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HUNT IS ON FOR THE NEXT SCOTTISH UNICORN

HUNTER FOUNDATION LAUNCH RECRUITMENT FOR SCALEUPSCOTLAND The Hunter Foundation (“THF”) has launched the next phase of their ScaleUpScotland programme recruiting for their fifth cohort of 12 scaling businesses. Across the first four cohorts – cohort 4 is still underway – the businesses have grown £500m of incremental revenue, added 3000 new jobs and secured £300m

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Kiltwalk 2024 opens after a record year when more than £5 million was raised for 1,550 Scottish charities

This means an incredible £42.5m has gone to 3,300 Scottish charities over eight years  Next year’s Kiltwalk has opened for registration after 2023 attracted a record number of Kiltwalkers who raised over £5.1 million for 1,550 Scottish charities. In 2023, 27,500 Kiltwalk Heroes in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, and Edinburgh laced up their boots and hit

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Scale up Scotland in partnership with the Scottish National Investment Bank

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SEARCH IS ON FOR SCOTLAND’S NEXT £1 BILLION + BUSINESS

The Hunter Foundation (‘THF’), in partnership with the Scottish National Investment Bank (‘The Bank’) has opened up applications for its second ScaleupScotland2.0 programme for highly ambitious, scaling businesses to join their next cohort.  The programme sees 12 scaling businesses work collaboratively with fellow CEOs and leadership teams to supercharge growth over a one-year period beginning

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SCALING UP SCOTLAND – MAJOR CONFERENCE AND NETWORKING EVENT LAUNCHED BY THE HUNTER FOUNDATION

The Hunter Foundation (THF) will bring together some of the UK and Scotland’s top entrepreneurs this autumn at its ‘Founders Conference – Scaling Up Scotland’, the first of its kind hosted by the organisation in partnership with the Scottish National Investment Bank (The Bank). This continues the partnership between THF and the Bank, following their

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Edinburgh goes Kiltwalk Crazy to Boost 710 Scottish Charities

Seven was Edinburgh’s lucky number today as a massive 7,000 Kiltwalkers took to the streets of the capital to fundraise for 710 different Scottish charities. 17th September goes into the history books as the city’s biggest ever Kiltwalk. The Hunter Foundation underwrites Kiltwalk and Sir Tom Hunter was at the Start Line and on the

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LESSONS FROM IRELAND FOR SCOTLAND’S ECONOMY

It may seem an odd place to start on an analysis of what we can learn from the Irish experience, but let’s start with America.

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Biggest Ever Dundee Kiltwalk Set To Support More Charities Than Ever Before

Pavements and pathways across North Fife, Dundee and Angus were awash with tartan today (Sunday 20 August) as more than 3,700 Kiltwalk Heroes strode out for 470 Scottish charities, in Dundee’s biggest Kiltwalk to date.  

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PRE-SCALER PROGRAMME DOUBLES AMID UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND

The Pre-Scaler programme launched by the Hunter Foundation (“THF”) and Scottish EDGE has seen demand so high that two cohort programmes will now be run as opposed to the one originally envisaged. Forty companies from across Scotland, split into two cohorts will now participate in the innovative programme, wholly funded by THF, that will see

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HUNTER FOUNDATION LAUNCHES PRE-SCALER PROGRAMME FOR ENTREPRENEURS

The Hunter Foundation (“THF”) today launched a programme to support potential high growth businesses to scale in partnership with Scottish EDGE. The Pre-Scaler programme will see entrepreneurs go through a combination of online and in-person development events aimed at accelerating their growth and ability to then move to scale. This complements THF’s ScaleupScotland core and

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