Towns and Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) Resilience and Recovery Fund: Announcement and Information
The Scottish Government’s Communities Secretary, Aileen Campbell, has announced today (12th June) £2 million of new funding to help support the recovery of local communities as coronavirus (COVID-19) measures are gradually and carefully eased. The funding will be administered by Scotland’s Towns Partnership, the national body for towns.
Read moreSBRC Launches Scottish Business Cares
SBRC - An unexpected side effect of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the cooperation and sense of camaraderie among many communities.
Read moreStatement from Scotland’s Towns Partnership Regarding the Passing of Ian Davison Porter
Scotland’s Towns Partnership and Scotland’s Improvement Districts are sad to learn of the passing of Ian Davison Porter.
Read more2020 SURF Awards Open for Applications
The prestigious national 2020 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration were launched online last Thursday (04/05/2020).
Read moreBusiness Improvement Districts to Benefit from New FSB-STP Partnership
Scotland’s Towns Partnership and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Scotland agree new strategic partnership to support Business Improvement Districts during COVID-19.
Read moreAyrshire Town Maybole Receives £7.5m Regeneration Funding
The Maybole Regeneration Project has confirmed it has secured £7.5 million in funding and this week (4th June 2020) launches a dedicated website, www.regeneratingmaybole.scot.
Read moreNow Open: Smarter Choices, Smarter Places (SCSP) Funding
The Smarter Choices, Smarter Places (SCSP) Open Fund aims to encourage people to change their behaviours to walk or cycle as part of their everyday short journeys.
Read moreApplications Open for Small Business Saturday's #SmallBiz100
Small Business Saturday is once again highlighting 100 small businesses, one a day for 100 days leading up to Small Business Saturday, 5th December 2020.
Read moreNational Library of Scotland: COVID-19 eResources
NLS - The National Library of Scotland has a vast collection of electronic resources (eResources) related to the COVID-19 pandemic and connected issues. They are available for free to all those based in Scotland.
Read moreCOVID Historic Environment Resilience Forum (CHERF) Established
The Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) has established the COVID Historic Environment Resilience Forum (CHERF) to look at the medium to long-term issues for Scotland’s heritage that are anticipated to arise post-lockdown.
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