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This looks like an interesting workshop. It’s run by Scottish Enterprise and will take place online on Friday 31st March from 10:00 to 11:00. It’s for startups and those companies that want to scale – to help them with their international foot print. The workshop will explain how the EIT Digital model can hep to drive success for founder, investors and corporations. It will help companies to: You can can register for the Digital Strategy Venture Workshop here About EIT Digital EIT Digital enables outstanding European startups and scaleups to grow their international market footprint using public funding and private capital, to leverage the best talent from leading European universities, and to connect with innovation-driven … Read more

CV of Scrum Master Michelle Okonta Profile Scrum Master (PSM) with understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), leveraging project management skills (PRINCE2), agile methodologies and best practices. Instrumental in accelerating the digital transformation of organisations. My experience has ranged from design and feature development / implementation using cloud-based technology for digital transformation, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) projects. I have a demonstrable understanding of agile software development process. I’m very good at facilitating ceremonies with a focus on delivering customercentric products and features with continuous improvement at the forefront of my approach. Knowledge of Lean/Kanban … Read more

CV for Nataliia Migotina SAP-HCM COnsultant For more information contact Janice@companyconnecting.com Competency Summary 17+ years of experience of delivering enterprise scale solutions in SAP HCM focused on Organizational Management (OM), Personal Administration (PA) & Time Management (TM) SAP skills and achievements Implementation and maintenance of SAP ERP HCM – set-up and configuration Administrative staff (management of actions HR) and Time Management Organizational Management (enterprise structure, staffing); Experience in integration with external systems; Writing of technical documentation and user manuals; Creation and configuration of roles, the definition of authority for users; Training for users; Description of the business requirements, modeling of … Read more

Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Awards opens on 22nd August 2022.

The Scottish Inward Investment Catalyst Fund is for companies / organisations with their headquarters outside Scotland. It is launched by Scottish Government and Interface and offers funding awards of up to £10,000 for organisations to partner with Scottish academia. Projects must align with the nine key opportunity areas: Energy Transition Decarbonisation of Transport Software and IT Digital Financial Services Digital Business Services Space Healthtech Transformation of Chemical Industries Food & Drink Innovation Deadline is 5pm, 29th June 2022

The virtual event The Best Countries to Create a Company in Europe will take place on May 31 (free event) and it brings together freelancers, remote workers, experts, institutions and successful entrepreneurs who will share their experiences of launching companies in different countries. It’s run by Digi Nomads and should be interesting given the changes in the way we work over the past couple of years

EIE offers start ups and scale up help to make them investor ready. It is delivered by the Bayes Centre, Edinburgh Universities innovation hub for data science and artificial intelligence. It is run as a competition and culminates in a showcase event of up to 50 tech companies pitching for funding. The EIE site provides details on the current cohort as well as useful links to other organisations

Scottish Edge is a competition to support Scotland’s innovative and entrepreneurial companies. It generally runs twice a year and has three categories of awards: Scottish Edge: for early stage companies and social enterprises. Awards up to £100K split by loan/grant Young Edge: all directors must be under 30. Awards up to £10K Wild Card Edge: for pre trading companies, sole traders and partnerships. Awards up to £10K The Scottish Edge site provides helpful information to support applications as well as details of al the previous winners.

UK Research and Innovation is sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. It is made up of 9 councils that work together to support innovation in the UK. The councils include Innovate UK and Research England, as well as councils for: Arts and Humanities Research (AHRC) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research (BBSRC) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research (EPSCR) Economic and Social Research (ESRC) Medical Research (MRC) Natural Environment Research (NERC) Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) There is a ‘Funding Finder’ which contains over 130 funding opportunities. Many of the funds can provide substantial funding awards e.g. … Read more

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations provides support to the voluntary sector. The site contains useful information for voluntary organisations including guides to digital services, skills remote working etc. It also has a searchable funding page which lists over 700 funds many of which are open to non charitable organisations. There are some really interesting options which may spark some innovative ideas!