ENTREPRENEURIAL Scotland has forged a new strategic partnership with the University of Strathclyde, which will include a move into the institution’s Technology and Innovation Centre.
Member-funded Entrepreneurial Scotland, formed by the coming together last year of the Entrepreneurial Exchange and the Saltire Foundation, believes the move will play a part in “connecting top business leaders, academics and researchers globally to help drive forward a new era of business and economic growth”.
Sandy Kennedy, chief executive of Entrepreneurial Scotland, said: “Being based here helps us to join the dots in Scotland’s entrepreneurial landscape. Collaboration is one of the keys to making Scotland the most entrepreneurial society in the world, and we’re thrilled to be in such ambitious company at the University of Strathclyde’s Technology and Innovation Centre.”
The Saltire Foundation has been based at Strathclyde University for the past seven years.
Eleanor Shaw, head of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and vice-dean at Strathclyde Business School, said: "We are delighted to build upon the existing relationship between Strathclyde Business School and the Saltire Foundation, and we welcome this new strategic partnership with Entrepreneurial Scotland.”
She added: “Working together with other organisations vital to Scotland's vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem is important, and this partnership marks Strathclyde's commitment to supporting the Scottish Government's intention to make Scotland a world-leading entrepreneurial and innovative nation.”
Entrepreneurial Scotland says it has around 400 members, representing more than £17 billion of turnover and about 150,000 employees. It aims to “lead the drive to make Scotland a more entrepreneurial and confident society for the benefit of all”.
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