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The Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 establishes a legal framework to help Scotland advance further in the transition to a circular economy and includes a specific requirement for Scottish Ministers to develop a new CE strategy. The Scottish Government has been developing the CEMIF to inform the development of the strategy and to track progress towards a CE. The draft framework includes a vision for the circular economy in Scotland to 2045 and eight specific outcomes (see below), two of which (outcomes 5 and 8) concern business activities and behaviours (as related to the circular economy) in particular. [...]

The Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 establishes a legal framework to help Scotland advance further in the transition to a circular economy and includes a specific requirement for Scottish Ministers to develop a new CE strategy. The Scottish Government has been developing the CEMIF to inform the development of the strategy and to track progress towards a CE. The draft framework includes a Vision for the circular economy in Scotland to 2045 and underlying eight specific outcomes (see below), two of which (7 and 8) specifically concern societal activities and behaviours. [...]

The Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 establishes a legal framework to help Scotland advance further in the transition to a circular economy and includes a specific requirement for Scottish Ministers to develop a new CE strategy. The Scottish Government has been developing the CEMIF to inform the development of the strategy and to track progress towards a CE. The draft framework includes a Vision for the circular economy in Scotland to 2045 and underlying eight specific outcomes (see below), two of which (7 and 8) specifically concern societal activities and behaviours. [...]

Accelerating Investment is part of the Accelerating Business Growth portfolio in the Space Ecosystem Development team. The Accelerating Investment Export Pathway builds on a successful Accelerating Investment pilot in 2024/25 which funded investment focused accelerators. The focus of this Accelerating Investment initiative will be to support near ready SMEs to explore and make ready to successfully compete in international markets. The ambition to support UK businesses to scale and boost the UK economy is a Government and UK Space Agency priority; supporting international exports is a significant way to increase trade. Accessing international markets can be especially challenging for SMEs where many want to engage with the Department for Business and Trade or with trade missions but are not ready to export or lack the knowledge and skills to effectively engage. The purpose of this intervention is to focus on upskilling the businesses to be ready to access the opportunities that the Department for Business and Trade provide and is aligned to the UK Space Agency corporate plan and priorities and HMG objectives for fostering economic growth by stimulating international trade. Economic and international growth ambitions are detailed in the National Space Strategy and Space Industrial Plan. The UK Space Agency wants to engage a partner or consortium of partners who will deliver the Accelerating Investment Export Pathway. The successful organisation will develop world class programme and deliver against the following objectives to accelerate the international growth of high potential businesses (who currently do not export), helping them to compete more [...]

Access Support Workers for Applicants to Creative Scotland Funds as per the attached Tender Brief [...]

The co-design of the new Code of Practice for Household Waste Recycling will take an evidence-based approach, building on the existing Code of Practice2, identifying areas that can be strengthened and updated in order to deliver better services across Scotland and increase recycling rates, including considering new products or materials for inclusion. The process will leverage the current approach and build on what we know works. It will utilise the expertise within Scottish Local Authorities and beyond, and build on the platform created by previous research, aiding local authorities to in meeting future local statutory targets from 2030. This will and improve consistency of services. We believe that putting the new code on a statutory footing will provide a clear strategic direction for household recycling in Scotland and accelerate improvements to both the quality and quantity of recycling. Scotland’s waste targets include aims to recycle 60% of household waste by 2020, to recycle 70% of all waste by 2025 and landfill less than 5% of all waste by 2025. Although Scotland’s recycling rates have improved significantly over the long-term, progress has slowed in recent years and the Scottish household recycling rate has plateaued at around 42-45%. Key challenges include variation in local provision, quality and uptake of recycling services across local authorities, and over-reliance on existing social norms to boost recycling rates. Further action is therefore needed to ensure that the 60% target can be achieved as soon as possible. In order to ensure that the co-design of the new [...]

Oswestry Town Council is seeking to appoint an Activity Planning Consultant to work alongside the Council, Project Manager and its partners to develop an Activity Plan, testing and piloting ideas during the National Lottery Heritage Fund Development Phase for implementation during the Delivery Phase [...]

The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of services in the form of consultation and practical advice to inform the ongoing development of a Preconception Health and Care Framework and Action Plan in Scotland. [...]

2. Scotland is renowned worldwide for the quality of the seed potatoes it produces, underpinning the whole UK potato industry and exporting to over 30 countries outside of the EU. This reputation is primarily due to low levels of virus disease present in Scottish seed potatoes enabling production of high health seed by highly specialised growers. The most important potato viruses present in Scotland are spread by aphids moving from infected to healthy plants. Scotland’s cool, maritime climate has historically kept aphid numbers, and therefore virus levels, low but factors including the changing climate and loss of effective insecticides have meant that virus levels have been increasing in recent years. Virus is managed through certification, crop inspections, and the industry. The Seed Potato Certification Scheme (SPCS) sets disease and quality tolerances, including tolerances for virus in seed potato crops, which limits the inoculum in crops and the risk of spread to other crops in the vicinity. Likewise statutory inspections of growing ware crops maintain limits on levels of virus. The industry face financial consequences if their crops do not meet tolerances required for certification and subsequently marketing; these include downgrading/no grading of seed crops, and potential destruction if ware or seed crops are above tolerances permitted. It is therefore of financial and reputational benefit for growers to take efforts to minimise the risk of virus to their crops. However, there is one potential source of virus inoculum that is neither controlled nor monitored, and whose importance is not quantified - Groundkeepers. [...]

Ceredigion County Council is seeking to procure the services of a qualified and experienced consultant or organisation who will lead the community engagement process and promotion via hosting online and offline workshops, gather placemaking ideas, and set up the portal which will include choosing and purchasing website platform, register a domain/hosting, create pages like interactive mapping, media gallery, forum, commenting and voting tools etc, brand and design the site, and provide training to CCC staff to moderate and maintain the portal.“Ceredigion Placemaking Portal” – a bilingual online platform designed to engage residents in the development and improvement of public spaces across the villages and towns of Ceredigion. This digital hub will collect placemaking ideas, display ongoing plans, and gather feedback, all with the aim of involving the community in decisions that shape the future of their environment.NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=152183 (WA Ref:152183)The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding. [...]