Invest in West Lothian - August Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the August edition of the Invest in West Lothian newsletter! In our newsletter, we will be sharing the latest news stories, funding opportunities, and events for businesses in West Lothian.
Here at Invest in West Lothian, we are committed to helping businesses in West Lothian grow by providing confidential and impartial advice, highlighting funding opportunities, and sharing helpful resources. We can help new and established businesses that are currently based in West Lothian, or are looking to relocate to the area. You can learn more about the support we offer by visiting www.investinwestlothian.com .
Celebrating Good News Stories in West Lothian
Funding Support Helps The Verdancy Group Expand its Service Offering and Scale Up Operations
East-Calder-based business, The Verdancy Group, provides sustainability training and environmental guidance to organisations, educators, and communities. They have experienced impressive growth over recent years, however, with further ambitious goals in place and high customer demand for new training delivery methods, additional support was essential.
We were thrilled to help the business continue growing by providing funding through our Digital Development Grant. With this funding, they were able to significantly increase course delivery numbers via their e-learning programme. They also received support from our Graduate Development Fund, which helped them add a new member to their team to support the additional demand.
You can read the full story here.
Funding for Businesses in West Lothian
The Invest in West Lothian team have extensive experience of preparing funding packages for local businesses of all sizes. Each month, we will highlight a new funding opportunity that is currently available to eligible businesses in the area.
Flexible Workforce Development Fund
Here at Invest in West Lothian, we are passionate about helping local businesses develop their workforces by providing training and upskilling opportunities for employees.
With our exciting Flexible Workforce Development Fund, eligible West Lothian businesses can receive funding of up to £5000 towards training courses delivered by West Lothian College. There are a wide range of accredited and non-accredited courses included in the programme that can help employees improve their skills and knowledge, resulting in improved business performance.
You can learn more about the Flexible Workforce Development Fund and view the brochure of available courses here.
Upcoming Events
We are delighted to be hosting the following free events in August:
1:1 Procurement Surgery Sessions
There is availability on Tuesday, the 20th of August for a free, 1:1 virtual surgery session with procurement expert Mandy Millar from Intend Business Development Ltd. These sessions have been created to help West Lothian business owners improve their understanding of the procurement process and improve their success rate with tender bids. Sessions last 1-hour and take place virtually.
Women in Entrepreneurship Programme
Join us for our exciting new ‘Women in Entrepreneurship Programme’ to learn how to refresh your business and take it to the next level. You will learn how to review the current position of your business, identify opportunities for improvement, and create an actionable plan with clear objectives and goals. You will also learn how you can promote yourself and your business with clarity and confidence. By the end of the programme, you will have built a comprehensive toolkit to help drive your business forward. This is a 4-part programme taking place weekly from 9:30am – 12:30pm, beginning on Wednesday, the 21st of August at the Scottish Procurement Alliance Partnership Hub in Livingston.
To learn more and book your free space at any of our events., please click here.