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26 Feb

Phil Prentice: How to Make £50 Million for Scotland’s Town Centres Go a Long Way

Phil Prentice, Chief Officer at Scotland’s Towns Partnership and National Programme Director for Scotland’s Improvement Districts, says that the spending of the new £50 million Scottish Government town centre fund can learn lessons from the last fund of its kind, in 2009. Article originally published on Common Space. — It’s almost […]
14 Feb

Inverness City Centre Business Awards 2019 Nominations Now Open

Inverness BID are delighted to announce the launch of the Third Inverness City Centre Business Awards celebrating the best businesses in the City Centre as voted by members of the public. From now until Friday 22nd February the public are invited to nominate their favourite businesses for an award.  This can […]
12 Feb

Inverness Courier Report on Scotland’s Improvement Districts Northern Gathering

Representatives from Improvement Districts in the north of Scotland met at Eden Court, Inverness last week to exchange news and experiences. The gathering was also a chance to consult with Phil Prentice and Bill Harvey of Scotland’s Improvement Districts, the national support body for Improvement Districts across the country. Read […]
12 Feb

Job Opportunity: Principal Economic Dev. Officer (Investment), Falkirk Council

An exciting position has been created with Falkirk Council’s Growth and Investment Unit to lead on the development and delivery of the Council’s ‘Investment Zone’ initiative to secure a Growth Deal for the Falkirk area. See full job ad on myjobscotland. Application deadline 22/02/2019 Working with Scottish and UK Governments, […]
07 Feb

BIDS Resources Available: Tips, Guides, Best Practice and More!

Scotland’s Improvement Districts has produced a wide range of resources and opportunities to increase awareness of Business Improvement Districts and support those already working across Scotland. We also host useful resources by third party organisations. You can search and view our materials and resources on our resources page via the […]
31 Jan

Job Opportunity: Project Manager with Stornoway Business Improvement District

Stornoway BID Steering Group has attracted funding from the Scottish Government and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar to promote and progress the development of a Business Improvement District (BID) for Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. The Steering Group now have a fantastic opportunity for a Project Manager to take them through the […]
31 Jan

New Campaign Tools to Make Pavements Safe and Clear Unveiled by Living Streets

Walking charity Living Streets has put together some new campaign tools to help support efforts to make pavements safe and clear in your area. There are three action packs, each one focussing on a different obstacle to keeping our footways safe and clear: Pavement parking | Electric vehicle chargers | Street clutter. […]
31 Jan

Phil Prentice Blog: Better Place-Making

Better ‘Plaice’ Making – it’s a relatively new concept being bandied about a lot, so beware of the shapeshifters, and do we really understand what it is? STP Chief Officer Phil Prentice discusses the meaning of the ‘place-principle’ and how it can be applied to place-making in Scotland’s communities. — The Place Principle was […]
21 Jan

It’s All About the Internet – Take Part in the Cyber Resilience Survey

Youthlink Scotland is developing resources around ‘cyber resilience’ – this means people are better able to think about and protect themselves from risks online. They want to hear from you to inform the development of the resources. The resources are being developed to guide the building of conversations and learning […]
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