Adventure Tourism Business Support

Tender description

The programme will seek to work with not only established businesses, but also micro businesses and aspiring businesses looking to start up in the sector. Through the provision of intensive support, the aim is to enable participant businesses to collaborate to create scale in a global sector where the Highlands has a natural competitive advantage. Phase 1 of the programme will focus on the Design and Build of an innovative and inspirational programme that will stimulate ambition, reflect international best practice and further develop business capability, growth and competitiveness, followed by Phase 2, Recruitment, Management and Delivery of the programme. The project is a component of Highlands and Islands Enterprise’s Northern Innovation Hub (NIH) which is funded from the UK and Scottish Government’s City Region-Deal. The Northern Innovation Hub covers the Highland Council local authority region and therefore this programme will only be delivered across the Highland region and not the full Highlands and Islands Enterprise region. The services will be required from February 2020 for a period of 3 years.