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Harnessing Digital Technology for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
2024-10-15 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
In an era where sustainability is paramount, the integration of digital technology into energy management has emerged as a game-changer.
Join Scottish Enterprise for an insightful webinar exploring how innovative digital solutions are driving energy efficiency across Clean Heat.
Key Highlights:

Learn about Scottish digital technologies driving the revolution in energy efficiency
Real-World Success Stories: Hear from Scottish companies who have successfully implemented digital solutions to achieve significant energy savings and operational improvements.
Interactive Q&A Session

Understanding AI & Automation
2024-10-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Arbroath Football Club, Gayfield Park, Arbroath, DD11 1QJ
This masterclass is for anyone interested in using AI and automation to improve productivity, reduce costs, and unlock new growth opportunities for their business.
What we’ll cover:

Understanding automation: Learn the key components, benefits, and potential challenges.
Understanding AI: Explore its core concepts, capabilities, and limitations.
The power of AI and automation: Discover the power of predictive analytics and personalised customer experiences.
Case studies and SME use cases: See how businesses like yours have successfully implemented AI and automation.
How to integrate AI and Automation into your workflows: Understand the steps involved, from identifying suitable processes to selecting the right tools.
Tech Demos: See live demonstrations of the latest AI technologies, including ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and other cutting-edge tools.
Summary and Action list: Receive an actionable checklist to help you start implementing AI and automation in your business.

No prior experience with AI or automation is needed, just a willingness to learn and explore new possibilities.
Book now and take the first step towards a smarter, more efficient, and more competitive business.

Transforming Our Towns: How Digitisation is Driving Local Economic Growth
2024-10-29 10:00 - 11:30
In today’s fast-paced world, digitisation is not just a buzzword—it’s the driving force behind economic growth, efficiency, and scalability. Our local economy is experiencing a remarkable transformation, fueled by digital advancements that are reshaping industries, creating jobs, and fostering a new era of prosperity.
Event Highlights

Explore Cutting-Edge Digital Solutions: Discover how local businesses are harnessing the power of digitisation to streamline operations, reduce costs, and boost productivity. From advanced automation to AI-driven analytics, see firsthand the tools that are revolutionising our economic landscape.
Success Stories: Learn from industry leaders and trailblazers who have successfully implemented digital strategies, driving growth in towns and business improvement districts. These real-world exemplars will demonstrate how embracing digital innovation has led to tangible results, from increased revenue to expanded market reach.
Economic Efficiency in Action: Hear how digitisation is enabling businesses to achieve more with less. By reducing waste, optimising resources, and improving decision-making processes, businesses and communities in our towns are not only becoming more efficient but also more resilient in the face of challenges.
Scaling New Heights: Explore the role of digitisation in enabling businesses to scale rapidly and sustainably. Understand how digital platforms and infrastructure are empowering local enterprises to expand beyond borders, tapping into new markets and opportunities with ease.

Why Attend?

Inspire Growth: Whether you’re a town or business improvement district manager, a business owner, entrepreneur, or policy maker, this showcase will equip you with insights and inspiration to leverage digitisation for economic success.
Connect with Innovators: Connect with thought leaders, industry experts, and peers who are at the forefront of digital transformation. Build partnerships and collaborations that could drive your own digital transformation journey.
Stay Ahead of the Curve: In a rapidly evolving digital economy, staying informed is key. This event is your chance to stay ahead of trends, understand emerging technologies, and prepare for the future.

Be a part of the digital revolution. Join us for a showcase that not only celebrates the power of digitisation but also sets the stage for the continued growth and success of our local economies across Scotland’s towns and places.
Don’t miss out—register today and be at the forefront of economic innovation!
This event promises to be a pivotal moment for our community, highlighting the ways in which digitisation is not only transforming businesses but also driving broader economic benefits. Be there to witness the future unfold!

