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Founders, innovators and entrepreneurs from across Scotland have been recognised as the best in the business as the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2021 finalists are announced. Despite a year of disruption, 83 Scotland-based business leaders have been shortlisted out of an incredible 4800 entrants nationally. The awards, in partnership with Starling Bank, acknowledge and champion the hard work

Dundee business leader and entrepreneur Tim Allan has become the Founding Social Sponsor of Women’s Business Station. Mr Allan, owner of Tricorn Capital, Chair of V&A Dundee and President of Scottish Chambers of Commerce, is investing £20,000 in the social enterprise which supports women on their business journey. Women’s Business Station has an ambitious, 10-year plan,

AND Digital has appointed Peter Dale as Club Executive for its new club in Glasgow, which opened its doors last month. This is the second club to be launched in Scotland, following the rapid expansion of its first base in Edinburgh. AND Digital is a multi-award winning tech company that accelerates digital delivery for its clients by helping them close

A TACHOGRAPH technology firm that has carved a reputation supplying innovative products and intelligence to household names across Europe has handed control and ownership to its team. St. Andrews-based Lisle Design Ltd, which has grown to a £2 million revenue firm in 15 years, implemented the succession model with the support of employee-ownership specialist, Ownership

Fife College has announced the appointment of three new members to their Board of Governors. Samantha Mowbray, Garry Dickson, and Pamela Forbes have now received the required approval from Scottish Ministers. Samantha Mowbray is the Lead IT Vendor Manager at Aegon and has experience in several areas including IT, law and commercial and financial services.

THE WORLD’s leading provider of TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) accreditations has become employee owned, to preserve its reputation and protect loyal workers from a relocation from its Highland headquarters. Launched from a garden shed in the middle of the 2008 financial crash by founders Joe Hallwood and Jennifer MacKenzie (pictured), the TEFL

Students and recent graduates from Glasgow University are on course to launch and grow their own businesses after taking part in the first inter-university start-up bootcamp. The initiative, run by Dundee-based entrepreneurial support service, UNpreneur, attracted more than 170 attendees from eight universities across the UK. The idea was conceived in response to the challenging

A team of furloughed Edinburgh hospitality staff managed to obtain 2600 hours training in the last year which has resulted in 169 industry- related qualifications. They are employed by Ten Hill Place, the city’s largest independent hotel, which is owned by Surgeons Quarter who operate various establishments owned by the Royal College of Surgeons of

A family-run business of over 50 years has entrusted its staff to take the reins after adopting employee ownership. Dazzle & Inkspot Ltd, renowned for its officially licensed fancy dress products, toys, games and recreational merchandise, has secured the long-term futures of its employees by transitioning to the ownership model.  The Hamilton-based firm was formed