The Highlands and Islands Enterprise Pathfinder Accelerator programme supports businesses operating in the life sciences and technology sectors the opportunity to accelerate new product, service or business model in just six months. Participants are taught practical tools and techniques to interrogate their idea, plan for opportunities and optimise for marketplace success.
Ahead of the next intake, the Pathfinder team are running short taster sessions to allow you to find out more about the programme and meet members of the Skillfluence team who – in partnership with Investing Women Angels – will coach participants.
Sign up to attend this session here.
We are delighted to be able to deliver a series of webinars by our Chamber member M2 Procurement & Commercial Services along with a Meet the Buyer session with three major organisations operating in the area.
The webinars are free for Chamber members and can be booked individually to meet the needs of your business.
These online webinars will give you the opportunity to go through each process step by step and to answer any questions you may have. The Meet the Buyer session will give an opportunity to hear about the procurement processes of different organisations and their hints and tips for suppliers. This series of webinars will take place as follows:
Tuesday 25th May – Prequalification Process
- Provide an overview of the public procurement processes
- Provide an understanding of what information is requested by clients.
- Developing your company’s approach to the prequalification process
- The pitfalls and helpful hints
Wednesday 26th May – Tendering Process
- The critical information contained in tender documents.
- Provide an understanding of the buyer’s requirements.
- Developing your company’s approach to the tendering process
- The pitfalls and helpful hints
Thursday 27th May – Meet the Buyer
Hear from the following organisations as to their procurement processes and hints for suppliers, and take the opportunity to ask them any questions you might have:
- Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd
- Highland Council
- SSEN Transmission
Each event starts at 09:00 and will run for between 1.5 to 2 hours depending on volume of questions. The first two will be delivered via Zoom and the third via Microsoft Teams.
Simply email us on info@caithnesschamber.com or call 01847 890076 to book your free place on any or all of the events.
We are delighted to be able to deliver a series of webinars by our Chamber member M2 Procurement & Commercial Services, along with a Meet the Buyer session with three major organisations operating in the area.
The webinars are free for Chamber members and can be booked individually to meet the needs of your business.
These online webinars will give you the opportunity to go through each process step by step and to answer any questions you may have. The Meet the Buyer session will give an opportunity to hear about the procurement processes of different organisations and their hints and tips for suppliers. This series of webinars will take place as follows:
Tuesday 25th May – Prequalification Process
- Provide an overview of the public procurement processes
- Provide an understanding of what information is requested by clients.
- Developing your company’s approach to the prequalification process
- The pitfalls and helpful hints
Wednesday 26th May – Tendering Process
- The critical information contained in tender documents.
- Provide an understanding of the buyer’s requirements.
- Developing your company’s approach to the tendering process
- The pitfalls and helpful hints
Thursday 27th May – Meet the Buyer
Hear from the following organisations as to their procurement processes and hints for suppliers, and take the opportunity to ask them any questions you might have:
- Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd
- Highland Council
- SSEN Transmission
Each event starts at 09:00 and will run for between 1.5 to 2 hours depending on volume of questions. The first two will be delivered via Zoom and the third via Microsoft Teams.
Simply email us on info@caithnesschamber.com or call 01847 890076 to book your free place on any or all of the events.
We are delighted to be able to deliver a series of webinars by our Chamber member M2 Procurement & Commercial Services, along with a Meet the Buyer session with three major organisations operating in the area.
The webinars are free for Chamber members and can be booked individually to meet the needs of your business.
These online webinars will give you the opportunity to go through each process step by step and to answer any questions you may have. The Meet the Buyer session will give an opportunity to hear about the procurement processes of different organisations and their hints and tips for suppliers. This series of webinars will take place as follows:
Tuesday 25th May – Prequalification Process
- Provide an overview of the public procurement processes
- Provide an understanding of what information is requested by clients.
- Developing your company’s approach to the prequalification process
- The pitfalls and helpful hints
Wednesday 26th May – Tendering Process
- The critical information contained in tender documents.
