Inch Cape Offshore Construction Supplier Event
2025-06-25 10:30 - 14:30 UTC | Montrose Town Hall, 3 Melville Gardens, Montrose, DD10 8HG
Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm’s offshore construction will soon kick-off, with the team working out of Montrose Port in Angus, also to be home of the project’s operations and maintenance base. Inch Cape will also work from ports at both Leith and Dundee for foundation and turbine marshalling.
To ensure local companies are aware of offshore construction contracting opportunities, the Inch Cape team would like to welcome the local supply chain to a face-to-face event on Wednesday 25 June 2025.
The project’s key offshore construction contractors will be presenting and exhibiting and there will be opportunities to discuss their requirements and meet with others in the supply chain. There will also tours of the Port for those interested in all the developments happening there and an opportunity to find out about ORE Catapult’s first Scottish Launch Academy.
The event is being organised by NOF and supported by Forth & Tay Offshore Cluster (FTO). There is no cost to attend.

Social media essentials: TikTok and Instagram Reels
2025-06-25 12:00 - 14:00
TikTok and Instagram Reels aren’t just for dance trends and lip-synching videos, they can also be a fantastic opportunity to engage with your customers and increase the reach of your business online. Learn how to create bitesize video content for more effective business communication on two of the most popular social platforms.
We will cover:

How to optimise your TikTok and Instagram accounts for the best results with video
How to discover the latest trends on each platform and leverage this to create popular videos for your business
Ideas for creating content to entertain, inspire or educate your audience (with lots of examples from a variety of relevant TikTok and Reels accounts)
How to increase engagement and reach by paying attention to your videos’ structure, duration, titles and understanding hashtags and algorithms
The best kit, apps and workflow to create bitesize vertical videos for both platforms

Home Energy Scotland home renewables - decarbonising your home and making it more energy efficient
2025-06-25 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-06-25 18:00 - 19:00
Home Energy Scotland is here to offer free advice and support to help you make your home warmer, reduce your energy bills, and contribute to a greener, more sustainable future.
Our service is funded by the Scottish Government and managed by Energy Saving Trust. We are committed to positively impacting the lives of people throughout Scotland. This webinar will focus on the work what we do and how we can support. It will also have a focus on our renewable service, the tailored reports which can be created as well as links to funding which may be available.
Keeping your home warm and lowering your carbon footprint can go hand in hand. Learn how renewable energy like solar power, wind, and water can heat your home for less.

ANGUSalive Exclusive Showcase at Monikie Country Park
2025-06-26 02:30 - 18:00 | Monikie Country Park, Monikie, DD5 3QA
ANGUSalive are holding a showcase event at Monikie Country Park on 26 June, from 2.30pm. Monikie Country Park boasts beautiful woodland and parkland with a variety of things to see and do, including land and water activities, self-led trails, and an adventure play park. This event is an ideal opportunity to find out about the extensive range of experiences on offer for visitors.
What you can expect:

2.30pm: Welcome & Refreshments. An introduction to Countryside Adventure – learn about the extensive range of experiences on offer at Monikie Country Park.
3.00pm: Find out more about our Land-based Activities, including bushcraft & survival skills, cycling, nature walks with one of our Countryside Rangers, and craft workshops.
4.00pm: Discover what water-based activities visitors can enjoy, including paddleboarding, kayaking, canoeing, windsurfing, and our newest addition – Angus Aqua Splash.
5.00pm: Try it for yourself! Angus Aqua Splash Session (optional); alternatively you could watch the session from shore and enjoy some networking
6.00pm: End

Places are limited, so please RSVP to: Scott Grant – scott.grant@angusalive.scot

Land & Rural Business Webinar - Protecting Your Farm's Future
2025-06-26 12:30 - 13:30
The Scottish agricultural sector is facing one of the biggest shifts in legislative and budgetary frameworks in a generation. From proposed changes to the Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs from Inheritance Tax, to the ongoing Land Reform (Scotland) Bill, there are big challenges on the horizon.
Join experts from Thorntons’ Land and Rural Business team as they discuss these and other significant challenges to help you navigate what may lie ahead. Topics covered will include:

The Autumn Budget – Opportunities to consider
Land Reform and Agricultural Tenancies – What will it mean for farmers
Voluntary Registration and RCI – What you need to know
Preparing for the next generation – succession planning and relationship breakdowns

Home Energy Scotland for landlords - decarbonising your rental home and making it more energy efficient
2025-06-26 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-06-26 18:00 - 19:00
This webinar will focus on the work the help available to registered private landlords looking to improve the energy efficiency of their rental properties.
Whether you’re looking to discuss your Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) or various funding options or have your property assessed in depth, we can help.
If you need to make improvements to your property, now’s the time to start. Our private landlord specialists can talk you through the new standards and help you determine what improvements to prioritise.

