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Account Management

Learn about our dedicated account management service, which supports businesses with the potential to transform Scotland's economy. Find out if your business is eligible.

If you're an ambitious Scottish business, our experienced account managers can provide you with personalised guidance, expert advice, and strategic connections. They can help you build resilience and scale up.

At Scottish Enterprise, we back big thinkers to even bigger success. Whether you're just starting out on your business journey, or you already have global operations, our account management service can support your next ambition.

What is account management?

Can your business demonstrate an ability to make a significant contribution to achieving a fairer, greener economy in Scotland?

If so, our account management service can help:

  • Develop your business strategy
  • Provide advice and support to help build strong and effective leadership and management practices
  • Build a tailored support package
  • Maximise available funding from business support partners in Scotland and beyond
  • Introduce you to similar businesses and industry networks relevant to your future ambitions
  • Connect you with specialist advisors who can help you plan and implement changes

The service can also help direct your business development and growth plans. Your account manager can support you to:

  • Prepare for and attract appropriate growth investment for your business
  • Improve productivity and increase innovation within the business (in products, processes, business models, and workplaces)
  • Achieve international growth
  • Grow and become more resilient

Is my business eligible?

You may be eligible for the service if you fit one of these descriptions:

  • An entrepreneur in the early stages of developing an innovation-driven, high-growth startup or a university spin-out
  • An early-stage business with:
    • Ambition to scale at pace
    • Ambition to raise significant external growth finance and investment
    • Innovative products and services that have an international market opportunity
  • An established small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) with 10 to 250 employees and a proposed business project that will:
    • Improve turnover and productivity
    • Have a positive impact on your regional economy
    • Progress innovation in your sector in Scotland
  • A large, strategically important Scottish-owned company​ (with more than 250 employees in Scotland) or a foreign-owned company with significant global operations

More information

Are you interested in getting involved with our account management service? You can browse the information below for more details and to find out how to apply.

This is a free, discretionary service.

Companies in Scotland, except those based in the Highlands and Islands and South of Scotland regions.

Foreign-owned investors and Scottish-owned companies may be eligible for the account management service unless they are based in the Highlands and Islands and South of Scotland regions. Companies in these regions are supported by Highlands and Islands Enterpriseopens in a new window and South of Scotland Enterprise.opens in a new window 

The account management service is not open to all companies, but Scottish Enterprise works closely with a number of partners, including Business Gateway, innovation centres and regional incubators and accelerators, and may direct you to one of these partners if appropriate.

Please note that Scottish Enterprise do not work with companies in restricted sectors such as sub-prime lending, gambling, adult entertainment, activities with adverse impact on human rights, tobacco and locally traded services. 

A company will typically be account managed for anywhere from 12 to 36 months. This is reviewed on an annual basis.

If your business meets the eligibility criteria above, submit an enquiry below.

Get started

If you believe your business meets the eligibility criteria, submit an enquiry and one of our advisers will get in touch to discuss your needs.

Submit an enquiry