General Business Support

General support and advice for your business.

Rediscover Peterhead - Announce Second Term Renewal Ballot and Leadership Change
Rediscover Peterhead is approaching 4.5 years of operating as a Business Improvement District and the board has announced its intention...

Business Gateways - Latest Digital Resources for Business
An introduction to social commerce. Recently, we’ve seen the rapid development of “social commerce” by several social media platforms....

Business Rate Relief
Just a reminder that if your business property has a rateable value of £18,000 or less, then you may be entitled to relief under the...

Police Scotland: Business Watch April 2022
Police Scotland latest business advice.

Aberdeen City & Shire Tourism Awards and the Scottish Thistle Awards return!
Could you be a tourism industry superstar?

Sustainable Food Tourism Workshops
Sustainable food tourism workshops, offering practical support to food & drink manufacturing businesses to develop food tourism experiences.

Fiver Fest (12-26 March 2022) - How your business can get involved
How your business can get involved in Peterhead's Fiver Fest (12-26 March 2022)

Springboard Footfall Monitor and Insights, Scotland High Streets January 2022

Police Scotland: Business Watch February 2022
Police Scotland latest business advice:

Retail Recharge Webinars
These events, organised by Business Gateway, are aimed at businesses and individuals in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. The Retail Recharge...

Business Watch (Police Scotland Business Advice): Investment Fraud Special
Investment Fraud Special Like the rest of the UK the North East has seen an increase in frauds and scams, particularly during the...

Police Scotland Report: theft of used cooking oil from food outlets
Police Scotland are seeing an emerging crime trend across the country involving the theft of used cooking oil from food outlets such as...

Have a low-carbon Christmas
Zero Waste Scotland have crated some handy, no-cost tips that could help you save energy over the festive period. Keep your energy bills...

Rediscover Peterhead: Projects delivered
Rediscover Peterhead, helping the management & regeneration of Peterhead town centre. Overview of projects delivered over the past 4 years.

How to keep your energy bills down as winter draws closer
Nine energy saving tips now the nights are drawing in from Zero Waste Scotland. We all love the extra hour in bed when the clocks go...

Business Basics: Small business taxes guide
Whether you’re new to the world of working for yourself, or you just want a tax refresher, you’ll find everything you need to know about...

How to create a business continuity plan
What is a business continuity plan, do you need one and how do you write one? FSB Insurance Service’s guide takes you through the process...

FREE webinar – Creating an incident response plan for your business
The Scottish Business Resilience Centre is hosting a free webinar ‘creating an incident response plan for your business’ next Tuesday...

Emerging Crime Trend Messenger App Identity Fraud
Police Scotland have received reports regarding criminals targeting victims via messaging and social media applications. Criminals...

Seven tips for completing your self-assessment tax return
Make your tax return less stressful with FSB's tax expert’s top tips for filing your self-assessment. Running your own business means you...

Totally Local, Fiver Fest. 09th - 23rd October! Get involved!
Harness the Fiver Fest campaign, a national initiative to promote your business – it’s designed to be a shop window for your business and...

Business support webinars - Book your free place on next week's programme
Business Gateway have a brilliant selection of webinars coming up next week to help you improve your plans, platforms, processes and...

Entrepreneurs invited to sign up to Scale Up Scotland
Ambitious entrepreneurs looking to scale their business are being invited to sign up to Scale Up Scotland, a programme founded by The...

COP26 webinar series
Helping your business take action and make the most of COP26. How to calculate your carbon footprint There is a lot of talk about...

Enter your business for The Herald Digital Transformation Awards
2020 saw businesses adapting quickly to a different way of working, which has helped the process of digital transformation across several...

Identify the skills your business needs to help it grow with a Skills Management Tool
Skills Development Scotland have developed a Skills Management Tool that can help you manage your people, policies and working practices,...

Improve your digital know how
Business Gateways DigitalBoost programme offers a wide range of support and resources to help you with all aspects of your digital...

Get local business adviser support
Business Gateways local offices are all operating remotely and their advisers can help you with your plans to rebuild and adapt your...

Book your free space on Business Gateways business support webinars
Looking to upskill and develop your business, platforms, processes or people? Whatever stage you are at, Business Gateway have a great...

Police Scotland - Business Watch August 2021 [OFFICIAL]
Please find below the Police Scotlands August Business Watch and associated information leaflets.

Queen Award for Enterprise
Have you considered applying for a Queen’s Award for Enterprise? The awards are the most prestigious awards for UK businesses of all...

Window-dressing competition launched to celebrate arrival of Tour of Britain
Businesses across Aberdeenshire are being encouraged to participate in a window-dressing competition to celebrate the forthcoming arrival...

National campaigns coming up next month
There are lots of national campaigns coming up next month for you and your team to get involved in. From Cycle to Work Day to National...

Get recognition for your environmental actions
If you would like to get recognition for your environmental actions, there’s still time to enter the 2021 VIBES Scottish Environment...

Be your business's CPD-certified Green Champion - free training
Webinar: Tuesday 24 August, 10:00 - 12:00 Join Zero Waste Scotland's next Green Champions training webinar and get the skills and...

How to calculate your business's carbon footprint
The climate challenge is a hot topic right now and Scotland has set the ambitious target of becoming net zero by 2045, five years ahead...

Short-term let licensing consultation
A further consultation is underway by the Scottish Government regarding proposals for licensing for self-caterers, B&Bs, guest houses,...

New Year’s Day Trading for Large Retailers
The Scottish Government have released the following article: Overview The Scottish Government are consulting with employees and retail...

Free digital training for Aberdeenshire’s town centre businesses
Town centre businesses across the north east are set to benefit over the coming months from the launch of the Scotland Loves Local...

Business Watch July 2021 [OFFICIAL]
Content from North East Crime Reduction Unit, Police Scotland Business Watch July 2021 Aberdeenshire Council Bulletin 24 Scottish Polymer 50

Have you considered having a pop-up-shop at the market?
These town centre businesses gave it a go, and saw the benefits. “Very Spexy took part in the producers market to promote our accessories...

Business Window Competition - £100 dinner voucher (5th July - 1st August)
Tag in Visit Aberdeenshire via Twitter by Using: @TourismABDN Or email [email protected] #MakingMemoriesinAberdeenshire...

Town centre businesses - Let's market!
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Free 'Marketing on Tap' for the hospitality industry
The Marketing Society, recently launched their 'Marketing on Tap' campaign to support the Scottish hospitality industry. How to guides...

Police Scotland - Business Watch June 2021 [OFFICIAL]
Police Scotland Business Advice British Gas Scam Emails Several consumers have recently received scam emails purportedly from British Gas...

Peterhead Producers' Market: Information for local charities and local groups.
We’re getting an increasing number of requests from charities and local groups for stalls at the market. We have responded to these...

Scottish Business Resilience Centre - Inputs [OFFICIAL]
The Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) is a non-profit organisation which exists to support and help protect Scottish Business....

Business Watch May 2021 [OFFICIAL]
Please find below information from the Police Scotland Business Watch newsletter. Business Watch Newsletter and Bulletin Download via the...

Business Watch April 2021 [OFFICIAL]
Please find below information from the Police Scotland Business Watch newsletter. Business Watch Newsletter and Bulletin Download via the...