Open nowCapital & equipmentVerified 21 Aug 2026

Scottish Loan Scheme

Scottish Enterprise

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Worth

up to £2,000,000

Deadline

Rolling — no fixed deadline

What it is

This is a loan, not a grant — growth loans of £250,000 to £2 million from Scottish Enterprise for established businesses based in (or relocating to) Scotland with 2+ years' trading history, £250,000+ turnover and fair work practices.

Verified 2026-08-21 on the scottish-enterprise.com scheme page: 'loan funding of £250,000 to £2 million'; two years' trading history with minimum £250,000 turnover; profitable or projecting profitability within 12 months; based in Scotland or ready to relocate (located in Scotland before funds released); fair work practices incl. paying the Living Wage and no inappropriate zero-hours contracts; must show existing funders were tried (or justify why not). Enquiry-led: initial enquiry form emailed to scottishloanscheme@scotent.co.uk, then full application with business plan, accounts and forecasts. Page shows no explicit open/closed flag — application route live today. Notion's '£5m in some cases' is NOT on the current funder page and was dropped. Profitability, fair-work and explored-other-funders criteria are not engine-expressible.

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