Our 2016 Annual Conference took place on Thursday the 19th of May at the stunning Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. This year, we were once again delighted to welcome an outstanding calibre of speakers & workshop hosts, all of whom had key messages to share with delegates. Our first speaker was Lucy O’Carroll, […]
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Member Profile Interviews
What was your first job after leaving school/further education? Royal Bank of Scotland. When did you start your business & what prompted you to do it 2014 – I wanted to use my experience to support Scottish SME’s raise finance when the Bank says ‘no’. What did you find most challenging at the beginning? I was […]
Member Profile Interviews
What was your first job after leaving school/further education? Industrial engineer When did you start your business & what prompted you to do it? Started my first business in 1994 after a factory I ran was being consolidated with another. I was given the opportunity to run the larger entity but took the opportunity […]
Celebrating & encouraging female business talent
March 4, 2016
Taking place ahead of International Women’s Day next week and hosted by WeDO members Mazars in their Edinburgh offices, we were yesterday fortunate enough to attend an event which brought together Scottish businesswomen and female entrepreneurs from a range of industries. With a diverse range of industry sectors represented, we enjoyed meeting some new faces […]
Business Updates
WeDO Members listed in the Maserati 100 List 2016
March 4, 2016
MASERATI AND THE CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURS ANNOUNCE THE 2016 MASERATI 100 LIST Two WeDO Members, Kallum Russell from Acorn Enterprise and John Anderson from The Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship have been listed in the the second ‘Maserati 100’ index; a definitive list of Britain’s most successful philanthropists, investors, mentors and advisors, and ascending entrepreneurs, who are today […]
Events
June New Media Breakfast – Optimising and Projecting your Personal Brand Online – Not to be missed!
June 4, 2015
Come along and join us at our June New Media Breakfast – happening at Tigerlily on Thurday 11th 07:45am – 09:30am. This event is open to both members and non members – you won’t want to miss this one! Optimising and Projecting your Personal Brand Online Personal branding has never been more important. Everyone now […]
Events
WeDO Scotland Conference 2015
June 4, 2015
Our Annual Conference took place last week at The Glasshouse in Edinburgh, where we had some fantastic speakers lined up for the half day event. Sponsored again by Santander Corporate & Commercial?for the third?year and?our thanks go out to them for their continued support. First up to speak was Andrew Dobbie, Founder of Made Brave […]
Events
Announcing the winner of our 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award – Malcolm McPherson of HBJ Gateley
June 1, 2015
Our annual conference took place last week at The Glasshouse in Edinburgh – more about this in a blog coming out soon – and was once again, a fantastic and inspirational day, sponsored for the third year in a row by Santander Corporate & Commercial. ?The winner of our annual Lifetime Achievement Award is […]
Business Updates
WeDO Member, MadeBrave, has partnered with Cycling Scotland for Pedal for Scotland Team Challenge
May 21, 2015
WeDO Member, MadeBrave?, ?partner with Cycling Scotland for Pedal for Scotland Team Challenge? WeDO Members,?MadeBrave?, have teamed up with Cycling Scotland to launch the brand new MadeBrave? Team Challenge as part of this year?s Pedal for Scotland. The event takes place on 6th?September and challenges people to get on their bike from Glasgow to Edinburgh, […]
Member Profile Interviews
Member Profile Interview – Josh Quigley of SharkDog
April 29, 2015
What was your first job after leaving school/further education? I worked as a window cleaner throughout my time at university and then whilst at university I dropped out early to set up my business. When did you start your business & what prompted you to do it? I started SharkDog in August 2014. I […]