Category: News & Features

Keep up to date with current investment opportunities, news from Perth’s business community and browse interviews with your fellow industry peers based here in Perth and the wider region. You can also flick through previous editions of the Invest In Perth magazine, or order hard copies from the team.

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Perth & Kinross Green Living Fund Winners

Forty-one community projects set up to tackle the Cost of Living crisis and climate change have been awarded grants from Perth and Kinross Council’s Green Living Fund after a public

Tayside Business Festival Follow Up

Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam shared his leadership lessons to a captive audience at Transform Business Festival in Perth. The event, delivered by entrepreneurial support organisation Elevator and Business Gateway Tayside in collaboration with Perth & Kinross Council connected local businesses, allowing them to learn and share knowledge.

Mark Robertson | What Perth Means to Me

Mark Robertson is the founding director of Robertsons of Scotland, a luxury clothing brand specialising in cashmere, tweed, and waxed waterproofs. The brand ethos is pared back indulgence, with high-end fabrics and a limited colour palette bringing the exclusivity Mark set out to achieve.  

Professor Jonathan Van-Tam Announced As Keynote Speaker at Transform Business Festival

This year’s Transform Business Festival will take place on February 22nd at Perth Concert Hall, in an event that promises to connect entrepreneurs, start-ups and businesses of all shapes and sizes over the course of just one day.

Unicorn Announced as Perth Museum’s Opening Exhibition

The new Perth Museum will open its doors this Easter after a £27 million redevelopment project. It’s debut exhibition, Unicorn, will run from 30 March – 22 September 2024.

Jackie Brierton Talks Creative, Independent and Cultural

Jackie Brierton, CEO of GrowBiz, on why we should embrace our Creative, Independent and Cultural sectors. “As we look towards the opening of the new Museum in March 2024, much

Creating a Sustainable Brand – From Flock to Frock

Nadia Alexander launched her first retail outlet in Multrees Walk in Edinburgh in 2017. Since then, her dream of creating a truly sustainable, luxury fashion brand has been realised with BearCo, which sells online, and from her Auchterarder-based boutique, Oliami.

Creative Farming : Honeyberries For The Win

Finn Hay, of Hay Farms in rural Perth, is one of the founding members of the Scottish Honeyberries co-operative and a champion for this exciting new superfood.

Perth: The Independent Business Destination

Increases in new business registration and resident earnings bode well for the independent business sector in Perth city centre.

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