Business Gateway

Start up and development support for businesses in Glasgow

MGatWork visit, 27 August 2014

The overview

• The meaning of the abbreviations are on the next slide

Abbreviations of the previous slide

• SCOT GVT• SE = Scotland Enterprise• Has to fit governmental key sectors• LA = Local Authority• GCC ED (council Economic Developemnt• BG = Business Gateway• DEG = Digital Enterprise Glasgow (incubators are also here)• J+B = Jobs and Business Glasgow• SU = Start Up team• GT = Growth team• ENT=Entrepreneur• Variety of services available via SE• BG = totally free• SE = 30% funded of those services. ENT can decide himself he wants to work with (e.g.

marketing expert, etc. Appraisal needed by LA, so they can not ask a friend.• Some products 100% funded (e.g. strategy workshops, marketing-development, innovation,

business process, IT). On strategic level, not implemental level.• BG are not for the funding, but for advising• GT: 4 advisors. In total 12 advisors• Shift to growth, redesign the model towards acceleration that.• Deal with 3.000 individuals, only 10 high growth.