WHAT. A. VIEW. Fabulous breakfast with SCDI Edinburgh members at Brodies LLP with HRC Recruitment talking Scotland’s economic future 🥓 🍳☕️🥐

What a fantastic evening at #SCDIAwards23 !💫

Stay tuned, we're going to be spotlighting our fabulous winners over the next few days.

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#ICYMI View the Awards in photos bit.ly/SCDIAwards23

Congratulations to all the winners of #SCDIAwards23 who really do represent the positive impact businesses in the region have on their communities and wider economy 🎉

The @RoyalDornoch team at the @SCDI Highlands & Islands Business Excellence Awards event. Thanks to all the staff and members who made it possible for us to win the Crown Estate Scot award for 'outstanding support for coastal communities'.

Thanks to Sara Thiam and the SCDI team for a fantastic evening in Inverness celebrating achievements across the Highlands and Islands

Our fifth award this evening, the Highland Council Award for Purposeful Business goes to Highland Hospice
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A big round of applause 👏 for Royal Dornoch Gold Club Royal Dornoch, winners of the Crown Estate Scotland Award for Outstanding Supporter of Coastal Communities.
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Our third award this evening, the Benromach Award for Excellence in International Business goes to Bakkafrost Scotland 💫
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Congratulations to Atlantic58, winners of the Bakkafrost Scotland Award for Outstanding Island Business.
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Our first award this evening, the Alvance Aluminium Award for Outstanding Business Leader goes to Alasdair Ferguson for their commitment, determination and passion for Ferguson Transport & Shipping and the wider community. Congratulations Alasdair!
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The long wait is over, #SCDIAwards2023 are finally here! We are ready to celebrate business excellence in the Highlands & Islands Kingsmills Hotel 💫💫

A busy day meeting with Scottish Advisory Forum on Europe colleagues with great intervention from European Economic and Social Committee Workers' Group EESC colleague EESC External Relations Jack O'Connor Oliver Röpke Scottish Government Brussels John Edward 🇨🇴 Sara Thiam Royal Society of Edinburgh SCVO The ALLIANCE Scotch Whisky Association #collaboration

Rebuilding trust and enabling the competitiveness of Scottish businesses is key to economic growth.

Read our full response to the Scottish Government Programme for Government bit.ly/3Z8pFtI

An excellent conversation with ⁦Ian Blackford 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⁩ on green industrial strategy sharing ⁦SCDI⁩ thinking this afternoon

Found a lovely cool spot in Westminster whilst I wait to catch up with ⁦Ian Blackford 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⁩ #heatwave 🥵

Bus the only way to travel in a hot London. How else would you spy Scottish titles Sunday Post and People’s Friend on the commute?

Investing for economic growth, business rates, role of skills in community wealth building and listening to the third sector...

Just some of our member concerns discussed with Minister for Community Wealth & Public Finance, Tom Arthur, at our Policy Committee.

An emphasis on innovation in managing our most precious resource from Scottish Water Chair Dame Susan Rice at Annual Consultative Meeting

Love an organisation with a bit of history! New NFU Scotland CEO John Davidson and SCDI members brought me up to speed on farmers’ contribution to a greener, wealthier and fairer Scotland

Charities are a missing piece of the productivity puzzle probonoeconomics.com/charities-are-… timely article ahead of my session in September SCDI #productivityclub Sara Thiam Shonaig Macpherson University of Glasgow Graeme Roy Martin Avila eleanorshaw Gus O'Donnell Pro Bono Economics UofG Adam Smith Business School