Boost your productivity with AI
2024-11-01 16:30 - 17:30
This Google Digital Garage session introduces learners to cutting-edge AI tools that are already available from Google and others, to show some of the smartest ways digital-age workers can use them to save time at work and on tasks.
In this session, you will learn:

an introduction to generative AI and how it works
how to use AI-powered tools and techniques to save you time
an overview to crafting effective prompts

This session is run using YouTube and is 45 minutes long.
The course assumes no prior knowledge or experience so there is no pre-reading necessary.
There will be the opportunity to ask questions during the session.
Please note, these training sessions are only available in the UK.

An introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) for small businesses
2024-11-07 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-03 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-02-13 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-04 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-25 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-05-06 18:00 - 20:00 and 2 more dates
You’ve heard of Artificial Intelligence, but do you know how it can help you as you run your business? This practical webinar will explore how AI can help improve your business marketing to be more efficient and cost-effective, through the automatic creation of content for all your digital platforms; as well as helping you better understand your customers and business opportunities.
This webinar will cover:

What is Artificial Intelligence
Current AI tools and systems to use right now (including ChatGPT and MidJourney)
Automating digital content for blogs and social media
Using AI for business strategy and customer profiling
The pros and cons of AI for small businesses

This webinar will help you understand how you can integrate AI into your existing marketing, looking at the potential consequences (good and bad) of Artificial Intelligence, and its impact on small businesses and their customers.

Continuous Improvement Business Breakfast Workshop
2024-11-11 09:00 - 12:00 | Engineering Partnership Innovation Centre, Keptie Road, Arbroath, DD11 3EA
Our breakfast workshop – delivered by our Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service (SMAS) – is an opportunity to take a step back and look at an alternative way of working and thinking about your business.
As well as providing a short overview of the SMAS, we’ll explore how lean manufacturing can help engage people and create a sustainable change and culture in your business.
Because the workshop takes place at the EPIC, there will also be an opportunity to engage with our partners at Tay Cities Engineering Partnership. You’ll see first-hand how EPIC provides a wealth of resources for students, businesses, and the wider community.
You’ll also learn how it’s home to new equipment, including fully operational CNC mills and lathes, micro CNCs, 3D printers, and cobots.
What you’ll learn from this event
Improving productivity in your business can lead to a reduction in production costs and make your business more competitive. By focussing on adding value through lean techniques, you can improve quality, cost, and delivery performance, along with increased capacity.
Our highly interactive event will simulate how businesses are run. It highlights some of the typical daily challenges that businesses experience and will demonstrate an alternative way of looking at your business.
You’ll learn how to think and act differently to improve your business efficiency by applying simple lean thinking principles.
You’ll gain insight to the potential integration of automation within your organisation that can increase and expand ambition, productivity, growth, and profitability as part of our Q&A session.
Capital Investment queries to assist automation requirements.
Why attend?
This event is for progressive people who wish to understand the basics of improvement through team-building exercises and practical application.
Through the manufacturing simulation provided, you’ll gain an understanding of the wastes and learn the importance of performance management.
This activity workshop provides the opportunity to step back from current operations, review the essential implementation elements of improvement, and assess the way forward for your organisation.
Who should attend?
This event is suited for people at a senior management level. This includes those who have responsibility for championing or driving business improvement within the workplace, and/or are involved in the implementation of new processes and new ways of working.
The event has been timed to ensure minimum time away from the workplace. It starts at 9am with breakfast and refreshments. It will finish promptly at noon.
There will be ample opportunity to network with like-minded people and explore ways that SMAS can support your business.
This event is free of charge, with limited places, so book early to avoid disappointment.

Boost your productivity with AI
2024-12-03 11:00 - 12:00
This Google Digital Garage session introduces learners to cutting-edge AI tools that are already available from Google and others, to show some of the smartest ways digital-age workers can use them to save time at work and on tasks.
In this session, you will learn:

an introduction to generative AI and how it works
how to use AI-powered tools and techniques to save you time
an overview to crafting effective prompts

This session is run using YouTube and is 45 minutes long.
The course assumes no prior knowledge or experience so there is no pre-reading necessary.
There will be the opportunity to ask questions during the session.

