Employers help design the future of career services
A new report commissioned as part of the Scottish Government’s Young Person’s Guarantee outlines how career services need to evolve to keep up with changes in the world of work.
An independent programme board, commissioned...
Nurturing our passionate people
A core pillar of our approach to the recovery of Scotland’s tourism sector is ‘supporting and protecting our passionate people’; those who work in the industry and are ultimately at its heart, helping to...
Apprenticeships work for Scotland’s employers
Scotland’s employers are gaining fresh ideas and new talent through apprenticeships that is cutting costs and securing a skilled workforce for the future.
Held recently, Skills Development Scotland’s Scottish Apprenticeship Awards shone a spotlight on...
Skills Development Scotland outline plans in the race to Net Zero
Training for the next generation of renewable professionals, putting climate change resources into schools and harnessing apprentice talent to solve low carbon industry challenges.
Just three of the actions taken under a raft of projects...
Digitisation in the workplace
Home to one of the largest waterside manufacturing and repair facilities in the UK, Babcock’s Rosyth facilities has seen significant investment, transforming the historic site into the UK’s most modern maritime support facility with...
Popular tourism sites receive £2.6m funding to improve visitor experience
Popular visitor destinations across the country will share just over £2.6 million in funding for projects to improve facilities as part of Scotland’s drive for sustainable tourism.
Eleven projects across the country have been recommended...
Scottish Enterprise to turn up the dial on the digital economy that is worth...
Scottish Enterprise has seven national programmes, one of which is based around a digital economy, that aims to support the scale-up and growth of digital tech businesses across every region to ensure Scotland is...
Scotland is calling
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, VisitScotland has worked hard to ensure Scotland remains front of mind with international visitors, so we are top of their ‘must visit’ list whenever travel is possible for them.
In spite...
GlobalScot – 20 years of promoting Scotland internationally
By Neil Francis, Interim Managing Director, Scottish Development International
If there’s one message that Scottish Development International (SDI) has stressed over the past year it is this: Scotland is open for business.
Despite the obvious impact...
Virgin Media paints cabinets gold in Edinburgh to celebrate ParalympicsGB
Virgin Media has painted broadband cabinets gold in Edinburgh to celebrate the achievements of ParalympicsGB at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Proud partners of ParalympicsGB, Virgin Media whipped up support in the UK with its...