Events

Speaker: Alan McLeish, Managing Director of QTS

Chair: Peter Telfer, Business Partner and Joint Owner, Urquhart Opticians

Member Level: Emerging|Growing|Leading

Time: 18:00 – 20:00

Date: Tuesday 8th May 2018

Event type: An Evening With…

Price: Complimentary

Venue: Ayrshire College, Hill St, Kilmarnock, KA1 3HY

Making the cut – from arborist to philanthropist

Join us for an inspiring evening with Alan McLeish, Founder and Managing Director, of rail maintenance firm QTS.

Speaker: Jean-Christophe Granier, Joint MD, Wilkie Group

Member Level: Growing/ Leading

Time: 14:00 – 16:00

Date: Thursday 10th May

Event type: Company Visit

Price: Complimentary

Venue: J&D Wilkie Ltd, Marywell Works, Marywell Brae, Kirriemuir, DD8 4BJ

The globally recognised Wilkie Group have been at the forefront of innovation in the technical textile sector for 150 years and have a global manufacturing footprint that includes manufacturing facilities in Scotland, China and India.

Member Level: Leading

Date: Friday 11th May

Time: 08:00 - 13:30

Event type: Partner event

Location: The Balmoral, Edinburgh

Speakers: Lorraine Gray, Operations Director, Pursuit Marketing; Neil Logan, CEO, Incremental Group & Geoff Leask, CEO, Young Enterprise Scotland

Chair: Jen Munro, Director, ISSOS

Member Level: Public

Time: 08:30 - 11:30

Date: Tuesday 15th May

Event type: Panel event in partnership with Family Friendly Working Scotland

Price: Complimentary

Venue: Incremental Group, The Garment Factory, Glasgow

Speakers: Robert Dewar, Partner, Williams Mullen & Jen Munro, Founder and Director, ISSOS International

Member Level: Growing|Leading

Time: 08:30 – 11:00

Date: 18th May 2018

Event type: Breakfast Session

Price: Complimentary

Location: Glasgow

Are you considering doing business in the U.S. but you’re not sure where to start?

Speaker: Poonam Gupta OBE, founder of PG Paper and Women’s Enterprise Scotland Ambassador

Chair: Clare English, BBC Radio Scotland Presenter

Member Level: Emerging|Growing|Leading

Time: 18:00 – 20:30

Date: 22nd May 2018

Event type: An Evening With...

Price: Complimentary for members, £10.00 + VAT for non-members

Venue: The Corinthian Club, 191 Ingram St, Merchant City, Glasgow, G1 1DA

From a kitchen table start-up to a £36m, multinational business..

Speakers: Charlotte Wright, Chief Executive, HIE, Freda Newton MBE, Managing Director, Jacobite Cruises Ltd & Steve Dunlop, Chief Executive, Scottish Enterprise

Member Level: Public event

Time: 17:30 – 20:00

Date: 23rd May 2018

Event type: An Evening With...

Price: Complimentary

Venue: An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness, IV2 5NA

Speaker: Michael Welch OBE, Founder of Blackcircles

Member Level: Growing|Leading

Time: 18:00 – 20:00

Date: 24th May 2018

Event type: Partner event with Scottish Borders Manufacturers' Corporation

Price: Complimentary

Location: Borders

How well do you know your customers?

Speaker: Adam Johnson, Managing Director Designate, Network ROI

Member Level: Emerging|Growing|Leading

Time: 18:00 – 20:30

Date: Tuesday 29th May 2018

Event type: New Member Welcome

Price: Complimentary

Location: Edinburgh

If you’ve recently joined Entrepreneurial Scotland, or you are a long-standing member who hasn’t been to an event recently, our new member welcome event is the perfect opportunity to meet others in a relaxed and informal setting. Hosted by member Adam Johnson.