Unlocking productivity: the power of collaborative robotics
2024-12-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Smart Hub Lanarkshire, New College Lanarkshire, Motherwell, ML1 2TX, United Kingdom
Smart Hub Lanarkshire helps small to medium-sized manufacturing businesses explore the uses of collaborative robots (cobots). Scottish Enterprise helps Scottish companies unlock productivity through capital investment. This event combines both areas of expertise to help companies understand the support that’s available when they invest in collaborative robots.
The event will run for two hours from 10am to 12pm, with the following agenda:
• Scottish Enterprise’s mission: capital investment for productivity
• Overview of Smart Hub and cobots capability
• Case studies – the applications of cobots in different manufacturing settings
• Interactive cobot demonstration and learning session
• Next steps – exploring the cobot offering and grants
If there is enough demand for this workshop, an additional afternoon session will be arranged to accommodate the numbers.
The Smart Hub team will be in contact a few days before the workshop to share a welcome pack with logistical details. They’ll also ask about your areas of interest to help shape the workshop content to suit the audience and maximise learning.

Cyber security for your small business
2024-12-16 11:00 - 12:00
Around 83% of small and medium-sized businesses are not financially prepared to recover from a cyber attack – which could mean going out of business.
This event aims to introduce start-ups and new businesses to the risks they face and provide top tips on how to avoid some common threats, protect their organisation and enable them to win new business and gain stakeholder support.
Your host Jim Wright will introduce security, how it can benefit businesses and allow them to seize opportunities while minimising risk. Jim will also discuss common frameworks and fundamental principles that business leaders should know from the start of their business venture.
By the end of this webinar, attendees will:

understand security risks
understand the benefits of security
have an awareness of threat actors
have an awareness of threat vectors
have an awareness of the services that can be offered to support start-ups
understand the regulatory environment in which they work
understand the common frameworks relating to security

Jim Wright is the founder and principal consultant of Principle Defence, a Hertfordshire-based security and data protection consultancy and training provider. Jim has over 17 years of experience in security having served in the British Army before moving into the private sector.
He has worked with both private and public sector clients as a consultant, working on multi-billion pound projects providing information security and data privacy advice and services. He holds a number of certifications including Fellow of Information Privacy from the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the Lead Security and Information Risk Advisor (L-SIRA) from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
Principle Defence is a Trusted Partner of the Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre (a policing-led initiative) and is a Cyber Essentials Certification Body.

Unleash the Power of ChatGPT/AI for global business growth
2025-01-23 09:30 - 13:00
AI has been hitting the headlines recently, with the launch of ChatGPT already making waves in various industries.
ChatGPT and other similar AI applications use natural language processing to create humanlike conversational dialogue. The language model can respond to questions and compose various written content, including articles, social media posts, essays, code and emails.
This webinar is updated weekly and covers a huge range of AI topics, including getting the most out of popular models (ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini) for the creation of written and visual content.
This webinar will help you understand more about generative AI models and how you can use them to boost efficiency and productivity in your business.

Mastering Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT
2025-01-30 09:30 - 11:30
This comprehensive masterclass will immerse you in the world of AI and prompt engineering.
Prompt engineering is the term used for the way you craft your questions or tasks, ‘prompts’, for AI models to get the best results.
The session will help you master interactions with ChatGPT, OpenAI’s advanced generative AI model. It offers a deep dive into the nuances of AI communication, focusing on the intricacies of crafting effective prompts that lead to meaningful and insightful AI-generated content.
After this webinar, you’ll be able to use AI models to work smarter. Crafting prompts that help you improve productivity, streamline tasks, spark fresh ideas and save you time and money.