HR 1-2-1
2025-06-27 10:00 - 16:00
Whether you’re looking to hire your first employee, looking to review your workplace policies or dealing with complex employee issues – no challenge is too big or too small.
Once you have booked your space online, one of our team will be in touch to discuss an appointment time with you and send you further information. These sessions can take place online via Zoom or alternatively, face to face in our Dundee Business Gateway Office.

How to build your brand
2025-06-30 14:00 - 16:00
This webinar will define what a brand is (and is not) and explain how it is more than just creating a logo. We will explore how a business can use their brand to show its identity, purpose, personality, message, and values in order to stand out from competitors, build a loyal customer base and make more sales.
This session will:

Provide you with a clear understanding of the difference between brands and branding
Help you understand what a brand is
Show you why branding is important
Look at your brand strategy, brand identity and action
Help you learn how to develop your brand’s positioning, character, and purpose to differentiate your business from its competitors
Demonstrate how to set up a brand kit and style guide to ensure consistency across websites, social media, business cards, posters etc.
Teach you how to create simple promotional graphics using a variety of tools including Canva
Highlight a variety of free tools including Google Drive, Hubspot and Mailchimp that can save time and simplify marketing tasks

InspireHER: The importance of self-compassion
2025-07-01 12:00 - 13:00
This powerful session is designed to show you how to develop self-compassion in a way that will help you grow personally, and professionally.
We’ll explore:

What self-compassion really is
The hidden cost of your inner critic
Why being kind to yourself helps you achieve more, not less
Simple practices to build a healthier relationship with yourself

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.

A step-by-step guide to building your business plan
2025-07-02 10:00 - 12:00
New and established businesses will require a business plan for getting a loan, grant or just to consider the direction they wish to go in. This webinar will teach you what you need to include and how. We will walk you through what should be included within a business plan, how a business plan is used to improve your prospects for a loan or a grant, and how you can develop a business plan to meet your needs.
We will:

Provide a structure for a business plan
Review each section of what should be included within the business plan
Explain when and how to use a business plan
Explore the connections (and importance) between the words and the numbers
Look at how to identify and manage cashflow within the business planning process

Increasing the profitability of your agritourism business
2025-07-02 10:00 - 15:30 | Ernespie Farm, Castle Douglas, DG7 3JG
Join Scotland’s Agritourism Monitor Farms Programme for a talk on how to achieve increased profitability in an agritourism enterprise from Colin McNally, Finance Expert.
We will hear how using data to inform decision making has helped Monitor Farmer, David McMiken, make positive changes to the Ernespie Agritourism business including introducing a new enterprise. We will have a walk around and see first hand the developments that are ongoing.

Get Found Everywhere: Boost Your Digital Visibility in a Changing World
2025-07-02 10:00 - 16:30 | Arbroath Football Club, Gayfield Park, Arbroath, DD11 1QJ
Search behaviour is evolving – people now speak naturally to voice assistants and AI tools, not just type into Google. This workshop shows you how to show up wherever your customers are searching: Google, Bing, AI platforms, social media, and voice search.
We’ll start with the basics, then guide you through a clear, practical process to boost your visibility. Each slide includes an AI prompt to tailor to your business, saving you hours of guesswork.
AI is transforming SEO. Learn how to use AI to:
• Discover high-value and long-tail keywords
• Analyse search intent and user behaviour
• Predict emerging trends
• Blend AI with traditional SEO techniques
Who Should Attend
• Business owners aiming to boost search visibility
• Content creators seeking smarter SEO strategies
• Anyone ready to explore AI-driven SEO
Come Prepared (Ideally):
• A live website, access to your admin panel, Google Business Profile, Google & Microsoft accounts, and a ChatGPT or Gemini subscription.
Don’t have all that? No problem. You’ll learn what’s essential and how to build from where you are.
Most important:
• A willingness to act, a rough idea of your offer, and curiosity about how visible you are now
• Bring a laptop or notebook – this is a hands-on session designed to get you taking action immediately

How to deliver low-cost, high impact marketing
2025-07-02 13:00 - 15:00
When budgets are tight, it can be difficult to find the funds for marketing. This webinar will offer marketing tips and advice that you can then use across your business – without bursting the bank.
We will look at:

