Funding Available for Small Businesses and Freelancers

13th March 2011

NB: Deadline to apply 31st March. Training must be completed by 30th June 2011

Skills Development Scotland: http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/our-services/services-for-employers/encourage-employees-to-develop-new-skills.aspx

Flexible Training Opportunities gives businesses with under 150 employees the opportunity to apply for up to £5,000 towards employee training costs.


Managed by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and supported by the European Social Fund, it aims to help small businesses become more resilient and to boost productivity and success. Funding is available for up to 10 employees per business and the money is not a loan so there's no need to pay it back. SDS will refund 50% of the cost of up to 10 training courses with a maximum value of £500 per course. And it's flexible, so 10 employees can do one course each or one employee can do 10 courses, with any combination in between.

To find out more see the SDS website: http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/our-services/services-for-employers/encourage-employees-to-develop-new-skills.aspx

You can use the SDS Flexible Training Opportunity funding to book onto any of our short training courses. Please get in touch with us directly if you have identified specific business development training needs as we can tailor training to your business needs-email info[AT]screenacademyscotland.ac.uk or call 0131 455 2572