Collaboration Prize - Information Session

£30,000 PRIZE FUND FOR BEST

NEW CONSORTIUM BUSINESS IDEAS

Location and Time

Business Gateway, 9b Gilmour Street, Paisley, PA1 1DD

Tuesday 26^th June 2012

0930 for 1000 - 1200

Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS) is offering £30,000 worth of cash and support to develop new consortium co-operatives in Scotland.

The Collaboration Prize aims to encourage businesses to consider working with others to form a new consortium co-operative. Co-operatives are collaborative vehicles that play an important role in creating globally competitive businesses. They enable employees, businesses and communities to work together to fulfill shared interests. With a combined turnover of £4bn and employing around 28,000 people, Scotland’s 550 co-operative businesses currently play a key role in driving Scotland’s economic growth.

CDS is calling for interested parties to pitch an idea for a new consortium co-operative with up to three winning concepts each receiving a cash prize of £5,000 and a further £5,000 of consultancy support to get the business off the ground.

To help businesses find out more and complete their application, in partnership with Co-operative Development Scotland, Business Gateway will be delivering this information session which will review the consortium co-operative model and also help you to consider how best to respond to all aspects of the application form. 

To book please email info@bgrenfrewshire.co.uk, telephone 0141-435-7570 or click the following link: http://bit.ly/KVIx0q to register directly on the Business Gateway website.

NB: The deadline for completed applications is 31 July 2012 and winners will be announced in August 2012. More information can be found at www.scottish-enterprise.com/cds-collaboration-prize or call CDS direct on 0141 951 3055.

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