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Registrations are open for this 1-hour webinar, delivered by Business Gateway, to learn more about TikTok as a method of engaging with your customers and building brand awareness.

Join Circularity Scotland on Thursday 16 February at the Park Inn by Radisson for a workshop about the Deposit Return Scheme and how businesses can prepare for its introduction later this year.

Applications are open for the latest round of the Coastal Communities Challenge Fund which provides funding for a range of activities with positive economic, social or environmental impacts. The closing date for applications is midnight on Monday 6 February 2023.

We invite you to complete the latest Tourism Quarterly Business Monitor and share your thoughts on business in the past quarter together with a look ahead to the rest of the year.

Our October Quarterly Business Monitor shares insights from businesses in the region on past performance over the period from July to September, as well as a look ahead to enquiries and future bookings.

We are delighted to launch a suite of five new online training modules designed to help frontline tourism and hospitality staff enhance their knowledge of the destination and all it has to offer. Sign up for free now!

Help us build a picture of the current state of the tourism and hospitality sector in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire by completing our quarterly Business Monitor. The more businesses that take part, the more representative the picture will be. The survey closes on the evening of Monday 17 October.

Following the launch in August of the Framework for Growth, a reassessment of the 2018 Destination Strategy, we are asking for your thoughts on how best to implement the priorities set out for the region through to 2030 and invite you to complete a survey which will be open until 10 October.

With only a week to go, food and drink producers across North East Scotland are preparing to throw their doors open to the public for this year’s Provenance Festival, which takes place across the region from Friday 30 September through to 9 October.

Our latest Factsheets summarise consumer research we carried out earlier this year. Discover the key findings from an in-depth survey conducted with our own leisure consumer database exploring their perceptions of the region and how they think we compare to other destinations. Our second Factsheet shares the results of focus groups we conducted in the central belt of Scotland and north of England exploring perceptions and sentiments towards the region.