How marketing extends way beyond what most businesses consider it to be and how it provides opportunities for businesses to make transformational change with little or minimal extra spend
Identifying marketing priorities and using these to reshape your business
The marketing mix as a tool for reviewing how your business plans and delivers its marketing activity
How your marketing activity is delivered successfully and effectively in your business
A series of top tips including the importance of understanding your customers, the core components of a brand, the value of strong and consistent branding, the value of a clear focus and the power of creativity
The many options available with traditional advertising and promotion as a way a company communicates what it does and what it can offer customers, but also looking how this has changed in a world where marketing has moved online
The foundations of effective marketing in a digital age, looking at how your business can grasp new ways of marketing such as social media, web and digital PR

Delivering profit to drive growth
2025-07-03 10:00 - 12:00
The course covers financial analysis, strategic decision-making, resource allocation, and the role of innovation and scalability in leveraging profit for long-term success.
We will cover:

Getting to know your financials
Controlling growth
Improving decision making
Opportunities
Cash is king
Controlling change
Pricing strategies for maximum profit
Measuring profit

VisitScotland bitesize webinars: attracting the European visitor
2025-07-03 14:00 - 14:30
Explore the great potential from the European market.
Discover the main inspirations for them booking a holiday to Scotland and how understanding their booking preferences and activities while in Scotland can provide you with a competitive advantage.
Learn how to leverage these insights to refine your marketing strategies.

An introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) for small businesses
2025-07-03 14:00 - 16:00
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.

Bookkeeping essentials
2025-07-04 10:00 - 12:00
This webinar is for those who are entering business for the first time or require an understanding of what is involved in financially managing a business, including basic bookkeeping, and creating a profit and loss account. You will also get an understanding of what expenses the business can claim and then how to fund your business. At the end of the session, you will receive a workbook on excel to help you manage and monitor costs and sales.
At the end of this session, you will be able to:

Implement basic bookkeeping skills across your business
Create a profit and loss account
Understand what expenses can and cannot be claimed
Use financial management to increase revenues and profits
Understand capital and revenue costs and how they are treated

Unlocking the power of open data for soil health
2025-07-07 10:30 - 12:00
Join one of the creators of the Soil Health Data Cube, OpenGeoHub Foundation, for this webinar in the AI 4 Soil Health project’s series, exploring how AI, open data and new research is transforming soil health monitoring and management across Europe.
This webinar will showcase how open, high-resolution geospatial data is unlocking new ways to model soil systems, predict climate change impacts, and drive regenerative agricultural practices.

Going for Green: Accrediting Your Agritourism Sustainability Story
2025-07-08 12:00 - 13:00
Join Scotland’s Agritourism Monitor Farms Programme to to welcome Diane Knight, Client Services Director, from Green Tourism, a world-leading sustainability certification for the travel, tourism, and hospitality industries.
Green Tourism helps businesses embed responsible and environmentally friendly practices that not only reduce impact but also enhance visitor appeal.
In this session, Diane will share how agritourism businesses can work towards Green Tourism accreditation, tell an authentic sustainability story, and turn their green credentials into a competitive advantage.

How to start a business: The basics
2025-07-08 14:00 - 16:00
Whatever your reasons may be for considering being your own boss, we are here to support you and help you decide if this is the right path for you.
We will cover:

Personal finance
Planning – how much do you need to earn?
Researching your market – who your customers are, understanding your competition and what the trends are within your chosen field
Business structure – what are the core business structures? How to decide which is right for you and how to register as a business
Creating your start-up action plan – an outline
Marketing
Pricing
Naming the business
Basic bookkeeping
Forecasting
Financing, banking, insurance, and VAT
Tax

Roots of Resilience – Enhancing Biodiversity through Agroecology
2025-07-09 09:00 - 11:00
This is the second in a series of four virtual roadshows, designed to take the findings of Agroecology-TRANSECT and disseminate broadly what they mean in practice.
Agroecology-TRANSECT is a Horizon Europe project exploring how nature-friendly farming is evolving across 11 countries in Europe and beyond, and how these practices can accelerate positive change for people, animals and the environment.
Roots of Resilience – Enhancing Biodiversity through Agroecology presents findings from partners and innovation hubs across Europe through presentations and visual storytelling, highlighting how biodiversity underpins resilient agroecological systems.