Transform Your Tourism Business: AI and Tech Solutions for Tay Cities
2025-03-11 09:00 - 13:00 | A K Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 8EP
This transformative morning session is designed specifically for tourism businesses in the Tay Cities region. Whether you’re just starting to explore AI and automation or you’re ready to take your existing tools to the next level, this event will provide practical insights and actionable strategies to enhance your hospitality offering.
Discover how businesses like yours are using AI to automate routine tasks while creating more personalised, authentic experiences that visitors love.
Join us for a dynamic session that includes:

Interactive AI and Automation Workshops: Learn how to implement tools that enhance efficiency and personalisation.
Success Stories: Hear from local tourism businesses that have embraced innovation.
Networking Opportunities: Build connections with like-minded businesses and industry innovators.
Practical Takeaways: Leave with specific AI solutions and the exclusive Tay Cities Traveltech Playbook to help you get started right away.
Enjoy a locally-sourced breakfast and a light lunch as you engage in meaningful conversations with fellow participants.

This event is free for eligible tourism businesses in the Tay Cities region. Spaces are limited, so early registration is recommended to secure your place.
To ensure the event delivers maximum value, we encourage you to share one business challenge you’re currently facing during the registration process—this will help tailor the workshop to your needs.

AI for Exports - Breaking Into International Markets
2025-03-18 10:00 - 11:30
This webinar explores how AI-powered tools can help businesses expand into international markets efficiently and cost-effectively. From market research and customer insights to automated marketing and logistics optimization, AI is transforming how companies scale globally.
Learning Outcomes:

A base understanding of the main A.I. Platforms, and jargon associated with the technology.
Understand how AI can identify and analyse new market opportunities.
Learn how to leverage AI-driven tools for cost-effective marketing and customer engagement.
Discover AI solutions for streamlining operations, logistics, and customer support across different regions.
Gain insights into real-world examples of businesses successfully using AI to expand internationally.

Who Should Attend?
This webinar is designed for businesses using eCommerce to scale internationally, including:

E-commerce brands looking to expand into new international markets.
D2C (Direct-to-Consumer) businesses aiming to optimise cross-border sales.
B2B eCommerce companies seeking AI-driven solutions for export growth.
Online retailers exploring cost-effective strategies for global expansion.
Manufacturers leveraging eCommerce to reach international buyers.

The AI-Powered Business: How Businesses Can 10x Their Productivity Webinar
2025-04-21 10:00 - 11:30
AI is revolutionizing how businesses operate, enabling companies to scale faster, streamline operations, and optimize efficiency. This webinar will explore the best AI tools for automating key business processes—from marketing and customer service to supply chain management and data analysis—helping eCommerce businesses grow internationally without increasing overhead.
Learning Outcomes:

A base understanding of the main A.I. Platforms, and jargon associated with the technology.
Discover AI tools that can enhance productivity for often time-consuming tasks.
Learn how AI-powered solutions can optimize customer engagement, marketing, and operations.
Understand how AI can support international expansion through smarter data insights and decision-making.
Explore real-world examples of eCommerce businesses successfully leveraging AI to scale globally.

Who Should Attend?
This webinar is designed for eCommerce businesses looking to scale internationally, including:

E-commerce brands aiming to expand into new markets while improving efficiency.
D2C (Direct-to-Consumer) businesses seeking AI-driven automation to streamline operations.
B2B eCommerce companies looking to optimize international workflows.
Online retailers wanting to automate marketing, customer service, and logistics.
Manufacturers leveraging eCommerce to reach global buyers more efficiently.

If you’re using eCommerce to expand internationally and want to leverage AI to scale faster, reduce costs, and free up time for strategic growth, this session will provide practical insights and tools to accelerate your success.

