Industry Resources and Support Autumn 2020
In these challenging times the Women in Tourism team understand the importance of having a good go-to list of tourism and hospitality resources to refer to. If you have more you want to share, get in touch.
Industry Support, Advice, Resources
If you have information and updates you believe would be valuable for our industry and worth sharing, or you wish to contribute to the Women in Tourism blog, contact us:
- Via email info@womenintourism.co.uk
- Tweet us at @WITScotland –(our most frequent method of communication right now)
- Join the Women in Tourism LinkedIn Group or post to our LI industry page
Key Sources: Industry Updates
Scottish Tourism Alliance – Coronavirus Information Hub
VisitScotland – Industry advice and updates
Scottish Government– news, updates, business information and more
VisitBritain – latest advice and updates for businesses
ASSC – check the blog for news and updates
ASVA – regular updates for visitor attractions and venues
ETAG –regular updates and news for the industry
Scotland Food and Drink – regular updates and support for businesses
The Caterer: Advice Hub for Hospitality Operators and Employees
Eventsbase: Industry updates for events professionals
Museums and Galleries Scotland Business Support Programme Surgeries
Business Support, Help and Advice
CareerScope – Careers, Training. Support, Job Search
Find Business Support – Coronavirus advice for businesses in Scotland
Sign up for regular email updates from Scottish Enterprise
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Restrictions Fund
Find Coronavirus Support for Your Business (UK Gov)
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Business Gateway: offering webinars instead of workshops, support, resources
HMRC: for the latest on tax relief and status for businesses
Institute of Directors has a Corona Virus Support Hub – accessing Government support
IPSE (Independent Professionals & the Self Employed): news & advice for freelancers
Scottish Chambers of Commerce – offering advice and support to members across Scotland
Business Women Scotland – advice and support for businesswomen in Scotland
Interface: support for SME’s – innovation and product development with academic partnerships
Federation of Small Businesses: support, updates and advice for SME’s
Scottish Licenced Trade News (SLTN) – latest updates
Entrepreneurial Scotland: useful advice, information and articles
General Business news by sector – Business Insider
Webinars and Videos
See Scottish Enterprise and Business Gateway for webinars and online tutorials
Travel Massive runs webinars and online events with travel industry topics
Interface runs tourism and business webinars
VisitScotland webinars and online events
Business Responses & Adapting to the Crisis
Working from Home
Tips for businesses setting up home working
The Drum: Preparing for the new normal of working from home
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Looking after health and wellbeing
Looking after your mental health during coronavirus outbreak
About mental health, self help and well-being: coronavirus and your mental wellbeing
Support and Advice for Carers: Looking after your health coronavirus19
Digital/Tech
Traveltech for Scotland – new cluster for Scotland – join the LinkedIn Group
Scottish Tourism Toolkit -tech solutions for tourism businesses – September 2020 download
FutureScot: sign up to the newsletter for weekly email briefings on tech/digital
Social Media Management in times of crisis
Learning & Personal Development
Short courses from Edinburgh Napier University
Sign up for an online course – work at your own pace
Google Digital Garage: work through videos and tutorials
Mentoring: Women in Tourism members are entitled to a 60-minute mentoring session and can be matched with an industry mentee from within the membership. Get in touch if you’re interested in being a mentor or mentee: info@womenintourism.co.uk
Thought Leadership
Five Business Podcasts to listen to in 2020
Medium is a valuable resource to read about anything, you can publish articles too.
What’s missing? Tell us > info@womenintourism.co.uk /@WITScotland
