Businesses in South Ayrshire are being promised additional support to secure financial growth in the next three years.

The Ambition programme has been previewed to 40 people, and is to officially re-launch later this year, with a specific focus on supporting growth for existing businesses and helping individuals to start-up.

It will provide a range of specialists in sales and marketing, finance, digital, procurement, people, innovation and management and development.

Grant funding from £500 to £5000 will be available to businesses during periods of transition.

Councillor Peter Henderson said: "We're committed to supporting rural areas and help to promote businesses, both old and new, is central to our wider work.

"We're gearing up to provide a broad range of support to companies across South Ayrshire through the new look ambition programme, with the official re-launch taking place this spring."