AT a time of tremendous uncertainty in business, where Scotland is facing extraction from the EU against its will, we ironically have never been in a better position to reassess and act to improve the business environment for our SME sector.
For our part, we are setting up the Centre for Competitive Advantage, in Edinburgh, in response to the increasing demand for leadership in the Scottish SME sector, not only to combat the evermore difficult and competitive environment for our smaller businesses, but to capitalise on what could be a commercial inflection point for Scotland. We live at a time in our long history where not only political and societal change is happening rapidly in Scotland, but where our commercial connectedness is at the very centre of the debate. SMEs are asking themselves very serious questions - how can their organisations improve their profile, connectedness and competitiveness in their markets, both at home and abroad?