GORDON RIGBY of CEC-CATERING When did you start your business & what prompted you to do it? On leaving school, I didn’t know what I wanted to do, according to my Dad, sitting around doing nothing until I figured it out wasn’t an option, so I applied for jobs within Read more…
LAURENCE HERON of BUSINESS DOCTORS What was your first job after leaving school/further education? I went down to London for the weekend as a jobless post-grad and by Monday had a great job working with BT in their Marketing Intelligence, Planning and Pricing Unit Headquarters Co-ordination (mercifully shortened to Read more…
STEVE MCKENZIE OF CRAFTY CONNOISSEUR What was your first job after leaving school/further education? YTS Training Office Training College which lead to a role in a firm of Chartered Accountants. When did you start your business & what prompted you to do it? May 2015 and it was initially going Read more…
CLAIRE DE FRANCK of CLAIRE MACLACHLAN COPYWRITING LTD What was your first job after leaving school/further education? PR Account Executive at Atlantic PR in Edinburgh. When did you start your business & what prompted you to do it? July 2020. After years in PR and Events, I was desperate Read more…
LISA THOMSON OF PURPOSE HR What was your first job after leaving school/further education? I’d studied French and Politics at University and had planned to join the Civil Service (foreign office) but although I passed the entry academic exams I was rejected based on psychometric assessments. So I had to Read more…
WICUS VAN BILJON OF BUSINESS DOCTORS What was your first job after leaving school/further education? Financial Manager When did you start your business & what prompted you to do it? We started our original business in South Africa in March 2007 mainly due to my daughter thinking I worked at Read more…
EOGHAN COLGAN OF CONTINULUS Eoghan was the very worthy winner of our COVID-19 Scottish SME Best Pivot Service Award. What was your first job after leaving school/further education? I studied Medicine at Queens’ University in Belfast. When I qualified (2001), I worked as a JHO (Junior Doctor) for a year Read more…
LEE FITZPATRICK OF OUTLAW SOCIAL What was your first job after leaving school/further education? I worked as a letting agent for 12 months from 17 to 18 years old, I was very lucky that the agency owner Vincent, encouraged me to set up my first business at 18 and became Read more…
LISA JOHNSTONE VWM WEALTH What was your first job after leaving school/further education? Trainee sales support When did you start your business & what prompted you to do it? MBO opportunity to take an established great business and to build on it. What did you find most challenging at the Read more…
JIM RAE of DOCS 24 What was your first job after leaving school/further education? Professional football player. Why did you decide to set up your business? I set this company up in 2013 and did so to help companies recover lost time through old work practicies. We have done this Read more…