Dec 01 2011
84% of SMEs in Scotland are engaging with higher education institutions, according to Universities UK. View the full report – Driving Economic Growth Universities play an important role in providing support to businesses through research and training. This is demonstrated by the breadth and range of industries with links to universities and the variety of [...]
Nov 25 2011
Santander UK today launched its new funding programme for fast growing companies. A loan pot of £200m is being made available across the UK as part of the Breakthrough initiative, which is aimed at supporting the SME market through a range of activities including investing in SMEs, together with a number of other initiatives including University [...]
Jul 13 2010
The Scottish Funding Council has issued a new call for proposals to its Horizon Fund for knowledge exchange proposals addressing the needs of Scottish industry. Resources available for projects in the latest call will be approximately £4m per annum for three years. This year the call will focus on the key sectors identified in the [...]
Jun 28 2010
Technology Transfer Opportunity Mechanism (TTOM) Awards have been set up to enable Scottish SMEs to transfer technology from Scotland’s Universities, and are now open for applications. The closing date is 27th August. Grants of up to £5000 are available to tackle problems relevant to the SME, paid at a maximum rate of 75%, with the remaining 25% [...]
Jun 02 2010
This year’s Scottish Environmental Technology Network (SETN) annual conference will be held at Glasgow Caledonian University on 15th June 2010. The environmental technology conference is this year a collaboration between SETN and the Caledonian Environment Centre at Glasgow Caledonian University. Caledonian Environment Centre will be supported by GCU’s business gateway, the Applied Knowledge Exchange. Funded [...]
May 19 2010
The Scottish Funding Council made an award of funding to Glasgow Caledonian University to directly support collaboration between Scottish small and medium sized enterprises and higher education institutions. The Innovation Voucher Scheme is supported by the new SFC funding stream Strategic Priority Investments in Research and Innovation Translation (SPIRIT) and offers each higher education institution [...]
Dec 03 2009
SMEs play a vital role in driving the Scottish economy and “yet they do not always received the recognition they deserve for their extraordinary achievements”. These were the views emphasised by Alasdair Northrop, Editor of Scottish Business Insider, at the SME 300 Awards 2009 event in Glasgow. According to Scottish Government research, SMEs account for [...]
