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 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 Read more…
MEMBER BLOG Suzie McCafferty of Platinum Wave Platinum Wave work with franchisees from the time they start considering the idea of a franchise, then choosing and applying for one, through to becoming a franchisee and in some cases, going Read more…
Josh Singh of No 1 Healthcare WeDO Scotland’s youngest member What was your first job after leaving school/further education? After completing 5th year. I did not see a reason to stay onto 6th year as I felt that I would Read more…
French Duncan LLP, accountants and business advisors & Corporate members of WeDO, have reported a bumper year advising on 25 deals worth almost £200m in 2018 in the private and public sectors. Deal values ranged from a few million up to £60m Read more…
ZoneFox, Edinburgh based corporate members of WeDO Scotland, specialising in AI-driven insider threat analysis have been awarded the Scottish Government contract to provide a fully cloud-hosted service to protect all employees and data across 15,000 endpoints. After conducting a thorough Read more…
Pitch@Palace was founded by HRH The Duke of York in 2014 to provide a platform to amplify and accelerate the work of entrepreneurs. Since inception, it has helped 785 entrepreneurs in 59 countries across the globe; 3669 jobs have been created Read more…
Fast, efficient and flexible business finance. BE Group Debt Finance Scotland provides loan capital to new and existing, small and medium sized businesses across Scotland. The £12m fund, which is part funded by the EU, helps accelerate the growth of Read more…
Congratulations to WeDO Scotland member, Ian Pilbeam of The HR Dept, who has won Midlothian and East Lothian Chamber of Commerce’s Business High Growth Award against strong competition. The award recognises a business that has experienced exceptional growth in sales, Read more…
Business growth barriers are all too common a challenge for entrepreneurs, regardless of how well established their businesses are. As many Scottish businesses have enjoyed solid growth since the last recession, a new focus on entrepreneurship has seen the help Read more…