Gillespie Macandrew LLP has reported its fifth consecutive year of business growth with an 8.4 per cent increase in turnover, worth £0.88 million in growth over the year. The audited annual accounts show that the firm’s turnover reached £11.36m in the year to 28 February 2017. This represents the fifth successive Read more
On the 13th of March, the inaugural Scottish SME Business Awards took place in Glasgow celebrating the breadth of talent within Scottish SMEs. We are absolutely delighted that two WeDO members won Awards, Sara Roberts of Healthy Nibbles won the Best Scottish Innovation Award and Sam Trett of LoCa Beverages – Read more
Three Scottish businesses, including 2 WeDO Scotland Award winners and members, have joined forces to work together to combat youth unemployment in Scotland, which latest government figures show is at 50,000 people. Sales specialist, Klozers has partnered with strategic marketing company Genoa Black and digital marketing business fatBuzz to create Read more
Following on from the announcement of semi-finalists in our 2016 Awards, we are delighted to announce the finalists in each of our 5 Awards. Our Judging Panel is chaired by Rod McMillan who is joined by fellow Ambassadors Martin Mutch, Graham Langley and winner of our 2014 Most Innovative Business Award winner Read more
Following on from the announcement of our member semi-finalists in our 2016 Awards, we are delighted to announce the non-members who have made it through to the semi-finals. With more entries than we have ever received in previous years, the Judges have had a challenging time narrowing down the entries Read more
It’s been a hectic few days here at WeDO for our Judging Panel who have been deliberating over the Awards entry forms received from our members. Â The competition has been stiffer than ever this year and has caused a few debates (in the positive sense of the word!) between the Read more
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 Read more
Here at WeDO Scotland, we love nothing better than sharing success stories, and our members, Charlie Miller, one of Edinburgh’s leading hairdressing salon groups, are just that.  The company is celebrating a phenomenal 50 years in business and it’s still a family business which makes it even more remarkable.  To Read more
We were delighted to be interviewed yesterday by Dr Ashley Stewart of Optimat who are conducting research on behalf of the Scottish Enterprise High Growth Ventures team. Â The team supports high growth start-up and early stage high growth companies in Scotland. Â The research is being carried out to assist with Read more
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 Read more
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