Harnessing AI in Shopify: Boost Sales & Streamline Operations Webinar
2025-04-30 10:00 - 11:00
This webinar explores how AI can enhance your Shopify store by automating tasks, personalising customer experiences, and optimizing sales strategies. Delegates will gain practical insights into AI-powered tools and apps that can help improve product recommendations, streamline customer service, and increase conversions.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this session, delegates will:

Understand how AI can enhance various aspects of a Shopify store.
Learn about AI-driven tools for product recommendations, chatbots, and customer segmentation.
Discover automation techniques to improve efficiency and customer engagement.
Explore Shopify’s own AI tools and what is already included within their platform.
Gain practical knowledge on integrating AI-powered apps into Shopify.
Develop strategies to leverage AI for increasing sales and optimizing store performance.

Who should attend this webinar?
This webinar is ideal for business owners and eCommerce managers who are looking to grow their Shopify store by leveraging AI technology. It is perfect for:

Shopify store owners seeking to improve efficiency, increase conversions, and boost sales through AI-driven tools.
eCommerce managers looking to optimize their store’s performance and enhance customer engagement using automation and personalisation.
Marketing teams interested in integrating AI for targeted campaigns, product recommendations, and customer segmentation.
Customer service teams wanting to explore AI-powered chatbots and other tools to enhance service delivery and satisfaction.
Tech-savvy entrepreneurs wanting to stay ahead of the curve and adopt the latest AI technologies in their eCommerce strategy.

Generative and agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the future of work
2025-05-13 10:00 - 11:00
This online session will focus on the accessibility and real-world relevance of generative and agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI). It will highlight concrete use cases, emerging patterns of adoption, and strategic questions SMEs should be asking now to prepare for what comes next.
Dr Marcel Lukas, Vice Dean Executive Education and Senior Lecturer in Banking and Finance at the University of St Andrews, will lead the session. Drawing on his research in financial technology, behavioural economics, and policy engagement, Dr Lukas will examine how generative AI is not only transforming operational efficiency but also enabling new forms of creativity, customer engagement, and business model innovation.
This will consider both the immediate practical applications and the broader organisational and workforce implications, including skills development, ethical considerations, and regulatory awareness.
Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of the potential benefits and limitations of generative and agentic AI, and with ideas on how to engage with these technologies in a responsible and sustainable way.

The AI-Powered Business: How Businesses Can 10x Their Productivity
2025-06-04 10:00 - 11:30 | Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, 50 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 6HQ
AI tools are revolutionizing how businesses operate. Using them effectively is enabling companies to scale faster, streamline operations, and optimize efficiency.
If you want to learn how to use them to increase productivity in your business, this event is for you.
Delivered by Ali Shariat, co-founder of ThisWayUp, it will discuss the best AI tools for automating key business processes, from marketing and customer service to supply chain management and data analysis.
Ali transformed Coconut Merchant from a startup to a £7 million eCommerce powerhouse that rivalled top brands on Amazon. Capitalizing on this triumph, he secured listings in major UK retailers expanding to more than 15 countries.
By the end of the session, you’ll have gained:

A base understanding of mainstream AI tools and the language used around them.
A knowledge of AI tools that can enhance productivity for often time-consuming tasks.
Understanding of how AI-powered solutions can optimize customer engagement, marketing, and operations.
Understanding of how AI can support international expansion through smarter data insights and decision-making.
Real-world examples of eCommerce businesses successfully leveraging AI to scale globally.

Unleash the Power of ChatGPT & AI to Drive International Business Growth
2025-06-06 10:00 - 13:30
AI chatbots like ChatGPT have been filling up headlines for the last couple of years. In more recent times, those headlines have been about how these tools are supporting day-to-day operations in businesses across industries.
ChatGPT and other similar AI applications use natural language processing to create humanlike conversational dialogue. The language model can respond to questions and compose various written content, including articles, social media posts, essays, code and emails.
If you’re looking to learn more about the potential applications for these tools in your business this interactive event is for you.
It covers a wide range of topics and will help you get the most out of your chosen AI tools, including how to effectively prompt to create quality written content, image generation and video production.
This event will be delivered by Stephen Whitelaw, Business Owner, Writer, Speaker and Digital Guru. Stephen has started and grown several successful businesses and has been the recipient of a Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Award in recognition of establishing one of the UK’s fastest growing businesses.

