WeDO member Nicole Scott-McKie founded MTX Golf during the COVID-19 lockdown. Nicole is an ex-hockey internationalist who wanted to create tournaments, either exclusively for female golfers, or where female golfers were well represented.to provide a series of Doddie Drive events throughout Scotland raising awareness and funds for our charity partner, Read more…
We’re delighted to announce the launch of the WeDO Scotland COVID-19 Scottish SME Awards today. The Awards will recognise SMEs who have made the biggest impact during the pandemic. Since lockdown was announced on March 23, we have hosted 32 online events to support our members facing the challenges of Read more…
One of Ricky’s favourite quotes: “Success has a thousand fathers, failure is an orphan.” We were delighted to welcome Ricky Nicol, CEO and co-founder of Commsworld, winner of our 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award as the speaker at our February Supper Club in Edinburgh at The Green Room. Ricky is one Read more…
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY & EMPLOYEE OWNED CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED FOR OUR 10th ANNIVERSARY SCOTTISH BUSINESS AWARDS We’re delighted to announce the launch of our 10th annual search to find Scotland’s top entrepreneurial talent, which will be announced on the 5th of June at our annual Awards Ceremony & Lunch in Edinburgh. Read more…
The WeDO Scotland 2019 Awards took place at the Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel in Edinburgh on Friday the 24th of May. Eleven of Scotland’s most outstanding business leaders scooped at our ninth annual Awards. Doddie Weir was crowned Inspiring Leader of the Year for work with his charity My Name’5 Read more…
We were delighted to welcome Brian Williamson, winner of our 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award as the speaker at our Masterclass in Edinburgh on the 10th of October, sponsored by Mazars/Elev8byMazars. Brian was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his significant contribution to the Scottish entrepreneurial community and beyond. Brian is an Read more…
Business growth is a topic which is high on the agenda for every ambitious entrepreneur, but, how do you achieve it? We were delighted to welcome Barry Park, Founder of OEM Group, an award winning and leading provider of diesel engine servicing and spare parts as the speaker at our recent Read more…
The 2018 WeDO Scotland Conference took place on the 17th of May at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. Guests enjoyed a packed day of outstanding speakers, a fascinating debate with our panel as well as thought-provoking, skills driven workshops. Our opening speaker was Al Kellock – Scottish Rugby Union, Co-Founder of Finsbay & Read more…
WeDO Supper Club events are intimate with no more than 14 attendees, enabling attendees to build relationships with those they haven’t already met as well as having plenty of opportunity to join in conversations and ask the speaker questions. Last Thursday night we had our first Supper Club at our new Read more…
Last night, we were delighted to attend the spectacular BQ Scottish Export Awards sponsored by HSBC in association with Scottish Enterprise. Joining us were our Executive Team Ambassadors Martin Mutch, Mike Christopherson from Edinburgh and Nick Cohen from Glasgow, along with 2 of our 2017 Award winners, Barry Park of OEM Group Read more…