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The 6th edition of Surf's Showcasing Resilience bulletin series is out. Read here for positive examples of organisations delivering services or providing support to communities across Scotland to help navigate through the #Covid19 crisis:

The SBRC’s ‘Scottish Business Cares’ webinar series has been active since the second week of lockdown and is a free resource to Scottish businesses aimed at giving practical, focused advice on the current covid-19 pandemic and it’s impact on business. Details on all upcoming webinars can be found here or viewed below: https://www.sbrcentre.co.uk/events/

Kirkcaldy is the first area in Scotland to adopt the award winning place based platform ShopAppy, enabling Kirkcaldy businesses to trade online within a matter of hours and within a collective market place.

Four new non-executive directors have been appointed to the board of Scotland’s Towns Partnership, the national agency for towns.

Reflecting on the impact of coronavirus on town centre retail and policy priorities going forward, Professor Leigh Sparks, Chair of STP, provides a series of insights and propositions for the future. 

Scottish Government - A £100 million package of additional grant support for small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) and newly self-employed people opens for applications later today (30th April). 

Utilities specialists eyebright would like to extend an offer to all STP members and associates at this time, to offer their knowledge and support to anybody who has concerns with making payments on their utilities bills or concerns with their contractual framework. There is no need to be a client of eyebright to receive this support.

The Federation of Small Businesses would like to know how small businesses have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, in order to represent the diverse circumstances of small firms to Government and policy-makers.

A new partnership has been announced that will help the thousands of Scots that signed up to the Scotland Cares campaign to get involved with local efforts to bolster town centres and support vulnerable communities. The initiative will be delivered by Scotland’s Towns Partnership and Volunteer Scotland.

Volunteer Scotland and Scotland’s Towns Partnership are pleased to join together to help direct volunteers to the opportunities where they can make a contribution to their local community.

Around £220 million of further grants are being made available for businesses - including the recently self-employed - to help them deal with the ongoing impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

A Scottish town is calling for residents to give extra support to local businesses during Covid-19 lockdown.

This exciting 2 year post is the result of a partnership between the Scottish Land Commission and the Development Trusts Association Scotland which seeks to address the challenging problem of vacant and derelict land. Closes 24th April 2020. 

Communities Secretary, Aileen Campbell, provides £1 million COVID-19 Business Improvement Districts Resilience Fund.

Businesses can now apply for grants to help them deal with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.