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VisitScotland announces launch of new campaign

22 March 2021 - 0

VisitScotland Business Events has today, 22 March, launched its latest campaign 'Journey to Change', which aims to showcase "how business events can drive social and economic transformation".

Journey to Change is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development goals and aims to demonstrate the impact that business events can have in helping to tackle global challenges, including climate change, eradicating poverty and access to renewable energy sources in remote areas.

Women in Science

11 February 2021 - 0

Rory Archibald explores the contributions Scottish women have made to the world of science, and how business events can help encourage more women to go into STEM

Further details announced for Scotland’s Event Industry Support Fund 2

28 January 2021 - 0

£8m of funding will be administered by VisitScotland on behalf of the Scottish government.

Scotland confirms extra funding for events industry, UKinbound calls on Westminster to follow

20 January 2021 - 0

Scottish businesses operating within the event, travel and hospitality industries can apply, even if they have already drawn on previous funding measures

Scottish Government announces £13m funding for events industry

15 December 2020 - 0

The Pivotal Event Businesses Fund will provide grants from £25,000 up to a maximum of £150,000 to support approximately 50 to 100 event businesses

Fast Forward 15: Meet VisitScotland's Katherine Nelles

29 June 2020 - 0

Fay Sharpe, founder of Fast Forward 15 interviews Katherine Nelles, corporate & incentive market manager, VisitScotland Business Events for her second Shero for the new FF15 feature series

MeetGB Virtual: confidence ahead, but social distance rules must change

18 June 2020 - 0

The leaders of the UK primary convention bureaux are positive about the future of the events industry

Scotland will wait

15 June 2020 - 0

Neil Brownlee, head of business events at VisitScotland, tells CN how Scotland's business events community is coming together during this time of uncertainty

Scotland accounts for 31% of all association meetings in the UK

28 May 2020 - 0

VisitScotland has announced that it is the primary destination for international association events, as ICCA rankings reveal that the country has accounted for 31% of these events taking place in the UK in 2019

Scottish business events industry unites to support community during Covid-19

27 April 2020 - 0

VisitScotland has announced that organisations from the business events industry in Scotland are adapting its businesses to support the community and key workers during the Covid-19 crisis