Making The Links

Putting you in touch with the best contacts

LISS gives you access to experts, advisers and consultants from a diverse range of industry bodies, sector organisations, support agencies and independent companies. We do all the legwork for you, researching and identifying contacts who can best meet your needs.
This support network gives you access to a comprehensive range of assistance from those who really know their specialism. So, if we can’t answer your enquiry ourselves, we always know someone who can.

Sharing experience and expertise

Working in partnership with the landbased industries is what LISS is all about. To make sure you receive the specific training, advice or other support you need, LISS can signpost you to contacts within organisations such as:

• Industry bodies / representative trade associations
• Government departments & services
• Business start-up and support agencies
• Training providers
• Funding experts
• Consultants and technical advisers
• Recruitment services
• Universities, colleges, R & D organisations
• Local Chambers of Commerce
• Professional/membership organisations
• Public sector bodies (including local authorities)
• Other businesses and employers active in your sector or area

To access some of these industry partners and organisations online, visit the Useful Links page.

Events and networking

Through LISS you can readily access information on up and coming industry events and activities relevant to your sector and interests. Networking seminars and workshops are ideal ways of addressing your CPD and technical updating needs. They are also a convenient means of meeting your peers in an informal setting, exchanging ideas and making links which may well be of long-term benefit to your business.

Oatridge College and LISS regularly organise events and activities aimed at employers and sole traders in the landbased industries. Details of events organised by the College or its industry partners (such as professional bodies, sector organisations, other colleges etc) are often listed in the monthly edition of the LISS Online e-bulletin.

For a small selection of previous events, seminars and other activities undertaken by LISS during 2005-2008 view the LISS events & activities archive.

If you are interested in holding your own event, seminar or meeting here at Oatridge visit the Conferencing & Events Facilities section for information on our fully-equipped conferencing facilities.