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Ukrainian Chapel

Funding boost secures future of Ukrainian Chapel

23 May 2022

We have provided Hallmuir Ukrainian Chapel with a grant of £52,777 to conduct vital repairs, improve its hard landscaping and surrounding boundary and help to develop a small visitor centre.
Grants
SOSE Board

New SOSE Board holds inaugural meeting

20 May 2022

The SOSE Board held its first official meeting with new members; Viv Cockburn, Emma Guy, Kirsten Hannay and Paul Winstanley.
SOSE Board
FDI Net Zero Social Tile

SOSE welcomes global leading initiative to help decarbonise South of Scotland

13 May 2022

We have welcomed a new initiative called HeatSource that will position Scotland as a global leader in the supply chain and manufacturing for heat pumps and heat networks.
Net Zero
SDI Logo

Jobs and economic boost for Scotland through inward investment

11 May 2022

A substantial boost for Scotland’s economy is expected after new figures showed thousands of jobs had been secured through inward investment in the past financial year.
Inward Investment
Alpha Solway visit

Alpha Solway launches new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Dumfries

10 May 2022

Leading Scottish PPE firm Alpha Solway has begun the production of the virus filtering material for FFP2 and IIR facemasks in its newly built factory in Dumfries. The manufacturer launched the new £12m factory in just 10 months after SOSE awarded a multi-million-pound public-private investment partnership.
Dumfries and Galloway Manufacturing
World Forum for FDI gives South of Scotland chance to be heard loud and clear

World Forum for FDI gives South of Scotland chance to be heard loud and clear

09 May 2022

South of Scotland Enterprise is attending World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment, and our Head of Operations Phil McCreadie explains what the South of Scotland offers investors.
Blog
Jane Morrison-Ross

Jane Morrison-Ross The time is now for a second Scottish Enlightenment

20 April 2022

As part of the CivTech Demo Day events, South of Scotland Enterprise Chief Executive, Jane Morrison-Ross, discussed the opportunity Scotland currently has to be ambitious, innovative and collaborative to ultimately work towards a second ‘Scottish Enlightenment’.
Team SOSE
Innovation and entrepreneurship landscape in the South

New partnership to discover more about innovation and entrepreneurship landscape in the South

01 April 2022

We are delighted to announce that we are partnering with innovation agency Metta to support founders and entrepreneurs in the South of Scotland region.
Micro-business
New Natural Capital principles to promote responsible investment

New Natural Capital principles to promote responsible investment

01 April 2022

We have welcomed a set of new principles to promote responsible investment in Scotland’s natural assets. The Scottish Government have announced that future private investment in Scotland’s natural capital – such as peatlands and woodlands - will be subject to a set of principles to help ensure it delivers social, environmental and economic benefit.
Natural Capital
South of Scotland Enterprise becomes Carbon Literate Organisation

South of Scotland Enterprise becomes Carbon Literate Organisation

24 March 2022

We received a Bronze Award from The Carbon Literacy Project, in recognition of our work to promote Carbon Literacy amongst our 140-strong staff and Board members.
Team SOSE Circular Economy Learning & Skills
Kirkhope Steading project to breathe life into Ettrick Valley

Kirkhope Steading project to breathe life into Ettrick Valley

16 March 2022

A £1.9 million rural development in Ettrick Valley. Work started at Kirkhope, just outside Ettrickbridge, last spring to convert a Victorian corn mill, farm steading and paddock into family homes and business workshops.
Scottish Borders Infrastructure Rural
Helping you access the right support – whatever your business needs

Helping you access the right support – whatever your business needs

15 March 2022

We are working together with Business Gateway, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise, all 32 local authorities and Skills Development Scotland to signpost companies to FindBusinessSupport.gov.scot – a single online source where they can find information on all the business support services available across Scotland.
Partnership Business Support
Help shape the South of Scotland Regional Land Use Partnership

Help shape the South of Scotland Regional Land Use Partnership

04 March 2022

Views are now being sought on the creation of a South of Scotland Regional Land Use Partnership, which will aim to support the region’s Net Zero journey and address the loss of biodiversity.
Team South of Scotland Rural
'Stop trading with Russia' - Finance and Economy Secretary statement on Ukraine conflict

'Stop trading with Russia' - Finance and Economy Secretary statement on Ukraine conflict

03 March 2022

Finance and Economy Secretary Kate Forbes has issued an open letter to the business community on Ukraine conflict.
International Team South of Scotland
Innovative new South of Scotland project AIMS to transform manufacturing

Innovative new South of Scotland project AIMS to transform manufacturing

01 March 2022

We are part of an exciting new project which has been launched to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to stimulate greater activity in the South of Scotland, encouraging more innovation and greater productivity.
Manufacturing TeamSOS
SOSE Business Breakfasts

Business Breakfast events offer further chance to shape future of South

25 February 2022

Businesses and social enterprises are being offered an additional opportunity to give their views on what the priorities should be for the local economy through three Business Breakfasts in March 2022.
Events Team South of Scotland
Galashiels community invited to take part in regeneration consultation project

Galashiels community invited to take part in regeneration consultation project

23 February 2022

The people of Galashiels and the central Borders are being invited to take part in a Tapestry Way Study, commissioned by Energise Galashiels Trust, that seeks to assess the regeneration potential of the town centre.
Scottish Borders
New Natural Capital team to help drive just and fair economy in South

New Natural Capital team to help drive just and fair economy in South

23 February 2022

We have created a new team aimed at ensuring the South’s natural assets are deployed to maximise the economic success and wellbeing of the region.
TeamSOS Natural Capital Environment
International Women’s Day

SOSE to mark International Women’s Day with inspiring virtual event

22 February 2022

A series of female leaders from across the South of Scotland will come together for a virtual event to celebrate International Women’s Day.
TeamSOS Event
Professor Russel Griggs

SOSE appoint four new Board members

15 February 2022

We have welcomed the appointment of four new Board members, who will take up their roles from 1 April 2022 for up to four years.
SOSE Board Team SOSE
Regeneration project to reinvigorate rural Dumfries and Galloway

Regeneration project to reinvigorate rural Dumfries and Galloway communities

04 February 2022

A £1.6million housing and community hub re-development project is expected to help re-generate two rural Dumfries and Galloway villages, following significant additional support from South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE).
Dumfries and Galloway Rural Funding