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The Perth and Kinross Social Enterprise Group Tour Aberfeldy

The Perth & Kinross Social Enterprise Group (PKSEG) enjoyed tours of three social enterprises in Aberfeldy as part of their most recent quarterly peer support meeting. The PKSEG, which is facilitated by enterprise support organisation GrowBiz, works collaboratively to develop and promote social enterprises in Perth and Kinross.

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GrowBiz birthday event will highlight diversity of local businesses

On Thursday the 16th of June, GrowBiz will be celebrating 15 years of supporting rural enterprises with a special birthday event. The event is being held at Birnam Arts and will include an afternoon session with a drop-in support surgery offering 1-1 business advice, opportunities for informal networking and meeting the GrowBiz team, and an enterprise showcase. The showcase will feature a variety of local businesses owners who have benefited from GrowBiz support, and who demonstrate the diversity and innovation of enterprise in rural Perthshire and beyond.

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Unique Women’s Enterprise Networking Event Streaming Live from Lynbreck Croft

The July Women’s Enterprise Networking event hosted by GrowBiz will be streamed live from a poly-tunnel! Attendees will be able to visit Lynbreck Croft, featured on BBC's This Farming Life, from the comfort of home and hear guest speaker Lynn Cassells’ inspiring story of how she and co-owner, Sandra, created a thriving croft in the Cairngorms National Park with no previous agricultural background or farming experience.

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‘Mr Loch Ness’ Willie Cameron Will Speak at GrowBiz Event

GrowBiz are delighted to have Willie Cameron as the guest speaker for the May XChange networking event on Thursday the 27th May from 6pm. Known as Mr Loch Ness, Willie is a leading light in the development of tourism, both at Loch Ness and the Highlands in general. As the founder of Loch Ness Marketing (LNM), he has worked with film, TV and media for 26 years and has become a sought-after speaker, mentor and motivator.

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Women's Enterprise Network Event to Hear from Lynn Mann

The online Women's Enterprise Network meetings are an informal and supportive place for women starting, running or growing a business in rural Scotland. This month's guest speaker has had a somewhat unusual enterprise journey — after 22 jobs, from aerobics instructor to psychotherapist, she finally found a way to draw on all these career experiences, as well as ‘real life’, and channel them into running her own farm diversification business.

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