South Of Scotland Enterprise

A new campaign is underway to highlight the support available to ambitious South of Scotland housebuilders looking to start up, grow, and innovate. 

Young people from Stranraer have marked construction beginning on a landmark £6.7 million Water Sports Hub overlooking Loch Ryan. The groundbreaking ceremony, led by members of Stranraer Water Sports Association's (SWSA) Kids Club and Young Instructor programme, signals the start of a project

People from across the South of Scotland are being encouraged to apply to become a member of the Regional Economic Partnership (REP). 

Fresh plans have been shared with the local community aimed at taking forward the Mountain Bike Innovation Centre project at the Caerlee Mill site in Innerleithen. The revised proposals will see the removal of the main building on the Caerlee Mill site - with a demolition application due to be submi

A £1.5 million new observatory is set to be built on the banks of Clatteringshaws Loch.

Construction is complete on the first phase of the transformation of Midsteeple Quarter in Dumfries. The first residents have started moving into the flats created at the community-owned High Street building now known as The Standard.

A masterplan for the future of Chapelcross has been unveiled which showcases the vision to develop the site into a Green Energy Hub.

A new South of Scotland Housing Action Plan has been launched to help tackle the urgent need for more homes and more choice of homes in the region. The Action Plan includes ten tangible actions to be carried out over the next two years, with the aim of attracting more people to work and live here, a

The growth plans of Scotland’s only private electric vehicle charge point operator FOR EV have been boosted by a £10 million follow-on investment by the Scottish National Investment Bank. The cash injection follows an initial investment of £2m by the Bank in 2021, followed by &poun

Lockerbie-based roofing specialist A. Henderson Roofing has been named the winner of this year’s Build Dumfries and Galloway Programme.

Plans to save the only farm built by the poet Robert Burns are unveiled today. The “FutureVision” seeks to safeguard the 170-acre Ellisland Farm, on the banks of the River Nith, where Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne, Tam o Shanter and a large part of his creative output, especially in music a

Quarrying and concrete products supplier Hoddam Contracting Ltd has been awarded the Champion Business Award after successfully completing the inaugural hub South West Scotland Build Dumfries & Galloway programme. The family-run company, based in Ecclefechan, employs nearly 50 staff and has been

Plans for a Mountain Bike Innovation Centre in Innerleithen have moved a step closer with the sale of Brodies Mill.

A new Green Heat Innovation Support Programme worth up to £17.6 million is being launched today for companies across Scotland covering industries from manufacturing to technology innovators and the heating supply chain. The new programme has been developed by Scottish Enterprise in conjunction

The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) has today released a new report exploring the potential of registered social landlords (RSLs) taking the lead in delivering a just transition in Scotland.