Scottish Enterprise

Offshore wind will account for one-third of overall investment in Scotland's energy transition. It is creating significant growth opportunities for supply chain businesses across many areas, including: 💡 Temporary storage for floating foundations to provide a manufacturing buffer and winter storage 🕹️ Unmanned support vessels (USVs) 🏗 Ports and harbours 𖣘 Towers, blades, nacelles ⚓ Mooring systems and anchors 🔗 Cables, foundations, secondary steel, accessories, and protection systems 🛠️ Operations and maintenance In addition, there is a huge opportunity to take this expertise worldwide 🌎 We're dedicated to backing ambitious businesses at every stage of development, providing the connections, insights and direct assistance needed to develop capabilities and thrive in this growing market. It's time to fuel your ambition ➡️ https://ow.ly/mv0w50YBCI2 We Back Ambition. #OffshoreWind #Business

GlobalScot is free to join and connects Scottish businesses with senior business leaders in every major market worldwide. Want real‑world advice, connections and market‑entry insight to help you grow in Scotland or overseas? Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/GO0250YB3V1 #GlobalScot #Business

Want to define your own success? Target your investments towards areas such as technology, automation or robotics 🎯 R-Biopharm Rhône Ltd. is a great example of a company we've worked closely with that has done just that 💪 The company identified that the end of its manufacturing process was inefficient, costly and non-competitive, so it found a solution: introducing cobots. It's now reaping the rewards, including increased capacity to meet customer demand, doubled productivity, and significant cost savings, among others. If you have ambition to make transformational changes to your business through emerging technologies, then get in touch and see how we can help ➡️ https://ow.ly/fXgj50YtgWb #Productivity #CapitalInvestment

If your company is looking to research and develop a new product, process or service – or significantly improve an existing one – our R&D grants can offer a range of support for your project 🤝 Find out if you're eligible for funding 👉 https://ow.ly/musl50YvnOM #Innovation

Have you seen? 👀 We've developed a series of clean heat manufacturing factsheets, which highlight the growing opportunities for manufacturers to diversify into the production of clean heat technologies - an essential step toward a more sustainable future. Our six factsheets provide insights on manufacturing and fabrication, key market opportunities and information on the help available to help you enter or expand in the sector, across the areas of: 🔥 Heat generation 🌐 Heat network distribution 🏡 Heat in properties 🚀 Technology enablers 🏗️ Energy centre construction 🏢 Building energy efficiency If you're looking to grow your businesses and understand whether your skills and expertise can be applied to the clean heat sector, check them out on our website 👉 https://ow.ly/9Uyo50YyN6x #CleanHeat #Manufacturing

One of our three missions is to deliver capital investment that will drive improved productivity and grow Scotland's economy. That's why, last week, we were proud to back the expansion of Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline's maintenance operations at Glasgow Prestwick Airport 🛠✈️ Investment of £40 million by Ryanair, with £11.6 million funding for the expansion and £1.52 million for infrastructure improvements from ourselves in collaboration with The Scottish Government, will create hundreds of skilled jobs, including 60 apprenticeship roles. The expansion will make the facility the airline's largest heavy maintenance hangar, and is in addition to another recent investment by the company at its Prestwick Training Academy, which is providing 500 jobs and training for engineers, mechanics and support staff to service the airline's growth ambitions 📈 Read more about the significance of this investment for Ayrshire and Scotland's aerospace sector ➡️ https://ow.ly/K36Q50YygOi We back ambition ✈️ #Investment #Productivity

What do Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, London and Paris have in common? 🌇 They are not just cities. They are key music industry cities, where creativity and culture shape global sounds 🎵 Ciaran O'Toole, Director and co-founder of music-sharing platform Songbox, has his sights set on these iconic hubs, where music is not just heard, it is lived. Each of these cities is also home to GlobalScots who can advise Scottish companies on doing business in their local markets. Ciaran plans to connect with GlobalScots in his target cities to gather insights and advice as he explores international growth. He has already received support from the network, including one-to-one guidance and prompt response via the online platform. If you think your business could benefit from GlobalScot support, sign up today ➡️ https://ow.ly/Lx4a50Yehpv #Business #Scotland

From a bold idea in Motherwell to a global leader in immunology research, RoukenBio is redefining what is possible in Scotland’s life sciences sector. We have been proud to stand behind RoukenBio’s ambition from the very beginning, providing leadership development, workplace innovation support, market research and targeted grants to help the company scale, innovate and compete on the world stage. Today, RoukenBio’s impact reaches far beyond Scotland 🌍 Their story shows what happens when vision meets support. We back ambition 🚀 https://ow.ly/YvOl50YckzO #Scotland #Business

We've published the penultimate factsheet in our series looking at different aspects of hydrogen infrastructure, to help supply chain companies understand specific market and technology opportunities. This latest issue looks at how alternative and sustainable fuels are produced using the Fischer Tropsch process. Covering various aspects of the process, you'll gain an understanding of which equipment, materials and capabilities are needed, and how your business could support Scotland’s growing alternative fuels and hydrogen-derived fuels sector 📖👇 #Hydrogen #FischerTropsch

More than half of all business growth stems from innovation, so it's crucial to adopt a well-informed approach to maximise your business benefits 📚📈 We've already supported over 100 Scottish companies and can offer workshops, R&D connections, or guidance on grants and funding tailored to your needs. Our expert advisers will work closely with your business to: 🙌 Stimulate and create new ideas 🙌 Develop products and processes 🙌 Launch your innovations onto the market 🙌 Manage and protect your intellectual property (IP) Discover if you're eligible for support and make an enquiry today 👉 https://ow.ly/q49350YvQf5 #BusinessGrowth #Innovation