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- 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
- Author: Scottish Enterprise
- Castle Precision Engineering awarded SC21 Bronze Award
- Castle Precision Engineering is proud to be the first sub-contractor in Scotland to be awarded the SC21 Bronze award, and is only the second company from Scotland to receive this accolade.
- 23 July 2010
- Author: Scottish Enterprise
- Babcock Marine Division share their manufacturing best practice
- The award of the multi-million pound contract from the Ministry of Defence was a major achievement for Babcock Marine, at Rosyth. Winning these significant new orders also led to a realisation that, to successfully handle the increased workload, they would need to improve their working practices.
- 09 June 2010
- Author: Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service
- Wm Grants showcases manufacturing best practice
- Over 45 manufacturers from across Grampian and the Highlands & Islands came to the GlenFiddich distillery in Moray to see and hear first hand how education, teamworking, and commitment has led to a more orderly and productive factory.
- 19 May 2010
- Author: Scottish Enterprise
- CBI Scotland Business Summit 2010
- The inaugural CBI Scotland Business Summit will take place on 2 June 2010 at the Hilton Hotel, Glasgow. The Summit is the first stand-alone event of its kind in Scotland and will be an unprecedented occasion for Scotland’s business community to meet, network and discover the new opportunities within today’s marketplace.
- 05 May 2010
- Scottish Investment Bank to provide loan funds to support business growth
- First Minister Alex Salmond has announced plans to develop a new £50 million loan fund to help growing Scottish businesses. The fund is scheduled to be open for business by the end of 2010. It will provide loans from £250k to £2m and, exceptionally, more for longer established, viable firms already demonstrating significant growth and/or firms exporting a significant proportion of their output from Scotland.
- 21 April 2010
- Author: Scottish Enterprise
- Manufacturing Excellence in the Scottish Borders
- Manufacturing experts representing businesses from across the Scottish Borders and Central Belt descended on Kelso-based Plexus last Wednesday as guests of the Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service (SMAS) to see for themselves world-class manufacturing in action
- 15 March 2010
- Author: Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service
- Improve your productivity and reduce your costs
- Book a free Diagnostic Review with the Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service now
- 07 January 2010
- Author: Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service
- Clansman employee buy-out 'inspired' by CDS
- Clansman Dynamics, a global leader in the design and manufacture of robotic handling equipment, has become an employee-owned business after senior management were 'inspired' by employee-ownership at a workshop run by Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS).
- 24 December 2009
- Author: Co-operative Development Scotland
- Lean manufacturing in practice event
- In partnership with the local Chamber of Commerce and the Councils, SMAS organised a best practice and networking event in Ayrshire.
- 14 December 2009
- Author: Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service
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