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Members Update 15th Aug
Scottish Edge is back with more funding on offer for EDGE26!
Reformul8 Challenge Fund 5
Meet the Supplier Event – Prephouse – Book your place
Scottish Edge is back with more funding on offer for EDGE26!
Application Close: 10th September 2025 (2pm)
Scottish Edge is inviting applications from businesses across all sectors, whether pre-trading or up to five years trading. Winners will receive a share of a £1.5m prize pot, along with access to a network of industry experts and support opportunities.
The Scottish EDGE suite of awards now includes:
- Scottish EDGE (Up to £100k grant/loan split)
- Social Enterprise EDGE (Up to £75k grant/loan split, supported by Postcode Innovation Trust)
- Young EDGE (Up to £15k grant funding – including the Techscaler £15k Young EDGE Award)
- Wild Card EDGE (Up to £15k grant funding)
Specialist category awards include:
- Future EDGE (formerly Missions EDGE) (Up to £150k grant/loan, supported by Scottish Enterprise)
- Scale EDGE (Up to £100k grant/loan, supported by Royal Bank of Scotland)
- Circular Economy EDGE (Up to £100k grant/loan, supported by Zero Waste Scotland)
- STV Growth EDGE (£75k ad spend on top of an EDGE win, supported by STV)
- Creative EDGE (Up to £100k grant/loan, supported by Creative UK)
- Pathways EDGE (Up to £100k grant/loan, supported by Scottish Government)
To find out more about Edge26, go to https://www.scottishedge.com/
Reformul8 Challenge Fund 5
I’m very excited to announce the launch of the Reformul8 Challenge Fund 5.
Scottish food and drink manufacturers can now apply for up to £5,000 to support a reformulation project, to make their products healthier.
Use the funding alongside our free support to make any of the following nutritional improvements:
The funding can be spent on anything from trial ingredients, nutritional analysis, new equipment or labelling, to external consultancy. We have many Reformul8 Partners we can connect you to for support, including ingredients suppliers and existing product development experts.
Why is this industry support so important?
Nutrition policy has seen significant developments recently, with both the Scottish and UK Governments announcing changes that could impact Scottish food and drink manufacturers.
In Scotland, two key frameworks have been published: the Good Food Nation Plan aims to improve health, environmental, and economic outcomes; and the Restricting promotions of food and drink high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS) legislation is set to begin in autumn 2026.
We’ve supported Scottish SMEs in adapting to England’s HFSS rules and are ready to help you prepare for Scotland’s.
This is the eighth funding stream facilitated by the Reformulation for Health programme, awarding funding support to 92 SME food and drink manufacturers. It’s vital that all Scottish sites have the opportunity to access support, so please forward this email to any relevant contacts. Thanks go to Scotland Food & Drink and Food Standards Scotland for providing this funding.
Get ready for HFSS restrictions, and meet consumer demands for healthier options: Apply here
Apply by 5pm on 5th September 2025. Read terms & conditions here
Meet the Supplier Event – Prephouse – Book your place
Prephouse and Shop visit – Northern Ireland – 22nd & 23rd September 2025
MEET THE SUPPLIER EVENT
Prephouse have kindly invited Scottish Craft Butchers members to visit their premises in Northern Ireland, together with visits to a few retail shops over two days.
Draft itinerary as follows
Monday 22nd September2025 arrival – am Belfast International Airport
22nd September, depart from airport for Prep House in Crossgar
Arrive am , coffee, light lunch/afternoon coffee and factory tour.
Introduction to Prep House range of products and the opportunity for profit.
Sauce tasting,
Depart for hotel.
Free time.
Tuesday 23rd September 2025
Site visits – Addresses and details to be confirmed.
Assemble at Ballyrobin hotel for light lunch before departure to airport.
We have looked at flights from Edinburgh and Glasgow and they arrive around 9 am on the 22nd of September.
Return flight to Glasgow arrives at 1835 and Edinburgh 1735 on 23rd September.
An example of accommodation that can be booked is Holiday Inn Express Junction 1. This is a convenient location for all the planned visits.
(transport between airport and all venues we will arrange)
Initially, if you could confirm your interest in attending to Bruce McCall 01738 637472 or email [email protected].
MEMBER SERVICES – Bruce McCall: [email protected] 01738 637472
CRAFT SKILLS SCOTLAND – Claire Simpson: [email protected] 01738 637785