Are you seeking the ideal location to expand your social enterprise? Look no further than Scotland.
We work with social enterprise founders, incubators, accelerators, and impact investors to support your international expansion.
Working as part of ‘Team Scotland’, our services include:
Why choose Scotland when expanding into Europe?
Scotland is globally recognised as having one of the world’s leading social enterprise ecosystems of support. We will provide you with free, specialised support to help your social enterprise flourish and grow.
The Scottish Government believes that long-term growth will only come from prioritising our people and our planet and prioritises this through ambitious policy goals, providing the perfect environment to grow your impact business.
Alongside specialist social enterprise support, ISEO works with all of Scotland’s support agencies, providing you with a one-stop-shop to meeting all of your enterprise needs.
We are well recognised as having a highly educated, loyal workforce with a strong work ethic and lower costs compared to other major cities.
You will have access to our network of innovation and excellence centres designed to enhance collaboration between industry and academia.
Scotland is easily accessible by air, rail and road and offers the perfect low-risk environment for delivering your services into the UK and Europe.
Scotland has one of the largest ICT and technology communities in Europe and is Digital Ranked among the top 30 countries and cities for digital connectivity.
“The collaborative spirit of the community is genuine and authentic on a level that I have not seen.”
– Adam McCurdie, Humanitix Â
These words underpin exactly what it means to set up a social enterprise in Scotland: to join a genuine community of organisations that seek to make the world a fairer, more equitable place.
Humanitix is an Australian not-for-profit ticketing platform that dedicates 100% of booking fee profits to charity. To date, they have donated over £8.5 million to high-impact causes globally.
Hear about their journey to Scotland, supported by Scottish Development International and ISEO.
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