Gosh, it was good to be back ……. SSC have been running courses for Oulu University in Finland for many years now. It’s a wonderful environment for learning in a…

Ever wondered what it is like to work with the SSC team on a grant application? Here's the story of what happened with East Coast Cured, the Scottish Charcuterie Company…

Applying for grant funding is highly competitive and an application requires time and effort to get it right. Success relies heavily on the views of the assessors so giving some…

When Business talks about Sustainability and being sustainable what do they mean? The economic aspects of creating a business model that will be successful for the future is pretty much…

It’s traditional to start the new year with a new strategy, to get you out of bad habits and to help you embrace the future with personal goals that you…

Grant Application forms are a black art to some people. A world of bureaucracy, frustrating and time consuming with sometimes little return for the effort put in. However, grant money…

There is an art to market research which greatly appeals to the SSC team. Taking a blank sheet and filling it with the latest knowledge on the status of a…

In 2014 one of the main negatives of the NO campaign was that Scotland needed oil to fund an independent future and the oil was running out. However, 2021 is…