A new grant‑funded opportunity through the Tay Cities Skills Project, HospitaliTAY, is open to hospitality businesses and aims to help individuals build confidence, develop professional skills, gain recognised qualifications, and take meaningful steps toward future leadership roles.

This is a fantastic opportunity for employers to invest in their teams and strengthen their workforce for the future.

Your business can access up to £5,000 of grant-funded training, delivered by regional partners.

• Skills training opportunities
  Perfect for developing or refreshing practical skills that support operational excellence.
  Examples: Barista training, customer service, food hygiene, sector-specific technical skills.
• Leadership training opportunities
  Ideal for staff ready to grow into leadership roles or formalise existing experience.
  Examples: Managing difficult conversations, people management, supervisory development, communication skills.

The Expression of Interest closes on 24 May 2026.

Scotland Food & Drink is proud to be working with the Scottish Government to launch the Food and Drink Processing Scheme Scotland – a capital funding programme designed to boost investment within Scotland’s food and drink processing sector.

This scheme is a key part of a £9 million package of capital funding support announced by the Scottish Government for the food and drink processing sector. Grants of up to £400,000 are available to cover up to 40% of a project’s costs.

The Food and Drink Processing Scheme Scotland will provide grants to food and drink businesses in Scotland to boost their productivity and capacity and enable responsible growth for the industry to strengthen Scotland’s economic outlook. The process is likely to be highly competitive and successful applications will need to demonstrate how the project for which funding is requested will contribute to at least one of the following two outcomes:

1. Productivity and Economic Benefits: the business will become more productive, profitable, efficient or resilient (for example though increased capacity, automation, reduced waste, or improved margins).
2. Economic Growth and Markets: the project will drive economic growth (for example, enabling new products, markets, contracts or exports).

UK registered companies or mutual societies carrying out the processing of food or drink in Scotland may apply for a grant. The application deadline is 12pm on Friday 15 May 2026.

The Tay Cities SME Skills Fund provides grants of up to £5,000 for SMEs in Angus. This initiative aims to empower the local business community by supporting workforce development through tailored training at Dundee and Angus College. This grant is provided by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund through Angus Council.

This fund is not just about financial support; it’s a strategic investment in your workforce. It focuses on enhancing employee experience, fostering professional growth, and boosting talent retention—all vital components for sustainable business success.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in Angus can apply for funds to access a wide range of training and upskilling opportunities offered by Dundee and Angus College, helping your team to develop essential skills and drive your business forward.

The Electric Car Grant offers banded grant levels for vehicles priced at £37,000 or below, with eligibility criteria based on the sustainability of vehicle manufacturing.

The highest grant, available for cars with the lowest carbon emission scores, is £3,750. The second level of grant is £1,500.

The grant is only available for vehicles that have been approved as eligible.

This marks the largest consumer incentive investment to date, reflecting the government’s commitment to phase out new petrol and diesel car sales by 2030.

The funding will be available until the 2028-29 financial year, giving both manufacturers and buyers a clear window to plan ahead.

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) is a partnership open to businesses or not-for-profit organisations, research organisations and graduates to work on an innovation project. Funding is provided to support the total cost of the project – businesses provide around one-third to half of the project costs depending on their size.

UK Research and Innovation are looking for partnerships that help businesses to innovate, develop, grow and become more productive by employing academic expertise that they do not have in-house. As a business, you may be looking for an academic partner to help you to address a particular innovation challenge.

Your business will have to contribute to the costs of the project, including the salary of the graduate, known as the associate, and the cost of a supervisor to oversee the project.

The SMART: SCOTLAND grant is a research and development (R&D) grant that aims to support high-risk, highly ambitious projects.

It provides support to conduct feasibility studies. It’s only available to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) based in Scotland, and supports activities that have a commercial endpoint.

Studies must last between 6 and 18 months, and the maximum grant is £100,000.

Applications are accepted all year round.

The National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations aims to continue to support organisations who seek funding to undertake creative activity such as a specific project or production, a programme of creative work, or a period of research and development.

Any type of constituted artistic, creative or cultural organisation based in Scotland can apply, but as the funding comes from the National Lottery, and is intended to support activity that maximises public benefit, any project that seeks support for commercial activity where the primary purpose is to create a profit is unlikely to be successful.

Eligible organisations can apply for funding between £1k and £100k for projects or programmes lasting up to 18 months. The fund is open all year round – with no deadlines.

The Scottish Growth Scheme is a package of financial support of up to £500 million for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Scotland. Backed by the Scottish Government, it aims to help businesses grow.

This funding includes Techstart Ventures Equity Finance, which is managed by Techstart Ventures on behalf of the Scottish Government. It provides equity finance of up to £2 million, in rounds of up to £10 million, for eligible businesses.

The equity funding can be used for a variety of purposes, including growth funding, research and development, working capital and capital expenditure.

Techstart Ventures invests principally in early stage startups and SMEs who are developing innovative new products with high growth and export potential.

The Scottish Government’s Heat Network Fund encourages commercial interest and investment that will help make the most of Scotland’s vast potential in the low carbon sector and contribute to the positive progress already made in reducing Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Eligible projects must be large-scale and based in Scotland. As well as helping reduce emissions, successful projects should also have positive social and economic benefits for Scotland.

This funding will cover up to 50% of the eligible capital expenditure of the project. You will need to cover the rest through other sources.

Proposals can be submitted to the fund at any time.