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. The team supports high growth start-up and early stage high growth companies in Scotland. 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…
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 Read more…
We’re delighted to hear that founding Ambassador in our Executive Team and Chair of our Awards Judging Panel, Graham Langley, has been nominated for the New Start Business Award by the Chamber of Commerce in his native South Africa. Awarded to a small business that has made significant strides in Read more…
We’re delighted to announce that Mark Greenaway, has published his debut cookbook ‘Perceptions, Recipes from Restaurant Mark Greenaway’ describing it as ‘a Scottish cookbook like no other’. We host our Spotlight Dinners in Mark’s private dining room and can absolutely vouch that his food is out of this world. His attention Read more…
A first of its kind programme is being launched today to help Scottish entrepreneurs with potential to scale-up to grow their businesses with free world class training from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Business School. Scotland Can Do SCALE has two strands, an online course which explores putting Read more…
It’s all change in the WeDO Executive team. After a 6 year stint as an Ambassador and Chairman for 2.5 years, Jim Rae of Docs24 has decided to step down from the Exec team to concentrate on other exciting developments for him. We are immensely grateful to Jim who has been Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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