Mastering prompt engineering with ChatGPT for global business success
2025-06-25 10:00 - 13:30 | Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, 50 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 6HQ
This comprehensive masterclass will immerse you in the world of AI and prompt engineering.
Prompt engineering is the term used for the way you craft your questions or tasks – the ‘prompts’ – for AI models to get the best results. If you’re looking to save time, improve communication, and stay ahead of the competition in a global marketplace, effective prompt engineering can transform the way you work.
This session will help you master interactions with ChatGPT, OpenAI’s advanced generative AI model. It offers a deep dive into the nuances of AI communication, focusing on the intricacies of crafting effective prompts that lead to meaningful and insightful AI-generated content.
After the workshop, you’ll be able to use AI models to work smarter. You’ll learn to craft prompts that help you improve productivity, streamline tasks, spark fresh ideas, and save you time and money.
This masterclass is perfect for Scottish business owners, managers, and professionals who want to unlock the full potential of AI to drive innovation and efficiency. Whether you’re using ChatGPT already or just getting started, this session will give you the skills to craft smarter prompts and get more accurate, useful responses.
This event will be delivered by business owner, writer, speaker, and digital guru Stephen Whitelaw. Stephen has started and grown several successful businesses and has received a Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Award for establishing one of the UK’s fastest growing businesses.

Unleash the power of ChatGPT and AI
2025-07-01 13:00 - 16:30 | ONE Tech Hub, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, AB10 1JQ
AI is no longer just on the horizon. It’s already here, reshaping how we work, create, and communicate. Since its launch in 2022, ChatGPT has revolutionised industries from education to marketing, customer service to software development – and it’s just getting started.
But here’s the big question: are you using it to its full potential?
In this masterclass supported by ONE Digital Tech and Scottish Enterprise, you’ll go beyond the headlines to explore how tools like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini are transforming everyday tasks into extraordinary results. Whether you’re writing content, generating images, building presentations, automating emails, or even producing videos, AI can amplify your productivity, creativity, and competitive edge.
Updated weekly to reflect the latest developments, this session is packed with real-world examples, live demos, and practical takeaways you can put to use immediately. You don’t need to be a tech expert — just curious about what’s possible.
Join us and learn:

What generative AI really is (and isn’t)
How to prompt smarter and get better results
The best tools for content creation, ideation, and visual media
How to integrate AI into your workflow safely and ethically

Whether you’re a founder, marketer, educator, leader, or simply AI-curious — this is your chance to get hands-on with the most talked-about technology on the planet. Reserve your spot now and turn AI from a buzzword into a business advantage.

Using AI tools to create content for your business
2025-08-05 13:00 - 15:00
In this business.connected workshop in partnership with Vodafone Business, we’ll explore how to harness the power of AI to create smarter, more strategic content – without compromising on authenticity.
Whether you’re a solo entrepreneur, a small business owner or part of a growing team, this session will give you the tools to confidently integrate AI into your content strategy while staying true to your brand voice and values.
Led by Kristian Downer, an expert in digital content and AI applications, the workshop will cover how to use AI tools to generate blogs, video scripts and social media posts efficiently – plus how to make sure your content feels human and trustworthy.
You’ll also learn how to repurpose one idea into a wealth of content across different platforms, and how to use AI-powered analytics to track what’s working, what’s not and where to optimise.
Kristian has over 11 years of experience in digital marketing and specialises in helping business owners and marketing managers cut through the complexity to achieve consistent, profitable growth. From sole traders to large corporates, he’s delivered proven strategies and high-performing campaigns that drive real results.
Now, as a national trainer for Google Digital Garage through Enterprise Nation, he’s equipping businesses across the UK with the skills to navigate the evolving digital landscape – including the opportunities and challenges of AI in marketing.
