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“Stories are at the centre of our lives. Most people enjoy a good story – a captivating film, an engrossing TV series, a good gossip perhaps as well as a great read! And, of course we all have our own story to tell!” Charlie Jackson Our member, Charlie Jackson is Managing Director of Change Management [...]

Jim Rae reveals his Scotland Seniors World Cup Team Kit

Hot off the press, here’s the first photo of our Chairman, Jim Rae, CEO of the Elevate Group in his Scotland kit. Jim heads off to Thailand at the end of May and has has incredible success with his fundraising, the proceeds of which will go to providing supplies to children displaced by the Tsunami. [...]

Our Chairman, Jim Rae, selected to play for Scotland in the 2012 Seniors World Cup Finals in Thailand

We’re excited to report that our Chairman, Jim Rae, Chief Executive of Elevate Group has been selected, at the age of 42, to play for Scotland at the forthcoming Seniors World Cup Football Finals in June in Thailand. Jim first kicked a football at the age of 3 and started playing professionally at the [...]

Our member Richard Loudon of Simpson Marwick sees an optimistic start to 2012

Amongst the mixed commentary of a double dip recession, we’re delighted to hear positive news about the property market from our member Richard Loudon, Head of Simpson & Marwick’s Property Practice. Richard reports that the Edinburgh and East Lothian Property Market has started on a more optimistic note in early 2012 than they would have [...]

Our Ambassador Elena Torres is flying high in more ways than one

Another of our members has enjoyed success in the press with a feature in Business Herald, the Herald’s monthly business supplement. Elena Torres who has been an Ambassador in the WeDO Executive Team since inception, has flown (pardon the pun!) in the face of diversity in the luxury travel market due to the recession. We [...]

Our member Colin Gilchrist takes the fashion world by storm

We always love reading about the success of our members in the press and Sunday was no exception. Colin Gilchrist who has been a member of WeDO for 3 years gained fantastic coverage in Scotland on Sunday in a really interesting interview with Ruth Walker. You can read the feature below but we’d just like [...]

Our Ambassador Gaynor Turner appears on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Bangkok

We were amused to hear this week that the reach of WeDO is now international! One of our members, Richard Loudon, Property Partner at Simpson Marwick has recently took a well-earned 2 month sabbatical with his wife during which he toured around the world. Richard has built Edinburgh Prime Property, East Lothian Prime Property and Aberdeen Prime [...]

Pointing out the Positives – Mike Stevenson of Thinktastic

Our member Mike Stevenson of Thinktastic was interviewed by The Scotsman on Friday 3rd of February, prepare to be left feeling very positive! What does your organisation do? Thinktastic is a motivational communications agency that uses talks to inspire, workshops to unleash creativity and materials written and designed to shift minds and behaviours. In essence, [...]

Our Member Dr Biju Krishan Launches His New Venture via Crowdfunding

We’re delighted that our long-standing member Dr Biju Krishnan has launched his new venture in addition to his other businesses Lubiju & Drake Dental Care. Biju, known as the dentist-to-the-stars, is to offer affordable VIP treatments to patients across the country by raising finance from online backers. Biju runs cosmetic dentistry clinics Lubiju in Edinburgh [...]

Winner of our Entrepreneur of The Year Award 2011 wins contract with Google’s London headquarters

We’re delighted that Paul Bodger winner of our Entrepreneur of The Year 2011 Award and his teamat Anytime Leisure have started 2012 with a fantastic new business win. The Newbridge based fitness equipment supplier has won the contract to supply and fit out the gym at Google’s London headquarters. Anytime Leisure secured the six-figure [...]