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Co-Innovate programme

Support for businesses based in the west and the islands

The Co-Innovate programme provides innovation advice and funding for businesses in Argyll and the West Highlands and Islands, where it’s not always easy to network and access peer support or expert advice to aid the business growth journey.

What is it?

Co-Innovate is supported by the European Union’s INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body and is delivered in the Highlands and Islands by HIE. To date over 200 businesses have been supported through workshops, one-to-one specialist advice, mentoring and funding for R&D projects.

The Programme is open to businesses looking to develop a new product, service or process. Our innovation consultations offer businesses the opportunity to speak an experienced business adviser who can provide advice, signpost to relevant support and help connect to networks. Strengths and opportunities for improvement will also be identified and a report provided as feedback to each business.

Find out more on our Accelerating Innovation page.

How will you benefit? 

Co-Innovate provides support to:

  • Help you work smarter
  • Survive and thrive in the COVID-19 environment
  • Equip you for future challenges
  • Add value to your business  
  • Stand out from the competition
  • Bring new products to market
  • Signpost you to relevant support

Find out how businesses have benefitted from Co-Innovate

Find out if you're eligible

There are some requirements participants will have to fulfil in order to take part in this programme. You will have to: 

  • Be a manufacturing or tradable services SME
  • Be located in one of the following areas: the Western Isles, Skye and Lochalsh, Lochaber or Argyll and the Islands
  • Be financially viable
  • Have an understanding of and capacity for innovation.

 

Find out more

Find out more about the programme on the Co-Innovate website.

Visit the Co-Innovate website

Innovation, the development and commercialisation of new ideas, is key to the success and growth of these businesses, so it’s vital that we continue to support and encourage this.

Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations, Scottish Government.
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PROGRAMME DELIVERY

This programme is supported by HIE; the European Union's INTERREG VA Programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB); and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the European Structural & Investment Funds Programme 2014–2020.

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