The Flexible Training Opportunities programme gives Scottish businesses with 1-50 employees the opportunity to apply for up to £500 towards employee training costs.
24 August 2010

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Latest Events

Going4Growth - Borders

Going4Growth Borders is targeted at entrepreneurs and will provide delegates with the chance to hear and learn from a panel of successful, local entrepreneurs as well as having opportunities to network.

date: 06 October 2010
Venue: Tweed Horizons, St Boswells, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, TD6 0SG
Managing People for Growth - Tayside
Fully booked

Managing People for Growth is a programme of workshops designed to help organisations maximise the potential of their people managers, to allow them to become fully effective and to give them the tools and attitudes to continue that development throughout their career.

date: 15 September 2010
Venue: Scottish Enterprise, 3 Greenmarket, Dundee, DD1 4QB
Managing People for Growth - Dumfries and Galloway

Managing People for Growth is a programme of workshops designed to help organisations maximise the potential of their people managers, to allow them to become fully effective and to give them the tools and attitudes to continue that development throughout their career.

The Managing People for Growth programme will run from September 2010 to January 2011. There are four mandatory workshops plus four optional workshops and an optional review session.

date: 14 September 2010
Venue: Cairndale Hotel, English Street, Dumfries, DG1 2DF,

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Construction in Scotland

The construction industry affects us all, whether it is maintaining our existing infrastructure and heritage, or creating new environments to live and work in.

Over 160,000 people work in the industry in Scotland, and there are more than 40,000 businesses involved in the sector.

Find out more about the construction industry in Scotland