Routes to Work South, is a registered charity and a not-for-profit intermediary organisation with a mission to assist people into, and returning to, the labour market.

Established in 2005, Interface - The knowledge connection for business is a central hub connecting organisations from a wide variety of national and international industries to Scotland's 23 higher education and research institutes.Scotland’s business support landscape has changed dramatically over the past few years, and in response to the creation of Innovation Scotland, which aims to simplify businesses experience of working with academia while also encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship, Interface can now provide a wider range of services for those businesses looking to access academic support.These include; bespoke, one to one projects; collaborative projects where groups of businesses and academics look to solve industry wide challenges; access to cutting edge and cost effective facilities and existing technologies and advice on innovation related funding streams – most notably the Innovation Voucher Programme.As part of Innovation Scotland, and to support the development and success of the new and emerging Innovation Centres, Interface have created a specific Sector Team who will be able to provide guidance and cohesion for those businesses with specific industry needs.Interface Food and Drink (IFD), for example, was established in 2011 as a five year project designed specifically to support the Scottish food and drink industry by connecting it to the wealth of academic expertise available in Scotland’s universities.

Parent Company of Independent Glass and Westcrowns CS.Turnover £40m per annumEmployees 400+Scottish Business Insider 2014 - Top 500 Company

Developing the Young Workforce, Scotland’s Youth Employment Strategy; is about delivering a step change in employer engagement through enhanced collaborative engagements with our school system, making it easier for businesses to engage in a meaningful, appropriate and “outcome” driven way to help shape and recruit youth talent ensuring a positive destination for every young person in the region.

CSIC is supported by Scottish Funding Council, Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and 12 Scottish University partners. It will bring together industry, academic & public sector partnerships to deliver transformational change in the construction industry through:The development of innovative products Whole systems thinking Collaborative research practices Open standard solutions New training provisions Task-sharing approaches to marketing and commercialisationAll with an unambiguous focus on innovation as a catalyst to culture change and greater economic impact for the businesses involved and for Scotland as a whole.

Owner of Reglit Architectural Glass, Harndec Flooring and Lumaglass Illuminated Glass.Turnover £12m per annum.Employees 100+Voted Best Lanarkshire Company (Over 50 Employees) - 2008Voted Most Innovative Product - 2011National Training Award 2008