Since launching the Best British Tech Pioneer competition in 2013, KPMG has been celebrating and recognising the trailblazers, game changers and tech disruptors across the UK. They’ve been so inspired, awed and amazed by the talent and innovation they’ve seen – this year they are going global! The KPMG Private Read more…
An additional £1.2 billion for Scotland through the Barnett formula and measures to grow a greener and more sustainable future. This is in addition to the additional £1.1 billion announced on 15th February bringing the total during the pandemic to £10.9 billion. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be Read more…
We were recently delighted to welcome Carole Leslie of Ownership Associates as a member of our Executive Team. Following a diverse career in telecoms, sales, marketing, recruitment, IT and wine, Carole became involved in business ownership and succession planning when the business where she was Commercial Director became one of Read more…
We’re delighted to hear that Corporate members docs 24 have been named one of the top 50 employers in the Silicon Review, a US Publication based in New Jersey. Jim Rae, docs24 CEO, commented: “We at docs24 are so pleased to be voted one of the 50 best places to Read more…
WeDO members AirFunders, founded by Chris Turnbull, has opened for business with a new approach to building long term savings. The current COVID-19 crisis and likely recession highlights problems ahead for many. Recent data suggests that 1 in 5 UK adults have less than £100 in savings and AirFunders want Read more…
We are delighted to announce the appointment of stalwart Glasgow entrepreneur, Gordon White as Chair of WeDO Scotland. Gordon has been a loyal and proactive supporter of WeDO since we launched in 2008. In 2014, fatBuzz won our High Growth Company Award before Gordon joined our Executive Team, latterly as Chair of our Glasgow Read more…
Commsworld, members of WeDO Scotland, has been recognised as one of the best performing privately-owned technology companies in the Megabuyte 50 Awards. The annual awards recognise the performance of technology companies across the UK, and are judged by an independent body of adjudicators with key criteria including growth, profitability, cash Read more…
We’re delighted to hear that WeDO members VWM Wealth have been awarded with the highly prestigious Chartered Financial Planning Firm of the Year by their professional body, The Personal Finance Society at the Personal Finance Awards. The Award was presented to VWM by Andrew Pike from NS&I. The Personal Finance Awards Read more…
Doddie Weir OBE has today been announced as the 2019 winner of our Inspiring Leader Award and will be presented with his Award at our Awards Dinner on the 24th of May at the Kimpton Hotel in Edinburgh. We are absolutely delighted for Doddie and it is a richly deserved Read more…
Eight aspirational female-led Scottish companies have been shortlisted as finalists for this year’s AccelerateHER Awards. They include Glasgow-based businesses All Day Designs, makers of a toddler pushchair which converts into a trike, Cedeco Contractors, developers of an offshore wind turbine installation solution, Empowered Earth, an app for managing and tracking Read more…