- Provide an understanding of the buyer’s requirements.
- Developing your company’s approach to the tendering process
- The pitfalls and helpful hints
Thursday 27th May – Meet the Buyer
Hear from the following organisations as to their procurement processes and hints for suppliers, and take the opportunity to ask them any questions you might have:
- Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd
- Highland Council
- SSEN Transmission
Each event starts at 09:00 and will run for between 1.5 to 2 hours depending on volume of questions. The first two will be delivered via Zoom and the third via Microsoft Teams.
Simply email us on info@caithnesschamber.com or call 01847 890076 to book your free place on any or all of the events.
International trade in offshore wind plays a significant and growing role in the development of the Scottish offshore wind clusters and Scotland’s supply chain companies. The Scottish clusters are working closely with Scottish Development International to introduce members into these markets in Europe, the US and Asia. Cluster to cluster collaboration activity is already underway in Germany, France and Norway and early stage discussions have started with clusters in Poland and Ireland.
Following the up and coming publication of the ‘High Potential International Offshore Wind Markets to 2030’ guide, SOWEC, in association with Scottish Development International, UK Export Finance, DeepWind and Forth & Tay Offshore, is delighted to be hosting an interactive webinar session exploring the offshore wind outlook to 2030 and highlighting some of the support mechanisms in place to help Scottish companies flourish on the global stage within this exciting sector.
Agenda
14.00- Introduction to webinar and agenda – Gillian Morrison and Jeya Calder, HIE
14.05 – Overview of current SOWEC offshore wind activities – Stephen Thompson, SOWEC and GEG
14.10 – SOWEC High Potential Offshore Wind Markets to 2030: positioning for Scottish success – Alan Duncan, Scotia Supply Chain
14.45 – Overview of international finance support – Alistair McMillan, UK Export Finance
15.00 – International in-country activity and support – David Rennie, Scottish Development International
15.10 – Q&A session – Paul O’Brien representing DeepWind & Forth and Tay Offshore
15.30 –Webinar close
Please register for the webinar using this link
This webinar offers an overview of the support available to assist members to kick start or grow their international market opportunities and DeepWind and Forth & Tay Offshore would like to encourage as many members as possible to take part.
Join VisitScotland on 13 April, ahead of the date set out by the Scottish Government, for the tourism sector to reopen.
You’ll hear from VisitScotland’s Senior Insight Manager, Chris Greenwood, who will explore up-to-date insights on how COVID19 is impacting tourism businesses, the events industry and what our consumers are looking for in a holiday in Scotland.
The Director of Marketing & Digital, Vicki Miller, will update industry on VisitScotland’s marketing strategy and approach going forward, covering our domestic and international marketing plans.
We’ll also hear from Riddell Graham, Director of Industry and Development, who will discuss how VisitScotland are supporting the industry and working with the Scottish Government on guidelines, advice and funding to help the industry restart as well as gathering data to ensure we’re in the best position to help rebuild Scottish tourism.
VisitScotland teamed up once again with Bill McFarlan, Executive Chairman at Pink Elephant Communications, to help us host and deliver this hour long session, with the chance for you to ask questions from each of our panel members.
It will be recorded and shared shortly after the webinar has finished.
VisitScotland look forward to seeing you online. Register to attend using this link.
#VSwebinar
Launching 20 March Until 4 April 2021
The Festival is dedicated to presenting a selection of new films pivoting around the medium of glass. The festival showcases a cross section of international diverse and engaging series of short films curated and directed by female identified and non-binary filmmakers using glass as the predominant feature.
GMTF is a microcosm to explore the human relationship with glass and film, exploring dynamics with the physical and environmental context, together with the human and social context.
The amalgamation of material and ephemeral, glass and video, are at the heart of the film festival. Exploring the stories of how art is made, how artists survive, how they think and work and what makes creativity our most important skill.
