Applications Open To Fashion & Textile Businesses For The Next Round Of Scottish EDGE Awards With Up To £150,000 Available In Prize Money
Scottish fashion and textile businesses can apply to the latest round of Scottish EDGE, a competition aimed at identifying and supporting Scotland’s up-and-coming, innovative, high-growth entrepreneurial talent.
Scottish EDGE is a competition aimed at identifying and supporting Scotland’s up-and-coming, innovative, high-growth entrepreneurial talent.
We believe that it’s important to support entrepreneurs and start-up businesses in any way we can.
We also recognise that supporting businesses isn’t a one-off thing.
From providing prize funding of up to £150,000 to a quick catch-up, we’re here for the long haul. Are you in? Let’s get down to business.
A live pitching final and awards ceremony will follow later in the year with up to 41 businesses expected to receive awards ranging from £10,000 to £100,000.
Scottish EDGE consists of three competition categories:
Scottish EDGE (For companies of all sectors and stages offering funding of up to £100,000 on a split grant/ loan basis)
Young EDGE (For companies where all directors are under the age of 30 offering a grant only award of up to £15,000)
Wild Card EDGE (For pre-trading companies, sole-traders and partnerships, offering a grant only award of up to £15,000)
There are also special awards within the Scottish EDGE category for a creative business, (Creative EDGE), a social enterprise, (Social Enterprise EDGE), a circular focused business, (Circular Economy EDGE) and a commercial product-based business, (STV Growth EDGE).
The deadline for applications is 10th August.
