edinburgh Archives – WeDO Scotland

April New Media Breakfast: SEO – Does Google Still Love You?

March 22, 2018 By admin

Google used to define success by how quickly it could get a searcher to the right website. It was the website owner’s best friend. Huge amounts of free traffic was available to all. But that was then, this is now. The organic search opportunity is still huge but it’s a very different one to what it […]

Events

WeDO & Charlotte Street Partners announce Brexit Breakfast on 7th July

July 1, 2016 By admin

As Einstein said “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” The result of the EU Referendum has thrown the UK into turmoil, leaving voters in both camps feeling uncertain about what the future holds. One of the most frequent comments we have heard since the result was announced is that people feel they […]

Events

A fantastic day of sharing Scottish entrepreneurial business knowledge & experiences

May 26, 2016 By admin

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, […]

Member Profile Interviews

Member Profile Interview – Neil Davidson of Alderburn Finance

April 7, 2016 By admin

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

Member Profile Interview – Brian Williamson of Jumpstart & Brightwork

April 7, 2016 By admin

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 […]

Events

Celebrating & encouraging female business talent

March 4, 2016 By admin

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 By admin

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 By admin

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 By admin

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 By admin

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 […]