The GMTF Festival launches on 20 March 2021 and continues until 4 April 2021. Supported by British Council Scotland and Creative Scotland alongside project partners Toyama Institute of Glass Art, Toyama Glass Art Museum and Museum of Arts and Design, New York.
Both GMTF 2021 and GMTF 2020 Films will be screened during the festival. All the screenings are free to view by visiting northlandscreative.co.uk website.
Please contact info@northlandscreative.co.uk for further information.
Marine Economy Week is a new virtual event hosted by Harper Macleod. Running from 22 – 26 March, it will examine all aspects of Scotland’s diverse maritime sector.
The marine economy is a fundamental part of Scotland’s Natural Capital, as well as having the ability to play a large role in the efforts to tackle climate change. Until recently, the scale of the sector has been overlooked given the diversity of its enterprises and stakeholders. However, it contributes hugely to both local and national economies and has phenomenal growth potential in Scotland.
Marine Economy Week has been created to help ensure that, at the highest levels of Scottish policy and decision making, marine is not allowed to be ‘the one that got away’.
Get involved in daily roundtable sessions
Over five days, Harper Macleod’s specialists will be joined by industry experts to examine an array of crucial issues facing all parts of the sector.
You can register for as many live roundtable sessions as you like. See the full list on the events page.
Day five event:
Marine & Offshore Renewables
Offshore wind and marine energy carry huge potential in the transition to a greener economy. The final session of the week will invovle a review of the current renewables outlook and future projections for Scotland and the rest of the UK – in the company of four members of our award-winning Energy & Natural Resources team. They’ll be joined by Jason Schofield, Managing DIrector of Green Marine UK, a leading supplier to the marine renewables industry.
Topics will include consideration of the different planning regimes for onshore and offshore renewables projects; the comparative legal regimes for restoration; development of the Scotwind offshore wind programme and key points on the options and leases.
Speakers
- Jason Schofield, Green Marine
- David Bone, Harper Macleod
- Pamela Todd, Harper Macleod
- Omar Ali, Harper Macleod
- Peter Ferguson, Harper Macleod
By registering for this event you are agreeing to Harper Macleod’s Privacy Policy at: [https://www.harpermacleod.co.uk/privacy-notice/], which includes how you can object to any processing and set your preferences with regard to our communications.
Please note this webinar may be recorded.
Marine Economy Week is a new virtual event hosted by Harper Macleod. Running from 22 – 26 March, it will examine all aspects of Scotland’s diverse maritime sector.
The marine economy is a fundamental part of Scotland’s Natural Capital, as well as having the ability to play a large role in the efforts to tackle climate change. Until recently, the scale of the sector has been overlooked given the diversity of its enterprises and stakeholders. However, it contributes hugely to both local and national economies and has phenomenal growth potential in Scotland.
Marine Economy Week has been created to help ensure that, at the highest levels of Scottish policy and decision making, marine is not allowed to be ‘the one that got away’.
Get involved in daily roundtable sessions
Over five days, Harper Macleod’s specialists will be joined by industry experts to examine an array of crucial issues facing all parts of the sector.
You can register for as many live roundtable sessions as you like. See the full list on the events page.
Day four event:
Vessels, Finance & Funding
On Thursday we will focus on vessels, finance and funding. Our Banking & Finance Partners, Tony Cameron and John Pringle have handled many of these transactions and the session with include an overview of the vessel sale and purchase market as well as a focus on the key issues in the current funding market including flag/location of vessels; COVID practicalities; LIBOR transition; and being funding ready. We’ll also expand on that funder readiness theme in the context of the lifecycle of a vessel including build contracts; charters; flag and registration; reflagging and re-registration; and sale.
Our second international speaker, Mike Besjin of Dutch shipyards group Damen, will lend a European perspective to the discussions.
Speakers
By registering for this event you are agreeing to Harper Macleod’s Privacy Policy at: [https://www.harpermacleod.co.uk/privacy-notice/], which includes how you can object to any processing and set your preferences with regard to our communications.
Please note this webinar may be recorded.