Business Organisations

Local Business Groups 

• Banchory Business Association - please email Paul Panchaud at AthollatBanchory@aol.com or Banchory and District Initiative at info@banchory.org.
• Businesses, Services and Products from Banchory - Search Aberdeenshire's Listing
• Federation of Small Businesses - Deeside Branch 
• Aberdeenshire Towns Together

 Advice and Support for North East Businesses

• Enterprise North East Trust 
• Local Business Enterprise - for advice on creating a thriving local business community
• Support for Aberdeenshire Business (SAB).

Skills for Growth

The Robert Gordon University in partnership with the European Social Fund has launched Business Skills for Growth to provide free short courses to small and medium enterprises in Aberdeen City and Shire in areas such as finance, creative marketing, leadership, e-business, law, enterprise skills and sustainability.

In total twelve short courses will be delivered through three hour workshops at Aberdeen Business School with additional learning materials available online.  All the short courses will be repeated and Business Skills for Growth will run until August 2010.

Further information can also be found at www.stepsforgrowth.co.uk