Marketing Resources

Highland and Islands Enterprise (HIE) are the economic and community development agency for the North and West of Scotland, with their main purpose being increasing the population across the region by growing businesses, bringing in investments and strengthening communities.

HIE supports businesses, communities, and social enterprises by providing advice, funding, and property, as well as hosting workshops and events which meets their customers’ needs.

Business Gateway provides free support and guidance to businesses, new and already established, throughout Scotland. This includes a dedicated Moray team who are based in Elgin and offer one-to-one expert advice – you can contact them on: 01343 509 224 or through their online contact form.

Their detailed site includes an extensive collection of online resources, from Finance to Human Resources, and sector specific market reports and research is available for your convenience.

Regular events such as webinars on varying topics are held throughout the year and, if times and dates are not suitable, there are online tutorials that you can watch at your own convenience.

The Federation of Small Businesses provides members a wide range of business services, including advice, financial expertise, support, and a voice heard in government.

Within their Skill Hub, members have access to multiple resources such as guides and blogs to help with a variety of key subjects. These include: current 'hot topics', managing staff, starting a business, cyber security, finance or digital marketing.

Moray Chamber of Commerce work hard to develop themselves as the go-to networking organisation in the region where knowledge and experience can be shared with other members.

Their core purpose is to energise the local economy by supporting, connecting and educating local businesses.

The Scottish Council for Development and Industry represents members from across the whole of Scotland and provides a unique network of knowledge, expertise, and experience.

Interface is a matchmaker between Scottish businesses (with a challenge to solve or idea to develop) and any of Scotland’s universities, colleges and research institutes. The matching process is straightforward (they write up your requirements), circulate them to every institute that has the expertise and once they attract interest in your project, they make introductions for you. The service is free, and they can point you in the direction of funding (if funding is required) for the work to be undertaken.

They’ve helped hundreds of Highlands and Islands companies and organisations to move forward in their business and are happy to chat any requirements through to see how they could support you.

For more information visit their website or tel. 07788 726987.