How has EU Agriculture Policy affected biodiversity so far?
What does the research tell us about the impact of agroecological farming practices on biodiversity?
The Multi Criteria Analysis tool (MCA) – particularly looking at how it can analyse Biodiversity Indicators
Updates from Innovation Hubs

Introduction to Canva
2025-07-09 10:00 - 12:00
Canva is an all-in-one online design tool that makes it simple to create graphics, edit photos/videos and write content.
In this webinar, you’ll learn how to navigate Canva with confidence, starting with a broad overview of what you can create and do with Canva including a live demonstration of the Canva Editor.
We’ll then explore how to:

Design professional printed marketing materials and edit photos with ease.
Create engaging social media content, including videos and images for posts and ads.
Write creative blog content and make stunning presentations.

We’ll finish this beginner’s guide to Canva by looking at some clever strategies for improving how you market your business with your new suite of creative marketing materials.
As a result of attending this webinar, you will gain practical knowledge of the basics of Canva and learn how to save time when marketing your business online. We’ll be focusing on the free features of Canva for this webinar but some paid ‘Canva Pro’ features will be demonstrated also.

How to improve your Google search rankings - Part 1: On page optimisation
2025-07-10 10:00 - 12:00
Join us to look at how Google and other search engines decide the order in which they list their search results. We will show you how to maximise your chances of appearing towards the top of the search rankings, ensuring you understand what key words and phrases your potential customers are using when searching online, and how to optimise your website as a result.
We will cover:

How search engines work, and the ‘on-page’ factors used to rank your site
Understanding customer search behaviour
Keyword research tools and how to benefit from them
Optimising your website content for search engines

An introduction to business websites
2025-07-10 14:00 - 16:00
This webinar will take you through all the steps required to design, build and host a business website. You will learn about:

The need to determine website objectives
The importance of knowing who your audience is and measuring results
Setting clear calls to action and creating engaging content
Creating your brand’s visual identity online, your site’s blueprint and how you can structure your site map
What’s involved in registering your domain, maintaining your site content, and options for hosting it

This webinar will also offer guidance on when and how to outsource your website development, covering topics such as choosing a suitable content management system, what to organise first and costing for the work.

Space data for industry – Denmark Innovation Call Launch
2025-07-14 14:00 - 15:00
What’s it about?
This challenge offers 100% grant funding up to £30,000 for Scottish-based companies developing innovative solutions using satellite data. The goal? To explore and prove the feasibility of space-data-driven services that can benefit Danish customers — especially in the Financial Services sector.
Who should attend?

Scottish tech companies with expertise in space data, software, or product development.
Danish organisations interested in partnering on innovative data-driven solutions.
Anyone keen to explore cross-border innovation and commercialisation opportunities.

Key Dates

Webinar Date: 14th of July 2025
Application Window: 20th June – 22nd August 2025
Project Duration: Up to 3 months, ending by 31st January 2026

Why join?

Learn how to access up to £30,000 in funding
Understand eligibility and application criteria
Connect with potential partners from Denmark and Scotland
Get insights into how space data can drive innovation in Financial Services and beyond

Creating an effective email marketing strategy
2025-07-15 10:00 - 12:00
Customers buy from businesses that they know, like and trust. Email marketing is powerful and affordable tool in your digital marketing toolkit to build these relationships. Most businesses send monthly newsletters to stay in touch with their audience, but your results will improve with a structured plan and the best practices that will be explored in this webinar. Whether you’re new to email marketing or you’re looking to optimise your email strategy, this webinar enable you to:

Adopt email marketing into your wider marketing strategy and gain insight into your target audience
Understand the key stages of an effective marketing strategy
Segment your audiences and to target and position your offering to them effectively
Create a value-driven and customer-focussed content for email marketing whilst measuring and testing it’s effectiveness
Identify the most suitable platforms and tools for email marketing campaigns, including different paid-for account levels
Optimise the different components of a successful email campaign
Use reporting and key metrics to make sure your campaigns are successful
Be compliant with legal requirements relating to email communications and use best practices for escaping the spam folder

How to improve your Google search rankings - Part 2: Off page optimisation & technical considerations
2025-07-17 10:00 - 12:00
Join us as we take a further, more detailed look at how the Google search engines indexes and ranks websites based on a number of external (off-page) and technical factors. Implementing this learning will increase your chances of customers discovering your business through Google – the world’s leading research tool.
We will cover:

How to block or control what websites are allowed to ‘index’
The importance of a fast loading mobile website
How security and usability influence Google
What “off-page” optimisation means, and tactics to generate back-links
The importance of Local SEO, and why a “Google Business Profile” is vital
